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Heroes of the local resistance movement during the 1918 genocide: TAHIR GASIMOV

In 1918, Tahir Gasimov from Saadan village of Siyazan, Guba district, together with his two brothers, formed a group of village youth and decided to put up an armed resistance against the Armenian Dashnaks. He and his gang first distinguished themselves in the struggle against Gelovani before the arrival of Hamazasp. Despite heavy rains on April 15, 1918, the Armenian Dashnaks, known as Bolsheviks, entered the village of Sedan, located on the road to Guba, the center of the Guba area. Despite the difficult weather conditions, Tahir Gasimov and his troops fought valiantly, taking a advantageous position against the enemy and destroying more than 100 enemy soldiers. After several hours of fighting, the Armenian Dashnaks, who had been defeated and retreated, killed the population and set their houses on fire as they were leaving the village of Mukul. Hearing this, Tahir Gasimov came to Mukule with his detachment and killed more than 30 Dashnak soldiers in this battle as well. The losing enemy was forced to retreat. Distinguished for his bravery, Tahir Oasimov later served in the Turkish army for 4 years.
Note: Some information was taken from Muzaffar Malikmammadov’s book “Qanlı dərə (Bloody Valley)”.

 

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We present within the project "Let's study Karabakh monuments"

One of the monuments subjected to Armenian vandalism in the city of Shusha is the museum-mausoleum complex of the Azerbaijani poet and public-political figure who lived in the 18th century, the vizier of the Karabakh khan Molla Panah Vagif. The construction of the complex began in 1977 and lasted four years. In 1982, with the participation of national leader Heydar Aliyev, took place the opening of the museum-mausoleum complex of Molla Panah Vagif . The mausoleum, built near the famous Jydyr-duzu plain in the city of Shusha, on the grave of the outstanding poet, has a quadrangular shape and is decorated with marble. About eighty exhibits reflecting the period of Vagif’s life in Shusha were displayed here. As a result of the occupation of the city of Shusha in May 1992 by the Armenian armed forces, the building of the complex and dozens of the exhibit things there were destroyed or taken to Armenia. It should be noted that after the Second Karabakh War, the city of Shusha was liberated and on the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, construction and landscape work began in the city, including the restoration of historical and architectural monuments.

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During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Genocide Memorial Complex continues to operate online.

Dear friends! Time to time we inform you about our activities, work done and plans for the future.Adhering to this tradition, I would like to say that as employees of the “Genocide Memorial Complex”, which has been operating online for some time because of the Coronovirus pandemic, we continue our work in several areas during this period. Thus, through our official website, as well as through our profiles on various social networks, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, telegram, etc. in 4 languages (Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Arabic), we present to you the realities of the genocide committed against our people in different years, the true face of Armenian vandalism, the historical roots of the nefarious plans of the Armenians, various archival documents related to their resettlement to the Caucasus, as well as photographs, information about deportations and information about the local resistance movement against Armenian vandalism in different periods of history. Our official website (www.soyqirim.az), which is available in 4 languages (Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Arabic), is regularly updated and new articles are prepared and presented in the most read sections. In particular, the history section of our site is distinguished by the richness of information and the number of readers. In addition, for several months we have been making our work at the level of today’s requirements and promoting the truth about the genocide committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis in 1918, both in our country and abroad, in 3 languages (Azerbaijani, English and Russian) with videos and documentaries. We carry out work on the production of brochures in 4 languages (Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish), booklets of different sizes and content in 2 languages (Azerbaijani and English), business cards, flyers and other printed materials in 2 languages (Azerbaijani and English) . Several of our printed materials have already been prepared and sent to the printing house. We are proud to present our work to you. We invite young people who want to participate voluntarily in the work of our complex, to come up with interesting proposals and initiatives to cooperate with us.
The people who take possesion of their history are invincible!
Thank you for your attention / Director of the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in Guba, Doctor of Philosophy in History Rakhshanda Bayramova.

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Facts of the genocide committed against Azerbaijanis in 1918

• 36 volumes of documents collected by the Extraordinary Investigation Commission, which was established in 1918 (which included lawyers of various nationalities);
• 102 photos of the genocide brought to Azerbaijan in 2011 from the French archives;
• Statements to the press and witnesses of the period;
• Discovery of a mass grave in 2007 in the city of Guba related to the 1918 genocide.
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Murtuza Akhundzade

Murtuza Akhundzade
He was born in 1877 in Guba district in a merchant family. He was one of the prominent intellectuals in Guba. Therefore, when the Republic of Azerbaijan was established in 1918, the people of Guba considered him worthy of parliamentary membership. Murtuza Bey joined the Musavat faction and was one of the 96 members of parliament. He was 41 years old at the time. After the Republican Parliament handed over the government to the Bolsheviks under certain conditions on April 28, 1920, the Bolsheviks did not comply with any of the conditions, and the new government began to erase the traces of the previous government. Everyone connected with the republic either left the country secretly in order to return and change something, or were destroyed by the Bolshevik-Dashnaks in various ways. Assassinations and shootings became commonplace. Many intellectuals of the time were shot on the island of Nargin as “enemies of the people.” One of these martyrs, who wrote his name in the glorious pages of history, was Murtuza Akhundzadeh, who was shot in 1920 as an “enemy of the people” and was acquitted only 72 years later.
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How was destroyed Chambarakand cemetery

In the middle of 1939, the Central Committee of the party decided to carry out landscaping and construction work in Baku. The implementation of the decision was entrusted to the Baku Council, for which the necessary instructions were given to the construction departments. It was planned to build up the foothills and mountain areas, to build new houses and gardens on the streets and squares in place of dilapidated houses. Everyone knew which areas of the city were considered foothills. These areas have long been remembered by people of Baku as “upper quarters”. There was no one who did not know it. At that time, Agababaov (Agababyan) was appointed chairman of the Baku Council. Agababyan, who was appointed to this post at the request of the international leaders of the republic, was improving the territories inhabited by Armenians in Baku and achieving his goal. There was an ancient cemetery in the area called the mountain park. Azerbaijanis killed by Armenians in the March genocide were buried in that area. In order to destroy this cemetery, a park was being built in the area with a special order. Thus, an area with our historical blood memory was destroyed.
Source:
Historian, researcher Elmar Hasanli
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Huseyn Musayev, an active fighter who fought in the local resistance movement against the Armenian Dashnaks in 1918

Huseyn Mammad oglu Musayev was born in 1879 in Shamakhi. He was a living witness of the genocide committed by the Armenian Dashnaks in Guba area in 1917-1918. He was one of the heroic fighters against Hamazasp’s bandits in “Bloody Valley”.
Huseyn Musayev, who lived and worked in Gusar district of Guba area in 1911-1921, built two-class schools in Ukur and Hazra villages of the district and worked as a teacher in that school together with famous intellectuals such as Alimammad Mustafayev and Javad Akhundzadeh. Also he headed the Public Education Department of the Guba Accident in 1921-1924, played an important role in organizing a network of schools and courses to eradicate illiteracy here. Huseyn Musayev, who was received by V.I. Lenin as one of the representatives of the Guba area in 1921, gave detailed information to the Bolshevik leader about the genocides committed by the Armenian Dashnaks in Guba in 1918. Gasim Ismayilov and his comrades were impressed by Huseyn Musayev’s courage. (Source: Muzaffar Malikmammadov’s book “Bloody Valley”. P. 242)