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RUSSIAN-PUBLISHED "ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR CHILDREN" SHOWS AZERBAIJANI, TURKISH, IRANIAN AND GEORGIAN TERRITORIES AS ARMENIAN
Today.Az, Azerbaijan
April 25 2008
Armenian map in Middle Ages in South Caucasus was reflected in the
"Encyclopedia for Children" published in Russian "Avanta+" publishing
house, APA reports.
Azerbaijani, Turkish, Georgian and Iranian lands were shown as
territories of Armenia in Geography volume of Encyclopedia published
in 2007 (editorial staff: M. Aksyonova, A. Eliovic etc.) Moreover,
there are many distortion and mistakes in the article. Jabi Bahramov,
Deputy Director of Institute of History in ANAS told APA that there
was not any Armenian territory in middle centuries.
"Local people of South Caucasus remained beyond and article on
Geography in Armenia in middle century was included in Geographical
part. There were Byzantine, Arabian invasion, Mongolian and Saljug
periods in middle centuries, but there was not any Armenian state in
the history till 1918. There was not shown Armenian country in South
Caucasus in any historical sources. XV-XVIII centuries are the period
of Safavi Empire of Azerbaijan. We come across the name of Armenia in
the territory of Turkey's Van Lake. Armenians were brought to South
Caucasus during the period of tsar Russia systematically in 1804-1813,
1826-1828", he said.
The historian also stated that it was wrong to say science and
literature were flourishing in Armenia, while in all counties science
and culture were perishing.
"Any nation, ethnic group should have its state, economic, stable
socio-political situation so that its culture can flourish. How can
science and enlightenment improve in the unknown area called Armenia,
which lacks all this? According to the article, father of Armenian
history Movses Khorenatsi said that beginning from the fifth century
these territories belonged to Armenian state. French philosopher
Auguste Cahier in his book "Extracts from ancient history" written in
1805 called "father of Armenian history" the greatest swindler among
historians. It is not even known when he lived. Some sources say he
lived in the 6th and others say he lived in the 7-8th centuries,"
he said.
The names of Anania Shirakatsi, Claudius Ptolomeus are mentioned in
the article. The source of the map is not shown. Azerbaijani scientist
said there was no state called Armenia in Ptolomeus' map.
"It is uncertain in what language the map is. This is Latin script,
but language is not clear. Russia is shown as the neighbor of Armenia
in the map. The word "Russia" appeared in the 18th century. This name
was given to Rus state in the reign of Peter I. How can the name of
Russia fall under medieval Armenian map, while before it had been
called Kievan Rus, Moscow? How could the word "Russia" be written in
Armenian map, while Russian state is not written in the historical
literature of Russia by the 18th century? It is also written Persian
Empire in the map. This expression has been known as "Parsia" since the
9th century B.C. and means far. This phrase has been used in Western
and Russian history since the Middle Ages (16th century). Persians had
not been in power after the occupation of Arabians until 1924. Only
in 1924 Persians mounted a coup and seized the power," he said.
The next false information in the article is about the great
geographical discoveries in the Atlantic and Indian oceans. It turns
out that Armenians had a great dockyard, ships and they discovered
that period. Bahramov said that publication of such books in Russia
was not accidental and Armenians used all opportunities of Russia in
anti-propaganda towards Azerbaijan.
"282 such false books published in the US and Europe were found when
Armenians raised genocide claims against Turkey in 1919. Armenians
have already published over 4 million books to falsify Azerbaijan's
history and translated into many languages. The only way to fight
against them is to publish books of Azerbaijani scientists and release
in different countries through embassies and Diaspora," he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Today.Az, Azerbaijan
April 25 2008
Armenian map in Middle Ages in South Caucasus was reflected in the
"Encyclopedia for Children" published in Russian "Avanta+" publishing
house, APA reports.
Azerbaijani, Turkish, Georgian and Iranian lands were shown as
territories of Armenia in Geography volume of Encyclopedia published
in 2007 (editorial staff: M. Aksyonova, A. Eliovic etc.) Moreover,
there are many distortion and mistakes in the article. Jabi Bahramov,
Deputy Director of Institute of History in ANAS told APA that there
was not any Armenian territory in middle centuries.
"Local people of South Caucasus remained beyond and article on
Geography in Armenia in middle century was included in Geographical
part. There were Byzantine, Arabian invasion, Mongolian and Saljug
periods in middle centuries, but there was not any Armenian state in
the history till 1918. There was not shown Armenian country in South
Caucasus in any historical sources. XV-XVIII centuries are the period
of Safavi Empire of Azerbaijan. We come across the name of Armenia in
the territory of Turkey's Van Lake. Armenians were brought to South
Caucasus during the period of tsar Russia systematically in 1804-1813,
1826-1828", he said.
The historian also stated that it was wrong to say science and
literature were flourishing in Armenia, while in all counties science
and culture were perishing.
"Any nation, ethnic group should have its state, economic, stable
socio-political situation so that its culture can flourish. How can
science and enlightenment improve in the unknown area called Armenia,
which lacks all this? According to the article, father of Armenian
history Movses Khorenatsi said that beginning from the fifth century
these territories belonged to Armenian state. French philosopher
Auguste Cahier in his book "Extracts from ancient history" written in
1805 called "father of Armenian history" the greatest swindler among
historians. It is not even known when he lived. Some sources say he
lived in the 6th and others say he lived in the 7-8th centuries,"
he said.
The names of Anania Shirakatsi, Claudius Ptolomeus are mentioned in
the article. The source of the map is not shown. Azerbaijani scientist
said there was no state called Armenia in Ptolomeus' map.
"It is uncertain in what language the map is. This is Latin script,
but language is not clear. Russia is shown as the neighbor of Armenia
in the map. The word "Russia" appeared in the 18th century. This name
was given to Rus state in the reign of Peter I. How can the name of
Russia fall under medieval Armenian map, while before it had been
called Kievan Rus, Moscow? How could the word "Russia" be written in
Armenian map, while Russian state is not written in the historical
literature of Russia by the 18th century? It is also written Persian
Empire in the map. This expression has been known as "Parsia" since the
9th century B.C. and means far. This phrase has been used in Western
and Russian history since the Middle Ages (16th century). Persians had
not been in power after the occupation of Arabians until 1924. Only
in 1924 Persians mounted a coup and seized the power," he said.
The next false information in the article is about the great
geographical discoveries in the Atlantic and Indian oceans. It turns
out that Armenians had a great dockyard, ships and they discovered
that period. Bahramov said that publication of such books in Russia
was not accidental and Armenians used all opportunities of Russia in
anti-propaganda towards Azerbaijan.
"282 such false books published in the US and Europe were found when
Armenians raised genocide claims against Turkey in 1919. Armenians
have already published over 4 million books to falsify Azerbaijan's
history and translated into many languages. The only way to fight
against them is to publish books of Azerbaijani scientists and release
in different countries through embassies and Diaspora," he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress