GENOCIDE AND DEPORTATION OF AZERBAIJANIS C O N T E N T S General information........................................................................................................................... 3 Resettlement of Armenians to Azerbaijani lands and its grave consequences ................................ 5 Resettlement of Armenians from Iran ........................................................................................ 5 Resettlement of Armenians from Turkey ................................................................................... 8 Massacre and deportation of Azerbaijanis at the beginning of the 20th century .......................... 10 The massacres of 1905-1906. ..................................................................................................... 10 General information ................................................................................................................... 10 Genocide of Moslem Turks through 1905-1906 in Karabagh ...................................................... 13 Genocide of 1918-1920 ............................................................................................................... 15 Genocide over Azerbaijani nation in March of 1918 ................................................................... 15 Massacres in Baku. March 1918................................................................................................. 20 Massacres in Erivan Province (1918-1920) ................................................................................ 24 Massacres in Zangazur............................................................................................................... 33 Deportation and repression of Azerbaijanis during Soviet Government ...................................... 38 Deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia of 1948-1953 ........................................................ 38 Deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia of 1988-1989. ....................................................... 42 Unreasonable territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan and consequences of the military aggression ......................................................................................................................................... 54 General information .................................................................................................................. 54 Genocide in Khojaly, tragedy of the XX century. .................................................................... 60 Documents ........................................................................................................................................ 63 Letter on resettlement of Armenians from Persia (Iran) to our areas..................................... 63 "The report by Azerbaijani special committee of investigation's member Mikhailov on investigation by him of Muslim villages and Javanshir, Shusha, Jebrail and Zangezur uyezds of Ganja province, suffered from massacres and other violent actions by the Armenian side ............................................................................................................................ 65 Report of Mr. Novatsky, member of the Extraordinary Investigation Commission of the Central State Archive of the Azerbaijan Republic ................................................................... 71 Archive data on Armenian barbarities in the Shemakha uyezd (1918) ................................... 74 Extract from files of the chancellery of Interior Ministry on violence over Muslim population of Karabakh and uyezds of Erivan Province adjacent to the Ganja province, by Armenians and Armenian Republic forces .................................................................................................. 81 The list of Muslim villages destroyed and abandoned by the population in Irevan province until March of 1918 ................................................................................................................... 86 Council of Ministers of the USSR Decree № 4083 of December 23 1947. Moscow, Kremlin. 91 Council of Ministers of the USSR Decree №754 of March 10th 1948. Moscow, Kremlin. ..... 93 Names of settlements destroyed or liquidated by Armenians for they were Azerbaijani ones ............................................................................................................................................. 95 The previous names of settlements in the territory of Armenia belonging to Azerbaijanis renamed by the Armenia SSR, Supreme Soviet decree.......................................................... 102 Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan P R E S I D E N T I A L L I B R A R Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the opinion of Azeri population of Armenia in connection with the forthcoming resettlement to the Azerbaijan SSR. ....................................................................................... 124 Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the genocide of the Azerbaijani people issued on 26 March 1998 .............................................................................................. 128 Statement of Milli Majlis (Supreme Assembly) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in connection with the Day of Genocide of the Azerbaijanis ........................................................................ 131 Statement of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the occasion of 31 March – the day of Genocide against Azerbaijanis.......... 133 Azerbaijani Ombudsman urges world community to give objective assessment to 31 March Genocide ................................................................................................................................... 135 Articles............................................................................................................................................ 136 Deportation of the Azerbaijanis from West Azerbaijan ........................................................ 136 Genocide and terror as tested methods of Armenia’s struggle against Azerbaijani people . 139 Genocide of the Azerbaijanis .................................................................................................. 144 Spring 1918: Armenian terrorism and the Turk-Moslem genocide in Azerbaijan ............... 147 What was this: genocide or deportation? ............................................................................... 150 Azerbaijanis were also exposed to genocide. .......................................................................... 154 Azerbaijani Genocide 31 March 1918: Don’t Forget Bloodiest Pages of History ................. 157 Mass displacement of the Armenians from Ottoman Empire and Iran into North Azerbaijan ..................................................................................................................... 158 Karabagh during the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic ....................................................... 160 Deportation of the Azerbaijanis from Armenia through 1948-1952...................................... 162 Azerbaijan-Armenia agreement and conference (1919) ........................................................ 163 Anti-Azerbaijani activity of the Armenian extremists in Karabagh (1918-1920) ................. 165 Ethno-political changes in West Azerbaijan in the XIX-XX centuries .................................. 167 Armenian claims for North Azerbaijani territories in the I-st half of the XX century ......... 169 200 years of the Karabagh tragedy ......................................................................................... 172 Campaign to help recognize Azerbaijani Genocide started in US ......................................... 177 Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict: roots. Massacres of 1905-1906 ............................................ 178 Khojaly genocide commemorated abroad .............................................................................. 192 New Jersey State Assembly issues commemorative resolution on Azerbaijani Genocide .... 195 Iowa legislators recognize Azerbaijani Remembrance Day of Soyqırım............................... 196 Azerbaijan marks 95th anniversary of March 31 genocide ................................................... 197 E-books ........................................................................................................................................... 200 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................... 203 2 Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan P R E S I D E N T I A L L I B R A R Y --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------