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REAL AND IMAGINARY MASTERS OF SHUSHI
Leonid Martirossian
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=635:-real-and-imaginary-masters-of-shushi&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Monday, 16 April 2012 14:01
On May 9, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will widely celebrate the
Victory Day, the NKR Defense Army Day, and the 20th anniversary of
the liberation of Shushi. To this end, as you know, a government
commission was formed to organize and conduct the festivities, which
is consistently realizing the elaborated program.
The day of liberation of the ancient Armenian town of Shushi was firmly
included in the calendar of the NKR anniversaries long ago and became
one of the favorite holidays for our people. And it is quite natural,
because the long-awaited liberation of Shushi, which was the result
of a brilliant military operation that ended successfully thanks to
the high military skills of the command and the heroism of ordinary
soldiers, occupies a special place among the victories of the Armenian
weapons. It is no accident that the liberators of Shushi are specially
honored by our people, as there is a clear understanding that without
the success of the Shushi operation, which allowed to break a Road
of Life connecting Artsakh with Armenia, it was impossible to remove
the real threat of genocide towards the NKR population. On May 9,
we'll traditionally and nationally celebrate this dear-for-us victory.
I must say that our enemy, which has not given up its delusional
idea of destruction of Artsakh, also has its May traditions, but of a
different kind. Annually, in connection with a regular anniversary of
the liberation of Shushi by the Karabakh forces, â~@~Kâ~@~KAzerbaijan
raises a wave of lamentation on the "loss" of this town, which, in its
turn, generates a stream of filthy lies and anti-Armenian propaganda
conducted at the highest level. This anniversary year hasn't become
an exception.
A week ago, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on
the 20th anniversary, on his definition, of "Shushi's occupation,"
according to which appropriate memorial ceremonies will be held in
the territory of Azerbaijan and abroad. This order entirely fits
into the information, and more precisely the disinformation strategy
of Azerbaijan, which is part of the ongoing propaganda war against
the Armenian people, in which the Azerbaijani authorities ignore the
historical facts and the norms of human morality. In this, one may say,
document any word is a blatant lie aimed at proving that Shushi is an
Azerbaijani town, while it was built by the Armenian people and was
the political, economic, cultural, scientific, and educational center
of Artsakh up to the early twentieth century. Thus, the order states
that "Shusha is one of the unique cultural centers of Azerbaijan",
that this town, "being the center of the Karabakh khanate, played
its role in the life of our people".
These formulations contain a frank distortion of facts. Aliyev's
mention of the Karabakh khanate is intended for the uninformed
audience, and first of all - for his own people, hoping for the support
of his nostalgic feelings. It is well known that the Karabakh khanate,
which formally united all the five principalities of Artsakh, was part
of Persia and, surely, in spite of the Azerbaijani state propaganda,
had no relation to Azerbaijan for the simple reason that no state
of Azerbaijan existed then. Subsequently, on the Gulistan Treaty
signed in 1813 between Russia and Persia, the Karabakh khanate
was incorporated into the Russian Empire. Only after the illegal
resolution of the Bolshevik Party leadership, Nagorno-Karabakh
became part of Soviet Azerbaijan in the early 20s, which, actually,
legitimized the annexation of the native Armenian lands. Surely,
it is unfavorable for Aliyev to mention the facts at his disposal,
as well as the fact that in March 1920, the Armenian population of
Shushi was subjected to massacre and deportation and in 1988 the last
Armenian inhabitants were driven out of the town.
We believe Aliyev knows that when, in 1921, the Bolsheviks took the
decision to establish an Armenian autonomy in Karabakh, they prescribed
Shushi to become the center of the autonomy. Any person, possessing
the elementary logic, should understand that an Azerbaijani town could
in no way be "assigned" the capital of the Armenian state formation,
that is the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. And the assertion on
Shushi as "a unique cultural center of Azerbaijan" does not stand any
criticism. Well, what a cultural center is it, if 19 â~@~Kâ~@~KArmenian
and two Russian newspapers, but no Azerbaijani edition came out there
in the early twentieth century?
Basing on the above mentioned, we'd advise the Azerbaijani President
to be more careful in manipulating political terms. If anyone occupied
Shushi, it was only and only Azerbaijan, which wrote its own history
with other peoples' blood, and, first of all, the Armenian people,
the territories of which it occupied and is still trying to occupy. As
for his expression of "occupation of Shusha by Armenians", he should be
reminded that the real master of the town is its creator, that is the
Armenian people, and, as you know, a native land cannot be occupied,
it can be returned or liberated - at the expense of own blood,
as it happened in the case of Shushi. Thanks to the courage of its
liberators, Shushi escaped the 70-year captivity, having rightfully
become the symbol of the steadfast will and courage of the people of
Artsakh, and has regained its real masters. It is in the edification
of the imaginary ones.
Leonid Martirossian
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=635:-real-and-imaginary-masters-of-shushi&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Monday, 16 April 2012 14:01
On May 9, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will widely celebrate the
Victory Day, the NKR Defense Army Day, and the 20th anniversary of
the liberation of Shushi. To this end, as you know, a government
commission was formed to organize and conduct the festivities, which
is consistently realizing the elaborated program.
The day of liberation of the ancient Armenian town of Shushi was firmly
included in the calendar of the NKR anniversaries long ago and became
one of the favorite holidays for our people. And it is quite natural,
because the long-awaited liberation of Shushi, which was the result
of a brilliant military operation that ended successfully thanks to
the high military skills of the command and the heroism of ordinary
soldiers, occupies a special place among the victories of the Armenian
weapons. It is no accident that the liberators of Shushi are specially
honored by our people, as there is a clear understanding that without
the success of the Shushi operation, which allowed to break a Road
of Life connecting Artsakh with Armenia, it was impossible to remove
the real threat of genocide towards the NKR population. On May 9,
we'll traditionally and nationally celebrate this dear-for-us victory.
I must say that our enemy, which has not given up its delusional
idea of destruction of Artsakh, also has its May traditions, but of a
different kind. Annually, in connection with a regular anniversary of
the liberation of Shushi by the Karabakh forces, â~@~Kâ~@~KAzerbaijan
raises a wave of lamentation on the "loss" of this town, which, in its
turn, generates a stream of filthy lies and anti-Armenian propaganda
conducted at the highest level. This anniversary year hasn't become
an exception.
A week ago, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on
the 20th anniversary, on his definition, of "Shushi's occupation,"
according to which appropriate memorial ceremonies will be held in
the territory of Azerbaijan and abroad. This order entirely fits
into the information, and more precisely the disinformation strategy
of Azerbaijan, which is part of the ongoing propaganda war against
the Armenian people, in which the Azerbaijani authorities ignore the
historical facts and the norms of human morality. In this, one may say,
document any word is a blatant lie aimed at proving that Shushi is an
Azerbaijani town, while it was built by the Armenian people and was
the political, economic, cultural, scientific, and educational center
of Artsakh up to the early twentieth century. Thus, the order states
that "Shusha is one of the unique cultural centers of Azerbaijan",
that this town, "being the center of the Karabakh khanate, played
its role in the life of our people".
These formulations contain a frank distortion of facts. Aliyev's
mention of the Karabakh khanate is intended for the uninformed
audience, and first of all - for his own people, hoping for the support
of his nostalgic feelings. It is well known that the Karabakh khanate,
which formally united all the five principalities of Artsakh, was part
of Persia and, surely, in spite of the Azerbaijani state propaganda,
had no relation to Azerbaijan for the simple reason that no state
of Azerbaijan existed then. Subsequently, on the Gulistan Treaty
signed in 1813 between Russia and Persia, the Karabakh khanate
was incorporated into the Russian Empire. Only after the illegal
resolution of the Bolshevik Party leadership, Nagorno-Karabakh
became part of Soviet Azerbaijan in the early 20s, which, actually,
legitimized the annexation of the native Armenian lands. Surely,
it is unfavorable for Aliyev to mention the facts at his disposal,
as well as the fact that in March 1920, the Armenian population of
Shushi was subjected to massacre and deportation and in 1988 the last
Armenian inhabitants were driven out of the town.
We believe Aliyev knows that when, in 1921, the Bolsheviks took the
decision to establish an Armenian autonomy in Karabakh, they prescribed
Shushi to become the center of the autonomy. Any person, possessing
the elementary logic, should understand that an Azerbaijani town could
in no way be "assigned" the capital of the Armenian state formation,
that is the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. And the assertion on
Shushi as "a unique cultural center of Azerbaijan" does not stand any
criticism. Well, what a cultural center is it, if 19 â~@~Kâ~@~KArmenian
and two Russian newspapers, but no Azerbaijani edition came out there
in the early twentieth century?
Basing on the above mentioned, we'd advise the Azerbaijani President
to be more careful in manipulating political terms. If anyone occupied
Shushi, it was only and only Azerbaijan, which wrote its own history
with other peoples' blood, and, first of all, the Armenian people,
the territories of which it occupied and is still trying to occupy. As
for his expression of "occupation of Shusha by Armenians", he should be
reminded that the real master of the town is its creator, that is the
Armenian people, and, as you know, a native land cannot be occupied,
it can be returned or liberated - at the expense of own blood,
as it happened in the case of Shushi. Thanks to the courage of its
liberators, Shushi escaped the 70-year captivity, having rightfully
become the symbol of the steadfast will and courage of the people of
Artsakh, and has regained its real masters. It is in the edification
of the imaginary ones.