An event dedicated to the "94th anniversary of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic" was held by the Culture and Tourism Department of Julfa Region at the History Ethnography Museum of the region on February 8.
Parvin Hasanov, the head of the department, made an opening speech at the event held under the slogan "Nakhchivan - The Capital of Islamic Culture - 2018", and informed about the process of getting autonomy, the period of it, and the political and social processes of that time.
The great leader Heydar Aliyev, who praised the activity of the brave sons of our people, who stated that it was difficult and glorious to get the autonomy gained in a very complicated period, said: "Establishment of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is a great historical achievement of the Azerbaijani people in a very complicated political situation".
Gulnisa Guliyeva, organizer of cultural events of Julfa Region Culture House, and Sema Aliyeva, the chief scientist of the History-Ethnography Museum of Julfa region, made speeches on "Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic yesterday and today" and "The autonomy of Nakhchivan is a historic achievement".
The event ended with the performance of the poems dedicated to this historic day by the members of the "Recitation" association of the Gulustan Culture House.