Within the framework of the Chronicle of West Azerbaijan project, the next edition of the column “Our Heritage” was prepared under the presentation of Doctor of Philosophy in Art Studies Elchin Alibeyli.
Oku.Az reports that in the issue “The history of monument construction in Western Azerbaijan is deliberately falsified”, the chairman of the Public Union of the Organization for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan, scientific worker of the Institute ANAS Professor of History and Ethnology Faig Ismayilov spoke about architectural monuments, Armenian vandalism, pre-Christian and religious monuments in Western Azerbaijan and spoke about the architectural features of important monuments, as well as the first monument built by Armenians in the country. Southern Caucasus.
According to him, Armenians present the monuments built before Christianity as their churches: “The monuments of Western Azerbaijan were built with motives specific to the Azerbaijani people. The elements of the monuments were foreign to the Armenians, so they were removed. The Armenians destroyed a large number of caravans in Western Azerbaijan The history of the construction of monuments in Western Azerbaijan was deliberately falsified.”
He said that the monument to Baba Haji in Megri is related to the ancient Turkish faith and religious ceremony: “Christian and Islamic monuments in Western Azerbaijan were built in the style of Azerbaijani architecture. In 1924, Armenians erased Turkish traces in the name of reconstruction Yerevan Elements belonging to the Turks in Albanian-Turkish architecture Armenians have forged 50 world-famous monuments, presented the cave as an Armenian church and destroyed hundreds of Christian monuments.
Finally, F. Ismayilov stressed that the first monument built by Armenians in the Caucasus is the Baku church, built in 1869.
It should be remembered that the goal of the Western Azerbaijan Chronicle project is to preserve and promote the name of our historical lands, as well as to learn about the deportation of Azerbaijanis by the Armenians, the toponyms that existed in those territories, but their names. Countless examples of underground and surface material culture have been erased: ancient settlements, necropolises, tumuli, remains of a castle, palace and fortification, caravansary, bridges, funerary chests, stone crosses, statues of horses and rams, temples, churches. Mosques, pyres and homes are revealed, and facts confirming that the area is a pure Oghuz-Turk settlement are communicated to the world community.
Also the president Ilham Aliyev Regarding Western Azerbaijan, he said: “The map of the beginning of the 20th century shows once again that Western Azerbaijan is the historical land of Azerbaijan, the names of cities and towns are of Azerbaijani origin and we know very well that Azerbaijanis on the territory of present-day Armenia throughout history people have lived. Now the main task is for the world community to also know it”, – in his opinion, it is about promoting the duties that arise from the Concept of Return developed by him. the Community of West Azerbaijan.
Furthermore, it aims to illuminate the thoughts of historians and researchers about Western Azerbaijan and the life history of the people who were deported.
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Chronicle: “The first monument of the Armenians in the Caucasus is the church built in Baku in 1869”
