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Khojaly genocide victims remembered in Moscow

28 February 2014 10:31 (UTC+04:00)
Khojaly genocide victims remembered in Moscow

By Sara Rajabova

A commemorative event to mark the 22nd anniversary of the Khojaly genocide was organized at the AZIMUT Moscow Olympic Hotel in the Russian capital on February 27,AzerTag state news agency reported.

Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Leyla Aliyeva attended the event.

The event started with a minute`s silence in memory of the Khojaly victims.

Addressing the event, Leyla Aliyeva said this tragedy was the most horrifying and bloodiest page of Azerbaijan`s history.

Azerbaijan`s Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloghlu, President of All-Russia Azerbaijani Congress Mammad Aliyev, Secretary General of the Youth Forum of the Organization of Islamic Conference Elshad Isgandarov, Vice-President of the Congress of Jewish Religious Communities and Organizations of Russia Zinovy Kogan, participant of the Karabakh war, main character of "The Pilot who saw Hell" film, Major Leonid Kravets also addressed the event, noting that the Khojaly tragedy was the most bloodiest massacre in the world history.

"The Pilot who saw Hell" film was screened at the event.

Drawings by children at orphanages in Baku were demonstrated in the foyer of the hotel, and photos of destroyed monuments and buildings in Karabakh were displayed on the monitor.

The event brought together Russian public figures, politicians, representatives of diplomatic corps in Moscow, employees of the Azerbaijani Embassy, as well as representatives of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation's Russia office, All-Russia Azerbaijani Congress, and Azerbaijani Youth Organization of Russia.

In 1992, the town of Khojaly, the second largest town in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, came under intense fire from the towns of Khankendi and Askeran already occupied by the Armenian armed forces.

As many as 613 civilians including 106 women, 70 elderly, and 83 children were killed in the massacre, and a total of 1,000 civilians were disabled. Eight families were exterminated, 25 children lost both their parents, and 130 children lost one parent.

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