Today is the 33rd anniversary of one of the most tragic events in the history of Azerbaijan’s independence.
Oku.Az recalls that on November 20, 1991, near the village of Garakend in the Khojavand region, another terrorist incident was committed when a Mi-8 military helicopter belonging to Azerbaijan was shot down by Armenian armed groups.
As a result of the downing of the helicopter, many Azerbaijani statesmen and journalists died.
Among the dead are State Secretary Tofig Ismayilov, Prosecutor General Ismat Gayibov, State Councilor, former Minister of the Interior Muhammad Asadov, deputies Vagif Jafarov, Vali Mammadov, Deputy Prime Minister Zulfu Hajiyev, Head of the Department of the Presidential Office, journalist Osman Mirzayev, the Minister of the Interior of Kazakhstan, deputy Sanlal Serikov, the journalist of the Azerbaijan State Television, Ali Mustafayev. In total, 22 people died as a result of the accident.
We once again remember those who died on the military helicopter “Mi-8” on November 20, 1991:
– Tofig Kazim oglu Ismayilov – secretary of state
– Ismet Ismayil oglu Gayibov – chief prosecutor (in the main image – ed.)
– Muhammad Nabi oglu Asadov – state advisor
– Zulfi Saleh oglu Hajiyev – Deputy Prime Minister
– Vagif Jafar oglu Jafarov – deputy
– Veli Huseyn oglu Mammadov – MP
– Osman Mirza Huseyn oghlu Mirzayev – head of department of the Presidential Office
– Gurban Huseyn oglu Namazaliyev – deputy minister
– Igor Aleksandrovich Plavski – DQMV prosecutor
– Vladimir Vladimirovich Kovalyov – Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
– Sergey Semyonovich Ivanov – head of the Nagorno-Karabakh National Security Department
– Nikolai Vladimirovich Jinkin – commander of the emergency district
– Sanlal Dasumovich Serikov – MIA Deputy of Kazakhstan
– Mikhail Dmitriyevich Lukashov – militia major general
– Oleg Nikolayevich Kocherev – lieutenant colonel
– Rafiq Mammad oglu Mammadov – Undersecretary of State
– Ali Mustafa oglu Mustafayev – television journalist
– Arif Ismayil oghlu Huseynzade – AzTV reporter
– Fakhreddin Ibrahim oglu Shahbazov – video operator
– Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Kotov – commander of the helicopter crew
– Gennady Vladimirovich Domov – helicopter crew member
– Dmitry Borisovich Yarovenko – member of the helicopter crew
