Information & Inquiry materials
■M ilitary aggression o f Arm enia against
Azerbaijan
A military-political conflict broken as a result
of the claim of Armenia to the Mountainous Ga-
rabagh province of Azerbaijan with the help of the
Arm enian diaspora abroad. On February 20, 1988,
the session of the Council of the Province appealed
with a petition to the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan
to re-consider the status of the province.
On December 1, 1989, the Armenian parliament
adopted an unconstitutional decision on the annex
ation of the province. It was an act of intervention
of Armenia to the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
On November 26, 1991, the status of the autonomy
was abolished by Azerbaijan.
In late 1991, when the USSR collapsed, Armenia
virtually launched an open and unfair war against
Azerbaijan. Having violated the borders of Azer
baijan, it entered Garabagh, the military units of
Armenia together with the Armenian terrorists and
separatists in the province started to occupy the
territory of Azerbaijan, first the settlements with
the Azerbaijani majority.
On February 26, 1992, the most tragic event in
the m odern Azerbaijani history took place. The Ar
m enian military units committed a terrible geno
cide against the Azerbaijanis in Khojaly. In May
1992, they captured Shusha, which m eant the oc
cupation of the entire territory of the M ountainous
Garabagh. The next step was the capture of the dis
trict o f Lachyn which connected the province with
Armenia. Lachyn was followed by Kalbajar in April
1993, then by Agdam, Fizuli, Jabrail, Gubadly, and
Zengilan in July-October 1993.
As a result of the military aggression of Arme
nia, more than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed,
100,000 wounded, 50,000 disabled in 1988-1992.
As a result of the aggression 4,852 Azerbaijanis
(including 54 children, 323 women, 410 elderly) are
missing, 1,368 of them (including 169 children, 338
women, 286 elderly) have been released from cap
tivity, while 783 people (including 18 children, 46
women, 69 elderly) are still in captivity in Armenia.
According to the International Committee of Red
Cross, 439 persons have died in captivity. About
one million people have become displaced persons
and refugees.
Overall amount of material damage to Azerbai
jan because of occupation is about 431.536 billion
US dollars (according to the statistics of early 2011).
(E.Suleymanov; V.Suleymanov "Armed Agression o f A r
menia against Azerbaijan and the Heavy Consequences
o f Occupation") (in Azerbaijani) Baku, CBS, 2012).
•March 3 1 ,1 9 1 8
On that day a genocide was committed by the Ar
menian Dashnaks and Bolsheviks against the local
people in a number of towns of Azerbaijan, includ
ing Baku, Shamakhi, Guba.
•Aghdere
Administrative district in the south-west of the
Republic of Azerbaijan. Its area is 1,700 km 2. Occu
pied by the Armenian armed forces on July 7, 1993.
•Aghdam
Administrative district in the Republic of Azerbai
jan. Its area is 1,150 km2 , population - 167,300. The
district was occupied by the Armenian armed forces
on July 23,1993.
As a result of the military aggression, 82 residential
areas, 34,680 houses and flats, 17 industrial, 57 com
munication, 120 health, and 114 education facilities, 59
kindergartens, 108 cultural entities, 16 mosques, 3 res
ervoirs, 5 cattle farms, 10 bridges and 180 main water
canals were destroyed by the Armenian armed forces.
About 6,000 Azerbaijanis perished in the battles for
Agdam.
The total amount of damage in the district is six
billion hundred million one hundred and seven
thousand dollars.
•Fizuli
Administrative district in Azerbaijan. Its area is 1,390
km2, population 147,100. It was occupied by the Arme
nian armed forced on August 23,1993.84 residential ar
eas, 45 industrial, 990 agricultural, 39 communication,
127 health and 88 educational facilities, 76 kindergar
tens and 183 cultural entities have been plundered by
the Armenian armed forces. The Azykh Cave, one of
the most ancient settlements in the world is in the ter
ritory of Fizuli.
1,100
people have been killed and went missing,
113 people have been taken captive, 1,450 have been
wounded during the occupation.
The total amount of damage in the district is four
billion seven hundred and forty-two million nine
hundred and thirty-two thousand and fifty dollars.
■Internally displaced person
Citizen of Azerbaijan, forced to leave his perma
nent residence within the territory of Azerbaijan and
settled in other places of Azerbaijan.
■
Jabrail
Administrative district in the south-west of the Re
public of Azerbaijan. It covers an area of 1,049.8 km2,
with a population of 66,400. Occupied by the Armenian
armed forced on August 23, 1993. 97 residential areas,
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industrial, 44 agricultural, 65 communication, 83
health, and 91 educational facilities, 149 cultural enti
ties, and 180 cattle-breeding farms have been destroyed
by the Armenian armed forces.
The total amount of damage in the district is three
billion four hundred and fifty million three hundred
thousand dollars.
•Kalbajar
Administrative district in the west of Azerbaijan. It
covers an area of 3,054 km2 with a population 73,600. It
was occupied by the Armenian armed forced on April
2,1993.128 residential areas, 18 industrial, 627 agricul
tural, 2 communication, 76 health, and 97 education fa
cilities, 7 kindergartens, and 254 cultural entities have
been destroyed by the Armenian armed forces. 511 in
habitants were murdered, 321 taken captive and con
sidered missing during the occupation.
The total amount of damage in the district is one
billion seven hundred and seventy-four million dollars.
■Khojaly
A town on the Khankendi-Aghdam road, admin
istrative center of Khojaly District. It was given the sta
tus of a town in 1990. Occupied by the Armenian mili
tary units with the support of the Russian 366th Motor
Rifle Regiment on February 26, 1992. The Armenians
wanted to occupy the strategically important Khojaly,
inhabited by the Azerbaijanis, it is located in the moun
tainous part of Garabagh. It was levelled to ground,
because Khojaly reflected historical and cultural tradi
tions of the Azerbaijani people since the ancient times.
This distinct culture is classified as Khojaly-Gadabay in
historiography.
In the genocide of Khojaly 613 people were mur
dered, 487 - crippled, 1,275 civilians, including the el
derly, children, women were taken captive and subject
ed to tortures and insults. The fate of 150 people is not
yet known.
The Khojaly victims (613 people) include 106 wom
en, 63 children and 70 elderly. Eight families were to
tally exterminated, 25 children lost both parents, while
130 children lost at least one in the massacre in Khojaly.
•Khojaly - Gadabay culture
Culture in the mountainous and mountain foot
region of the Lesser Caucasus and the Kura-Arax at
tributed to the Late Bronze and Early Iron ages (13-
7th centuries B.C.). Named after the monuments first
researched near the town of Khojaly and in Gadabay
District. The Khojaly-Gadabay cultural monuments in
clude dwelling places, workshops, graves, and spots
of worship. Copper-smelting bowls, remains of work
shops of copper and bronze wares, waste of flint tools
and weapons, as well as tools used in the Neolithic Age
have been discovered in this area. The dead were buried
in stone-boxes and mounds. The ceramics of graves is
almost the same. Various items, such as bronze, sword,
halberd, flail, arrow, fork, dagger, spear tip, jug, boil
er, curb, bracelet, ring, bone-made jewelry, clay- and
stone-made wares have also been found.
The destruction of all these cultural monuments and
the Khojaly cemetery, one of the oldest graveyards in
the world, is an evidence of the Armenian vandalism
and an act of violence against the world culture. Histor
ical facts also prove that the territory of Khojaly is one
of the most ancient areas of Azerbaijan. The researches
show that the occupation, art, religious views, and cul
ture of the Azerbaijani people since the ancient times up
to present have preserved in the toponyms of Khojaly.
•Khojavend
Administrative district in the south-west of Azer
baijan. Its area is 1,458 km2. Occupied by the Arme
nian armed forces on October 2,1992..
■Lachyn
Administrative district in the south-west of Azer
baijan. Its territory is 1,835 km2, population - 68,500.
Occupied by the Armenian armed forced on May 18,
1992. 127 residential areas, 228 industrial, 244 agri
cultural, 67 communication, 142 health and 111 ed
ucation facilities, 25 kindergartens and 217 cultural
entities have been destroyed by the Armenian armed
forces. 264 residents were killed, 65 taken captive,
103 become disabled.
The total amount of damage in the district is seven
billion ninety nine million five hundred twenty-six
thousand five hundred dollars.
•Mountainous Garabagh
Province in the south-west of Azerbaijan. It was
established as an autonomous province within
Azerbaijan on July 7, 1923. It included the districts
of Aghdere, Askeran, Shusha, Khojavend, Hadrut.
The autonomy of the province was abolished on
November 26, 1991, because of the terror and ag
gression committed by the Armenian separatists. At
present, the province and seven adjacent districts
are under the occupation of Armenia. Claiming that
the province is ruled by the separatist Armenian re
gime, Armenia tries to deny the fact of occupation.
Azerbaijan offers high autonomy to the province
within Azerbaijan on condition that the occupied
territories are liberated and the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan is restored.
•Occupied territories
The Mountainous Garabagh and seven adjecent
districts have been occupied by the armed forces of
Armenia (1991-1994) as a result of the Armenian-Azer
baijani war.
■
Qubadly
Administrative district in Azerbaijan. Its area is
800 km2, population - 35,700. Occupied by the A rm e
nian armed forces on 31 August 1993. 94 residential
areas, 8 industrial, 1080 agricultural, 32 com munica
tion, 86 health, and 63 educational facilities, 11 kin
dergartens and 180 cultural entities have been rav
aged by the Armenian armed forces.
The total amount of loss in the district is one billion
four hundred and eighty five million six hundred
twenty-seven thousand dollars.
■Refugees
Azerbaijanis, who have left their homes in Arme
nia and found refuge in Azerbaijan during the war in
the Mountainous Garabagh. They have been given the
status of refugees.
■Shusha
Town in the Mountainous Garabagh province
of Azerbaijan, center of the administrative district
(area - 289 km2). Founded by Panah Ali Khan in the
1750s, the ruler of Garabagh. Originally bore the
name both of Shusha and Panahabad after Panah
Ali Khan. Later Shusha turned into the political and
cultural center of the Garabagh khanate. Follow
ing the Russian occupation of Azerbaijan, Shusha
became the administrative, economic and cultural
center of the Garabagh province and one of the cul
tural centers of Azerbaijan. Shusha is the hometown
of many prominent cultural figures of Azerbaijan.
It was occupied by the Armenian armed forces
on May 8, 1992. About 200 people were killed, 150
people became disabled. According to the census of
1989, the population of Shusha was 20,579, of which
19,036 were Azerbaijanis, 1,377 Armenians. At pres
ent, the town is inhabited only by the Armenians.
Liberation of Shusha is one of the principal issues
for Azerbaijan in the negotiations for elimination of
the armed aggression of Armenia against Azerbai
jan.
The total amount of damage in the district as a
result of the aggression is four billion two hundred
and fifty-seven million four hundred and seven
ty-four thousand dollars.
■
Tazapir mosque
A century old unique mosque in Baku. It is the
religious center not only of Azerbaijan, but also of
the entire Caucasus. The mosque is also the head
quarter of the Caucasian Muslims Office.
•The Caucasus
Region surrounded by the Black and Azov seas
in the west, by the Caspian Sea in the east, by the
Kuma-Manych Depression in the north, by the
north-east of Turkey and northern border of Iran
in the south. Its area is 440,000 km2. The Caucasus
is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse
regions of the world. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia,
and the southern part of the Russian Federation are
situated in the Caucasus.
•Zangilan
Administrative district in the Republic of Azerbai
jan. It covers an area of 707 km2, with a population
37,400. Occupied by the Armenian armed forced on
October 29, 1993. As a result, 85 residential areas, 12
industrial, 2820 agricultural, 80 communication, 66
health and 81 education facilities, 42 kindergartens
and 152 cultural entities have been plundered by the
Armenian armed forces.
The total amount of damage in the district is
three billion four hundred and fourteen million one
hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
CONTENTS
Address to the read ers.......................................... 71
National leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev
about the Khojaly gen o cid e....................................... 77
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev about the Khojaly genocide.............................. 91
Khojaly genocide is a crime against mankind ..101
Information & Inquiry m aterials............................ и з
CENTRE DE RECHERCHES DE L'HERITAGE
D'HEYDAR ALIYEV
KHODJALY -1992
В akou - 2014
Le livre "Khodjaly - 1992" est dedie ä la m em oire
des victimes du genocide de Khodjaly commis par les
forces armees armeniennes en 1992. Le livre contient
les discours d'Heydar Aliyev, le dirigeant historique du
peuple azerbaidjanais, et du President de la Republique
d'Azerbaidjan Ilham Aliyev sur le genocide de Khodjaly.
En outre, des articles de presse et des materiaux de
reference sont aussi au sommaire de ce livre.
© Centre de Recherches de l'Heritage d'Heydar Aliyev 2014
XOCALI
KHOJALY
KHODJALY
ХОДЖАЛЫ
Conseiller editorial "d u Centre de recherches de l'H eritage d 'H e y d a ı
A liyev":
Asef N A D IR O V
Mem bre de l'A cadem ie Nationale des Sciences de l'A zerbaid jan
Conseiller Scientifique:
Elkhan S U L E Y M A N O V
President de l'AVCIYA, Depute de Chemakha, chef de la d eleg atio n
azerbaidjanaise ä l'Assem blee Parlementaire "E u ro nest", m em b re d e la
delegation azerbaidjanaise
a
l'A ssem blee Parlementaire du C o n seil d e
Г Europe
Chef du groupe de travail:
Fouad B A B A Y E V
Docteur en sciences politiques
Redacteurs:
Gündüz N A S IB O V
Irina M O U K H T A R O V A
Redacteur linguistique:
Chahla A G H A L A R O V A
Coordinateur de la traduction:
T a m k in M A M M A D L I
Design:
Faig A L IY E V
E lviz IS M A Y IL O V
Mise en page:
Sevda AGHAYEVA
Des m ateriaux issus de 1'AzerTAc sont cites dans le corps de ce livre.
Egalement, les auteurs ont eu recours aux materiaux photogra-
phiques de 1'AzerTAc.
Couverture du livre: M onument erigd en 2008, ä Bakou ä la me-
m oire des victim es du genocide de Khodjaly Sculpteurs: Teymur, Aslan
et Mahmud Rustam ov
Dedie a la memoire des victimes du genocide de Khodjaly commis
par les forces armees armeniennes
C hers lecteurs,
Vingt deux ans se sont ecoules depuis que ce massacre
a ete commis par les forces armees armeniennes
darıs une des villes ancestrales de l'Azerbaidjan, ä
Khodjaly. Et cela a horrifie le monde.
Vingt deux ans plus tot - le 26 fevrier 1992-, les forces
armees de l'Armenie, les groupes armös armeniens
des territoires azerbaidjanais du Haut-Karabagh,
aides directement par les militaires et les equipe-
ments lourds du regim ent n°366 de l'ex-Armee
Rouge de l'URSS, cantonnes dans la ville de Khan-
kendi, se lançaient ä l'assaut de la ville assiegee de
Khodjaly. Ils у ont perpetre des actes genocidaires
contre la population civile azerbaidjanaise. Lors de
l'assaut de Khodjaly, en une nuit, 613 civils, dont
63 enfants, 106 femmes et 70 vieillards, ont äte tues
avec une cruaute extreme - egorges, enuclees, des
femmes enceintes eventrees ä la baionnette, des ca-
davres profanes. Par sa nature et son ampleur le ge
nocide de Khodjaly est semblables aux genocides de
Khatin, Lidisa, Songmi.
Les unites militaires professionnelles engagees
dans cette operation crim inelle commise contre des
civils ont viole les principes et les lois fondamen-
tales des Droits de l'Hom m e. La ville a ete bloquäe
pendant la nuit sans avertissement, aucune route
n'a ete securisee pour evacuer la population, les
civils parmi lesquels des femmes, des enfants, des
vieillards et des malades ont ete extermines.
Heydar Aliyev, dirigeant historique de la renais
sance azerbaidjanaise, a exprime avec precision la
veritable essence de la tragedie de Khodjaly : "La
tragedie de Khodjaly est une page sanglante du
nettoyage ethnique et de la politique gänocidaire
menes depuis plus de deux cents ans par les natio-
nalistes armeniens qui cherchent querelle ä notre
peuple". A I'initiative du dirigeant historique qui
com memorait toujours les victimes du genocide et
honorait la m emoire des martyrs, le M illi Medjlis
de la Republique d'Azerbaidjan a qualifie en 1994
juridiquem ent ces evenem ents de genocide et a si-
gne le 25 fevrier 1997 un decret sur la com m em o
ration, par une m inute de silence, de la memoire
des victim es du genocide de Khodjaly". Heydar
Aliyev, condamnant ce genocide, l'a qualifie de «
crime contre l'hum anite ».
Par consequence, je crois que l'edition d'un livre
sur le genocide de Khodjaly par le Centre des Re-
cherches sur l'H eritage d'Heydar Aliyev, est aussi
tres emblematique.
Heydar Aliyev a accorde une grande impor
tance ä la diffusion dans le monde de ces värites
sur la tragedie : "A ujourd'hui, transmettre dans
toute sa värite et son ampleur les faits sur le ge
nocide de Khodjaly, et en general, sur les atroci-
tes commises par les Armeniens dans le Haut-Ka-
rabagh, aux Etats, aux Parlements dans le monde,
ä la communaute internationale, et parvenir ä la
reconnaissance qu'un genocide у a ete commis est
le devoir du gouvernement et du peuple de Г Azer
baidjan".
II convient de souligner que la Fondation Hey
dar Aliyev dirigee par Mme Mehriban Aliyeva, re
alise des projets de grande envergure. Divers ou-
vrages sur le genocide de Khodjaly ont ete edites.
Chaque annee, ä I'initiative de la Fondation, des
actions vouees ä la commemoration de ce massacre
de m asse sont mises en place dans de nombreux
pays. La campagne "Justice pour Khodjaly", lan-
сёе ä I'initiative de Mme Leyla Aliyeva, vice-presi-
dente de la Fondation Heydar Aliyev, a donne un
grand elan ä cette cause.
Des informations detaillees ä ce propos sont
presentees dans ce livre.
II convient de souligner que l'une des organisa
tions qui ceuvrent dans ce sens est "l'A ssociation
d'Aide au Developpement ä la Societö Civile en
Azerbaidjan". "L'A ssociation d'Aide au Develop
pement de la Societö Civile en Azerbaidjan" (AV-
CIYA) a edite en 2006 en azerbaidjanais, en russe et
en anglais le livre "Le genocide de Khodjaly (docu
ments, faits et presse etrangere)".
En 2007, AVCIYA a organise une action sous le
slogan "Le genocide de Khodjaly : une exigence
pour un million de signatures". A la suite de cette
action, les signatures d'un million d'Azerbaidjanais
qui exigent la reconnaissance du genocide ä Kho
djaly, ont ete rassemblees.
II convient de souligner surtout que ces signa
tures ne sont pas seulement une exigence mais elles
sont aussi un certificat historique des temoins du
genocide de Khodjaly et un document moral, po
litique et historico-juridique. C'est pourquoi ces
signatures ont ete remises aux bibliotheques de
l'Azerbaidjan et des pays ötrangers et ä leurs ar
chives, ainsi qu'aux Parlements des Etats pour que
soient retablies la verite historique et la justice, et
voilä pourquoi un livre portant le meme titre a ete
publie par la suite.
II faut noter que le refus oppose? a une juste qua
lification juridique et aux consequences politiques
de la tragedie de Khodjaly ouvre la voie ä de nou-
velles tragedies. A la suite d'un sabotage delibere
ou d'une catastrophe causee par la negligence de
l'homme, les vies de dizaines de milliers de per-
sonnes pourraient etre mises en peril ä partir de ter
ritories sous occupation etrangere et qui sont, par
definition, hors du controle de l'Azerbaidjan. Un tel
evenem ent est susceptible d'advenir et de menacer
les villes en aval de la retenue d'eau du barrage de
Serseng.
Prenant cette problematique en compte, 1'Asso
ciation (AVCIYA) s'est resolue ä faire des proposi
tions en 2013. Le coeur du projet est d'informer la
com m unaute azerbaidjanaise mais aussi la commu-
п а ^ ё internationale de l'etat de cette retenue d'eau,
du risque de catastrophe humanitaire pose par cette
retenue, du risque d'un desastre biologique et eco-
logique, ainsi que des dommages qui risquent d'etre
occasionnes ä l'economie de six regions voisines. II
s'agira egalem ent de reussir ä faire adopter certains
docum ents par les organisations internationales,
ainsi que d'elaborer un paquet de mesures visant a
prevenir une catastrophe humanitaire et une crise
environnem entale.
En depit de son caractere strategique pour 1'Azer
b a i ja n , la retenue d'eau du barrage de Serseng se
trouve dans les territoires qui sont occupes par l'Ar-
т ё т е . Cette retenue d'eau a ete construite en 1976.
Par le fait de l'occupation агтёт еп п е, les installa
tions techniques du barrage de Serseng sont deve-
nues inutilisables et presentent ä l'heure actuelle un
ёtat de degradation ауапсёе. La rupture de ce bar
rage, consecutive ä une catastrophe naturelle, une
dёfaillance technique ou un sabotage delibere re-
prёsenterait un danger гёе1 pour la vie des 400.000
personnes vivant dans ces sept departements voi-
sins d'Azerbaidjan.
Malheureusement, diverses organisations inter
nationales, у compris de prestigieuses institutions
еигорёеппеэ, adoptent une attitude inexplicable (qui
est peut etre explicable sous un autre angle...) face a
ce probleme.
Cependant, la prise en compte objective de telles
problematiques, ajoutes au gёnocide de Khodjaly, a
l'agression de Г А г т ё т е contre l'Azerbaidjan dans
son ensemble et au retablissement de la justice his-
torique et du droit international, pourrait contri-
buer ä prevenir d'autres catastrophes potentielles.
Chers lecteurs!
Vous pouvez voir dans ce livre, devant vous,
que Heydar Aliyev, l'artisan de la renaissance azer
baidjanaise et Ilham Aliyev, notre President de la
l^pu bliqu e d'Azerbaidjan, ont qualifiö ä plusieurs
reprises de genocide la tuerie massive de Khodja
ly dans leurs discours et appels, et l'ont nomme
'Tevenem ent le plus terrible du XXeme siecle" et de
"crim e contre ГН и тап й ё ".
L^dition de ce livre en azerbaidjanais, mais ёga-
lement en anglais, en russe, en français, est symbo-
lique. Car ces langues etrangeres sont les langues
des pays copresidents du groupe de Minsk de Г OS
CE, instituä pour trouver un reglement au conflit
arm eno-azerbaidjanais du Haut-Karabagh. Ainsi,
les createurs du livre offrent-ils ä l'attention du pu
blic, une fois de plus, les verites sur Гёуёп етеМ le
plus dramatique et le plus sanglant du conflit. Nous
pourrions le dire avec les paroles du President de la
Republique d'Azerbaidjan Ilham Aliyev : " ... il faut
proclamer au monde entier le danger de Гidёologie
du вёрагаи вте ethnique, de la haine entretenue en-
vers les autres peuples de leur region et la terreur
que les nationalistes armeniens font regner dans la
region. C'est notre devoir civique en face de 1'esprit
des martyrs heroi'ques de Khodjaly".
J'espere que ceux qui essaient de refu ter le s ёуё-
nements qui se sont passes cent ans plus to t dans
l'empire ottoman pour les presenter com m e le "ge
nocide des Arm eniens", apres avoir lu ce liv re, au-
ront la possibilite de distinguer les vrais auteurs
d'un genocide de ceux qui sont victim es d 'u n ge
nocide.
J'espere que ceux qui essaient de com m enter les
evenements qui se sont deroules cent ans p lu s tot
dans l'empire ottoman pour les presenter com m e le
"genocide des Arm eniens" auront, apres av o ir lu
ce livre röedite, la possibilite de distinguer les vrais
auteurs d'un genocide de ceux qui sont victim es
d'un genocide.
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