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Friday, 23 January 2015 09:10
On January 13, 1990, the massacre of Armenians started in Baku, which
lasted a week. It was stopped only on the seventh day, after the
Soviet troops entered the city. The tragedy in Baku cost the lives of
hundreds of Armenians.
And hundreds of thousands of them were made refugees, leaving in Baku
the results of their decades-old work, their homes, and even
documents. After 25 years, Chairman of the NKR Union of Refugees
Sarasar Saryan recalls the roots and lessons of the crime.
, Sarasar Saryan touches upon the historical roots of
the developments. Throughout the period of the Soviet power, a policy
of expelling Armenians was carried out in the proper Nagorno Karabakh
Autonomous Oblast in a half-hidden way and more obviously in the
Azerbaijani territories. In the perestroika years, the policy was
conducted more extensively. In 1988-1990, it reached its peak.
Azerbaijan was cleansed from Armenians, or one of its main obstacles
for establishing a homogeneous state. The Chairman of the NKR Union
of Refugees agrees with this approach partially. "If we consider that
Armenians constituted one of the weightiest and most organized
minorities in the Azerbaijani territory, so we can say that in this
sense, yes, Baku got rid of a heavy burden", he said. But, even in
this case, it is early for the authorities in Baku to celebrate a
victory. Even after the series of crimes Azerbaijan did not become a
unitary state. And currently it is like a powder keg, which can
explode from a spark.
From: Baghdasarian
Friday, 23 January 2015 09:10
On January 13, 1990, the massacre of Armenians started in Baku, which
lasted a week. It was stopped only on the seventh day, after the
Soviet troops entered the city. The tragedy in Baku cost the lives of
hundreds of Armenians.
And hundreds of thousands of them were made refugees, leaving in Baku
the results of their decades-old work, their homes, and even
documents. After 25 years, Chairman of the NKR Union of Refugees
Sarasar Saryan recalls the roots and lessons of the crime.
, Sarasar Saryan touches upon the historical roots of
the developments. Throughout the period of the Soviet power, a policy
of expelling Armenians was carried out in the proper Nagorno Karabakh
Autonomous Oblast in a half-hidden way and more obviously in the
Azerbaijani territories. In the perestroika years, the policy was
conducted more extensively. In 1988-1990, it reached its peak.
Azerbaijan was cleansed from Armenians, or one of its main obstacles
for establishing a homogeneous state. The Chairman of the NKR Union
of Refugees agrees with this approach partially. "If we consider that
Armenians constituted one of the weightiest and most organized
minorities in the Azerbaijani territory, so we can say that in this
sense, yes, Baku got rid of a heavy burden", he said. But, even in
this case, it is early for the authorities in Baku to celebrate a
victory. Even after the series of crimes Azerbaijan did not become a
unitary state. And currently it is like a powder keg, which can
explode from a spark.
From: Baghdasarian