Black January victims commemorated in Moscow
The Azerbaijani embassy in the Russian Federation has organized
a commemorative event on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of
the Black January tragedy.
The attendees first put flowers at a bas-relief of Azerbaijan`s
national leader Heydar Aliyev and a stand with names of martyrs. A
minute of silence was observed in memory of the martyrs, AzerTag
state news agency reported.
Opening the event, Polad Bulbuloglu, Azerbaijani Ambassador to
Russia highlighted the history of the 20 January tragedy. He said a
leadership of former Soviet Union lost control over the situation
that night and sent troops to Baku. That night 147 innocent
citizens were killed, hundreds of people were wounded. Among
martyrs were representatives of various nations and religions.
The diplomat pointed out that the day after the tragedy national
leader Heydar Aliyev came to permanent representation of Azerbaijan
in Moscow, and held a press conference overtly condemning the
Soviet leadership`s actions against the Azerbaijani people.
Photos of martyrs were demonstrated in the hall of the embassy. He
stressed the leadership of the country gave huge importance to this
event, which is being remembered every year on a state level.
Bulbuloglu expressed gratitude to ambassadors and representatives
of diplomatic mission for supporting Azerbaijan in this issue and
for participation in the event.
The Ambassador also presented a book-album “January 20 – A bloody
and glorious page of our history”, a joint project of the Public
and Political Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential
Administration and AzerTAc. Project managers are head of Public and
Political Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential
Administration, professor Ali Hasanov and AzerTAc`s Director
General Aslan Aslanov. The book-album was published in 4 languages.
“This is a fundamental book, which includes rare photos, depicting
the January 20 events and information.”
The attendees heard speeches by translator and publicist Ilham
Badalbeyli, who attended the protest action of Azerbaijani
community in Moscow and Nasib Nabioglu, secretary of the Moscow
office of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers.
They mentioned Azerbaijanis gave more victims for its freedom and
independence than other nations of the former union.
The attendees watched a documentary on the January tragedy.
The event brought together ambassadors, employees of the Heydar
Aliyev Foundation`s Russian representation, representatives of
All-Russian Congress of Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani Youth Union of
Russia and Russian society.
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