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``Radio Liberty'': Azerbaijan campaign to export the cult of
personality of Heydar
20:40 26/04/2013 » SOCIETY
`It is just the latest move in Azerbaijan's apparent campaign to
export the cult of personality of its former leader. From Belgrade to
Tashkent to Mexico City, Heydar Aliyev's likeness is seeking out new
venues to advance Azerbaijan's interests abroad,' reads the article
titled `The Cult of Heydar Aliyev Marches on' which is published on
the site of European Radio Liberty, where the author tells about
installation of the statue of Heydar Aliev in Kiev park.
RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service has created an interactive map of Heydar
Aliyevs around the world
http://www.rferl.org/content/heydar-aliyev-personality-cult/24968616.html
.
`But Baku isn't stopping at statues. There have been reports of a film
trilogy in the works on the life of Heydar Aliyev, dozens of seemingly
little-frequented museums dedicated to him, and now even an academic
discipline devoted to the study of his life,' the material says.
Adalet Qasimov, the head of the Department of AliyevScience in the
History Institute of the Academy of Sciences says, `Special courses
and special lectures could be established in universities to study the
Heydar Aliyev phenomenon.'
Monument to Heydar Aliyev which was installed in one of the central
parks of Mexico City in August 2012 caused bewilderment among the
residents. Azerbaijan has spent about $ 5 million on the
reconstruction of two parks in Mexico City, after which it was allowed
to install a monument there. Several protests were held in the capital
of Mexico during which the participants claimed they did not want to
see the statue of a dictator, who had ruled thousands of miles away
from their country, next to the monuments of their heroes.
As a result, the special commission recommended that the authorities
of Mexico deinstalled the statue of former Azerbaijani President
Heydar Aliyev, noting that the government made a mistake by taking
money and allowing the foreign government to decide which political
and historical figures should be honored publically in the Mexican
capital.
In mid-January, Foreign Ministry of Mexico has given absolute freedom
to the government of Mexico to make up a decision concerning the
controversial statue of Aliyev. In his turn, the Azerbaijani
Ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov told that the Embassy has decided
to appeal to international organizations for the solution of the
problem. The Legislative Assembly of Mexico addressed to the
government of Mexico with a call to dismantle the statue. In late
January, the monument was dismantled and taken to a warehouse.
Source: Panorama.am
personality of Heydar
20:40 26/04/2013 » SOCIETY
`It is just the latest move in Azerbaijan's apparent campaign to
export the cult of personality of its former leader. From Belgrade to
Tashkent to Mexico City, Heydar Aliyev's likeness is seeking out new
venues to advance Azerbaijan's interests abroad,' reads the article
titled `The Cult of Heydar Aliyev Marches on' which is published on
the site of European Radio Liberty, where the author tells about
installation of the statue of Heydar Aliev in Kiev park.
RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service has created an interactive map of Heydar
Aliyevs around the world
http://www.rferl.org/content/heydar-aliyev-personality-cult/24968616.html
.
`But Baku isn't stopping at statues. There have been reports of a film
trilogy in the works on the life of Heydar Aliyev, dozens of seemingly
little-frequented museums dedicated to him, and now even an academic
discipline devoted to the study of his life,' the material says.
Adalet Qasimov, the head of the Department of AliyevScience in the
History Institute of the Academy of Sciences says, `Special courses
and special lectures could be established in universities to study the
Heydar Aliyev phenomenon.'
Monument to Heydar Aliyev which was installed in one of the central
parks of Mexico City in August 2012 caused bewilderment among the
residents. Azerbaijan has spent about $ 5 million on the
reconstruction of two parks in Mexico City, after which it was allowed
to install a monument there. Several protests were held in the capital
of Mexico during which the participants claimed they did not want to
see the statue of a dictator, who had ruled thousands of miles away
from their country, next to the monuments of their heroes.
As a result, the special commission recommended that the authorities
of Mexico deinstalled the statue of former Azerbaijani President
Heydar Aliyev, noting that the government made a mistake by taking
money and allowing the foreign government to decide which political
and historical figures should be honored publically in the Mexican
capital.
In mid-January, Foreign Ministry of Mexico has given absolute freedom
to the government of Mexico to make up a decision concerning the
controversial statue of Aliyev. In his turn, the Azerbaijani
Ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov told that the Embassy has decided
to appeal to international organizations for the solution of the
problem. The Legislative Assembly of Mexico addressed to the
government of Mexico with a call to dismantle the statue. In late
January, the monument was dismantled and taken to a warehouse.
Source: Panorama.am