AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HISTORY INSTITUTE named after BAKIKHANOV A.A. VANDALISM: GENOCIDE AGAINST THE HISTORICAL NAMES Baku – Tahsil – 2006 Printed due to decree of History Institute Academic Council within Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Compiled by Nazim Mustafa Foreword by Yagub Mahmudov, Honored Scientist Prof. Dr. of History Scientific edition by Elmar Maharramov, Candidate of history Translated by Sabina Almammadova Adila Aghabayova Vandalism: genocide against the historical names. Baku, “Tahsil”, 2006. 0000000 0 000000 © “Tahsil”, 2006. - 2 - THE MODERN VANDALISM OR GENOCIDE AGAINST THE HISTORICAL NAMES The Armenian nationalists are going on falsifying the his- torical past of South Caucasus before the eyes of world commu- nity. Recently (23.01.2006) – Chairman of State Cadastre Committee for Immovable Property under the Armenian gov- ernment Manuk Vardanian reporting before journalists informed that the first national atlas of Armenia will be published soon. As he informed about 40.000 geographical denomina- tions will be fixed on this atlas, and 8.000 – 10.000 names be- longing to other languages will be changed and substituted by the Armenian ones. Those 8-10.000 place – names “belong- ing to other languages” as stated M.Vardanian belong just to Azerbaijanis who have been deported from those lands shown on the atlas (http://newsarmenia.ru/arm1/20060123/41528686.html). … The fact that the Armenians are not the aborigines in South Caucasus is well known in the science. The historical truth is that they are alien ethnos in South Caucasus. The re- searchers basing upon the primary sources had proved it long ago. The tribes considered to be Armenians’ ancestors had ar- rived in the upper lands of the river Euphrates roughly in the mid of the 1 millennium B.C. They had come there from Balkan Peninsula. The Azerbaijanis’ ancestors had formed a high culture in a vast region including South Caucasus before the Armenians ar- - 3 - rived in Asia. They created Manna and Athropathena in the south of the river Araxes and a mighty state of Albania (Cauca- sus) in the north. The Azerbaijan state of Albania covered all the lands in the north of the river Araxes, the areas among the rivers Kura and Araxes including the historical Garabagh lands as well. Af- ter the fall of the state Albania in all historical periods all the Azerbaijani lands in the north of the river Araxes had been in- cluded either to Azerbaijani state, or different Turkic – Moslem Empires. Thus, in the territory of South Caucasus wasn’t any Armenian state until 1918. The historical reality and the truth maintained by the primary sources is so! The Armenian state being the main hotbed of tension in South Caucasus was founded quite recently – in the XIX century when the Russian Empire waged wars of aggression against Iran and Turkey intending to occupy the region. Aiming to have a reliable support in South Caucasus Russia made use of the Christian factor. With that end of view the Armenians were evicted in quantity from Iran and Turkey and moved to recently occupied North Azerbaijan, mainly to the lands of former Azer- baijanian state – the territories of Iravan, Nakhchivan and Gara- bagh khanates. The Emperor Nicolas I aiming to instigate the displaced Armenians against the native Turkish – Moslem popu- lation on March 21, 1828 – on the national holiday of Azerbai- janis signed a decree – at the expense of the Azerbaijani lands – the areas of Iravan and Nakhchivan khanates to create so called “Armenian province”. Armenians lived only in 62 villages out of 1111 included to newly formed “Armenian province”. But they were the Armenians moved there till 1828. To the point, the names of only 14 villages out of 62 were of Armenian origin. With the creation of the “Armenian province” began the ethnic cleaning of primordial Azerbaijani lands by the Armenians moved there by trarist Russia. Aiming to deprive the Azerbaijani people of their primordial lands a lot of deportations and geno- cide were realized. At the result the process of mass settling of - 4 - the Azerbaijani lands by Armenians was realized. In 1911 the Russian investigator N.Shavrov wrote: “More than 1.000.000 Armenians out of 1.300.000 living in South-Caucasus are not native. We have moved them there”. On May 29, 1918 Azerbaijan Democratic Republic for pacifying and making peace in South Caucasus ceded the city Irevan with the lands around to Armenians. So, due to Azerbai- jani lands for the first time in history was created the Armenian State. Since then the process of cleaning the Western Azerbai- jani lands from Azerbaijanis by Armenians with the help of Russia had speeded up, had been enlarged the areas where the Armenians moved to. During the rule of Bolshevik Russia this process was intensified. In 1988 was ended the deportation of Azerbaijanis from their ancestors lands – Western Azerbaijan (the territory of the present Republic of Armenia). You can’t find any Azerbaijani in these areas where the absolute majority of the population were Azerbaijanis in the near past – now the territory of the Armenian Republic. The Armenian nationalists who realized a lot of genocide and deportations against the Azerbaijanis in 1905-1906, 1918- 1920, 1948-1953, 1988 razed to the ground thousands of histori- cal monuments, rare material and spiritual values, mosques, minarets (mosque tower) and graveyards and created genocide against the historical denominations as well. Thousands of his- torical denominations were changed and Armenized at the result of continuous genocide created by the Armenian nationalists against the spiritual values belonging to Azerbaijanis in the terri- tory of Armenia (historical Western Azerbaijan). This book by the well known scientist – researcher Nazim Mistafa based just on the Armenian sources is a neat answer to modern vandals who have created genocide against the historical truth. The author basing upon the primary sources proves that in present day Armenia the process of changing the place-names of settlements and other toponyms belonging to Azerbaijanis for the first time began by the decision of the Armenian government - 5 - in 1919. After the establishment of the Soviet Power in Arme- nia, more than 190 place names were changed till 1935. The process of changing the historical place-names belonging to Azerbaijanis speeded up and got a mass scale the following years and in 1991 after the establishment of the Armenian Republic it ended in the whole. This book introduced to readers by Nazim Mustafa is mainly merited for that the work has been written basing just on the Armenian sources. Let those Western politicians who coming out from double standards defend the Armenian vandals get acguainted closely how the Armenian nationalists have falsified the history. May be then they will turn their faces to truth and call those with their true names who create a fictious history. Yagub Mahmudov, Honored Scientist Prof. Dr. of History - 6 - The previous names of settlements in the territory of Armenia belonging to Azerbaijanis renamed by the Armenia SSR, Supreme Soviet decree The previous District Date N Azerbaijani The new name of location of decree name 1. Adamkhan Vardadzor Martuni 03.07.1968 2. Adiyaman Garnhovit Talin 12.11.1946 3. Afandi Norashen Sevan 04.01.1938 4. Afandi Noradzor Spitak 26.04.1946 5. Aghadarasy Katnakhpyur Abovyan 04.04.1946 6. Aghbaba district Amasiya — 09.09.1930 district 7. Aghbulag Luysakhpyur Spitak 26.04.1946 8. Aghbulag Aghperek Jambarak 09.04.1991 (Krasnoselo) 9. Aghbulag Aghbullak Goris 09.04.1991 10. Aghchaqishlag 1.Getashen Artashat 21.06.1948 2.Getazat 25.05.1967 11. Aghchaqishlag Getapya Masis 25.01.1978 12. Aghgala Berdunk Gavar (Kamo) 09.04.1991 13. Aghhamzali Marmarashen Masis 25.05.1967 14. Aghin district Ani district – 12.10.1961 15. Aghjaarkh Arevik Armavir 04.04.1946 (Hoktemberyan) 16. Aghjagala Sakhkalanj Echmiadzin 25.01.1978 17. Aghkand Aghnjadzor Yeghegnadzor 03.07.1968 This list has been compiled basing on editions from 1976 and 1988 “Ad- ministrative – territorial division of Armenia SSR published in Iravan by Supreme Soviet of the Armenia SSR both in Russian and Armenian and the “Atlas of the Republic of Armenia” in Armenian, 2000. - 7 - The previous The new District Date N Azerbaijani name of location of decree name 18. Aghkand Ashotavan Sisian 17.04.1948 19. Aghkilsa Krashen Akhuryan 07.12.1945 20. Aghkilsa Jermakavan İjevan 19.04.1991 21. Aghkilsa Azad Vardenis 03.01.1935 (Davakharaba) 22. Aghudi Aqitu Sisian 09.04.1991 23. Aghzibir Lchap Gavar (Kamo) 07.12.1945 24. Ahagchu Zovasar Talin 25.01.1978 (Aghakichik) 25. Ajibaj Ajabaj Kapan (Gafan) 09.04.1991 26. Akhta district Hrazdan district — 30.06.1959 27. Akhtakhana 1.Khlatagh Kapan (Gafan) — 2.Dzorastan 01.06.1940 28. Akhula Berkarat Aragats 25.01.1978 29. Akhund 1.Bzovan Artashat — Bozavand 2.Berdik 25.01.1978 30. Alachuggaya Alachukh Dilijan — 31. Alageoz Aragats Talin 31.07.1950 32. Alakilsa 1.Baytar Amasiya — 2.Hovtun 09.04.1991 33. Alayaz Yeghegis Yeghegnadzor 09.04.1991 34. Alayaz st. Aragats st. Aragats 19.09.1950 35. Aldara Alvank Meghri after 1991st year 36. Alibayli Atarbekyan Echmiadzin 04.04.1946 37. Aligoychak Kuchak Aparan 03.01.1935 - 8 - The previous The new District Date N Azerbaijani name of location of decree name 38. Alikhan Getik Gukasyan 03.01.1935 39. Alili Salvard Sisian 03.01.1935 40. Aliqirikh Blorashen Artashat 10.09.1948 41. Aliqirikh Astghadzor Martuni 03.01.1935 42. Allahverdi Tumanyan dis- Tumanyan 09.09.1930 district trict 43. Almalu Khndzorut Vayk 12.11.1946 (Azizbayov) 44. Amirkheyir Kalavan Jambarak 09.04.1991 (Krasnoselo) 45. Arafsa 1. Aravus Sisian — 2. Arevis 03.07.1968 46. Aralukh Yerazgavors Akhuryan 07.12.1945 47.