An interactive connection between the Memorial Museum and educational institutions of the autonomous republic

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Published on Saturday, 20 January 2018 17:18

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On the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the 20 January tragedy, an interactive connection was established between the Memorial Museum in Nakhchivan and the secondary schools of the autonomous republic on January 19.

Ayten Gasimova, director of the museum, said that there are about 2,000 exhibits in the museum, and about 400 of them are displayed at the exposition. From the beginning of the last century, traces of the horrible crimes committed by aggressive Armenian dashnaks against the Azerbaijanis in different years were reflected in these exhibits. The museum, where the memory of those killed in the battle for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is perpetuated, contains photographs of martyrs, their personal documents, and materials on their combat activities. At the same time, the museum exhibits books about different periods of our heroic history.

It was noted that the Memorial Museum is rich in exhibits reflecting the mass genocide acts committed against Azerbaijanis in 1905-1907, 1918-1920, as well as the deportation of Azerbaijanis from their ancestral lands in 1948-1953, 20 January 1990, Khojaly tragedies in 1992. In the museum, there are valuable books, documents and pictures reflecting the genocide committed by Armenians in Baku, Shamakhi, Garabagh, Nakhchivan and other regions.

Ayten Gasimova spoke about the January 20 tragedy - the history of our heroism and pride and said that on January 19-20, 1990, the Soviet Army together with Armenian bandits committed a terrorist act against the Azerbaijani people. In order to keep Azerbaijan under the control of Soviet empire and continue the hegemony of the Soviet regime for a long time, the army was deployed to Baku and the unprecedented massacre was committed.

It was noted that for the first time our national leader Heydar Aliyev condemned this crime against our people by holding a press conference on January 21, 1990 in the Permanent Representation of Azerbaijan in Moscow. This step, which is the call for genuine citizenship and nationwide struggle, had been a major stimulus for the struggle of the Azerbaijani people for national liberation. The political-legal assessment of the 20 January tragedy is also related to the name of the great leader Heydar Aliyev.

It was stressed that on the eve of the 20 January tragedy, the border villages of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic were also attacked by the Armenian armed forces. In January 1990, the Kerki village of the Sharur region was occupied by Armenians with the help of the 7th Army of the USSR Defense Ministry, and 8 hours before the Bloody January incidents, attacks of the Armenian armed forces to Sadarak and other border villages of the autonomous republic were began. At present, there are numerous exhibits reflecting those events in Baku and Nakhchivan.

It should be noted that on that day one lecture hour at all schools of the autonomous republic was dedicated to January 20 tragedy.

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