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Archive document.

 

The museum of the complex displays a copy of a document signed by 90 Armenians of Kilvar village of Devechi (Shabran) on the protection of their lives and property and not causing any damage to them, which is considered one of the most important documents of the period related to the events of 1918. This document is connected with the name of Hamdulla Efendi Efendizadeh, a prominent representative of the Guba district, a member of the Azerbaijani Parliament from 1918 to 1920, who oversaw the maintenance of law and order in the Devechi district during the years of anarchy and chaos in the country. Hamdulla Efendi, who started an uprising against the Soviet government in Guba in 1920-1921 and was accused of killing hundreds of golden soldiers in the suppression of the uprising, was arrested in August 1927 and brought to Baku and charged in brigandage.
At that time, the Armenian population of Kilvar village signed a document in defense of Hamdulla Efendi. The document reads: “We, the residents of Kilvar village, signed on August 19, 1927, confirm with our signature that Hamdulla Efendiyev, a resident of Galagah village, has always been kind to us and has never harmed us ; in addition, during the riots of 1905, he advised the neighboring villages to always be at peace with us, and all kinds of conflicts were prevented. From 1918 to 1920, he did not allow anyone to touch us or our property. In general, there has never been national animosity between us and our neighbors. He did all this at heart, not for profit. For this reason, we, the signers below, ask you to take into account all of these facts and sign. “
Not content with just signing the document, the Armenians asked the chairman of the Kilvar village council, A.A. Ambarsumov, to seal the document, and this request was granted.
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102 years have passed since the liberation of Baku.

 

On September 15, 1918, officers and soldiers of the Caucasian Islamic Army liberated Baku from Bolshevik-Dashnak occupation and wrote a glorious day in the history of the Azerbaijan. Despite the declaration of Azerbaijan’s independence in May 1918, part of the country’s territory was under Armenian-Bolshevik occupation in Baku and surrounding districts. The young state of Azerbaijan, which had just gained independence and was not yet recognized in the international community, did not have enough opportunities to ensure its territorial integrity. Under such conditions, the founders of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic knew that without Baku it is impossible to strengthen the state, pursue an independent policy and ensure the integrity of the country.
Despite the difficult situation of the Ottoman state itself, in accordance with the “Friendship and Cooperation” agreement signed with Azerbaijan in June 1918, it sent its military forces under the leadership of Nuru Pasha to ensure the territorial integrity of the Azerbaijani state.
Despite the protests of European countries against the arrival of Turkish troops in Azerbaijan, the Caucasian Islamic Army, consisting of local military forces, Turkish officers and soldiers, honorably fulfilled its historic mission in August-September 1918.After the Caucasus Islamic Army liberated Baku on September 15, the Azerbaijani government moved from Ganja to the capital, Baku. The bright history of the first parliamentary democratic republic began in the East. Starting from this date, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic has been able to convey its glorious traditions and great deeds to the world.
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New information brochures of the Memorial Complex of Genocide were sent to the printing house for publication.

 

There were prepared booklets in 4 languages ​​(Azerbaijani, English, Russian, Arabic) In the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in Guba. It is a result of the joint efforts of the staff of the scientific research department, the exposition and the foundation, which contains general information about the complex, excursion materials, images and a route. Information brochures were sent to the printing house for publication.

 

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Nargin Island (Boyuk-Zira Island)

Nargin Island (Boyuk-Zira Island), known in Azerbaijan as the “Island of Hell” or “Snake Island” in the Caspian Sea, is located in Baku Bay, ten kilometers south of the city, in a very small area – about three square kilometers.In the 17th century, the Russians, especially the Cossacks, renamed most of the islands belonging to the Baku archipelago. In 1719, Russian Emperor Peter I gave the island its name because it resembled the island of Nargin in the Gulf of Finland.
Known as the site of various snakes, the island has been turned into a death camp by Russia.During the First World War, first by Tsarist Russia and then by the Soviet Union, more than 10,000 people captured from Turkish-Muslim villages were brutally tortured on the island.
Documents about the forcible hostage-taking of Turkish-Muslim children aged three years and adults up to 80 years old from Anatolian villages in the battles of Sarikamish 1914-1915, as well as photographs of people who died of hunger, disease, snake bites and mental illness, appear in various Russian archives.
Some of the tens of thousands of prisoners captured on Nargin Island were rescued by Azerbaijanis. In this regard, the activities of the Muslim Charitable Society, Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev, Ismail bey Safaraliev, Murtuza Mukhtarov and Azhdar bey Ashurbekov should be especially noted.Although the Caucasian Islamic Army, which entered Baku in September 1918, freed the prisoners, the bloody history of Nargin prison did not end there. After the seizure of power in Baku by the Bolsheviks in 1920, a number of Azerbaijani statesmen and public figures, activists and victims of Stalinist repression were shot on the islands of Nargin and Bulla. After the restoration of the state independence of Azerbaijan in 1991, its name was restored and renamed “Boyuk-Zira”.