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Armenian atrocities, is Tataramehelle, Uzunbabali, Garamalli, Khilli, Banka
villages of Nefchala region. (51)
The question is how many people were victims of the 1918 massacres
in different regions of Azerbaijan? Is there exact information about the victims?
British brigade general R. Gorton described 20000 victims in his
document sent to London in December 8, 1918. Likewise, R. Mustafazade
indicated 20000 in his book. However, A.Balayev specified 30000 victims, so
did the document of the Emergency Investigation Commission. Whereas, the
book published by the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan notes that
50000 Muslims were undergone massacres. (52) But facts indicate that there is a
great likelihood that more victims will be disclosed as long as the researches are
continued to carry out.
The crimes committed by Armenians towards civilians in all periods,
including in 1918 are tantamount to the Holocaust against Jews in 1933-1945.
The director of the Holocaust Research in Ukraine Analoty Podolsky remarked
on the massacre that Azerbaijanis undergone in 1918: “This massacre was
conducted by the hands of Armenians while establishing the Soviet government
by force. Today the realities should be expressed on this massacre
”
. (53)
Michael Smith writes in his “Memories on Lost People and the
Azerbaijani society” that there are three mourning days that exist in the calendar
of Azerbaijan -the genocide day of Azerbaijanis in 31 March of 1918,
“Holocaust” day in Khodjali in 26 February of 1992 and the 20 black January of
1990.
These tragedies took place mainly because we forget our history. The
history of the nation that forgets its own history is repeated. If the 1918 events
were not removed from memories of Azerbaijani nation by false history of the
70 year long Communist regime and if the park by name S. M. Kirov was not
placed where thousands of civilians of 1918 March massacres lay under the
ground, then black January of 1990 and Khodjali tragedy of 1992 would not
happen. If we were not indifferent to the destiny of displaced people in Baku,
Shamakhi, Guba and in other places in 1918, then today we would not encounter
the problem of more than one million refugees and displaced persons.
In order to prevent the threats on time and avoid new tragedies in
future, we should thoroughly study the history and take lessons from it.
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