Azeris In Their Natural Behavior > Destroying In Nakhitchevan

[MosJan]

AZERBAIJANIS’ VANDALISM TURNING INTO A POLITICAL CATEGORY

 

Historian Hayk Demoyan says that the fact of denying international monitoring missions entry to Old Jugha evidences that Azerbaijan’s shamelessness has become a political category. "They first officially denied the existence of monuments at all guided by the principle ‘no Armenian inhabitants, no Armenian monuments’ but after the claims of international observers crashed against the Azerbaijani wall the international structures sent their concern. It became apparent that vandalism is not only a state policy but that Azerbaijan is not ready at all for peace talks. Vandalism was rampant not only in Old Jugha but all over Nakhijevan where the number of historic monuments was estimated at 4-5 thousand. Azerbaijan."

 

In the historian’s words, Azerbaijan’s hollow and silly arguments did not convince deputies of the European Parliament, and they gave a politically correct assessment to the annihilation of the ancient cemetery of Old Jugha viewing it alongside destruction of Buddha monument by the Taliban. They labeled the actions of Azerbaijanis as vandalism as there is no other word for the destruction of cultural heritage.

 

Demoyan highly praised the fact that during the last week the Azerbaijani vandalism was largely covered by the ArtNews Paper and the Independent. "Today’s publications in Azeri newspapers suggest that Azerbaijan’s denailist stance is cracking down though no criticism was voiced in the society. It’s evidence that the Azeri society gives its silent content to the cultural genocide against its neighboring nation," Demoyan said.

 

Reverend father Hovakim Manukian says that a 6-minute DVD telling about the destruction of Armenian monuments in Old Jugha was shown at various clerical meetings worldwide with an aim to internationalize this issue. "After watching the DVD everybody says that the Armenian khachkars are world values and their destruction is a great harm to world culture. It’s important to keep the issue monument preservations - not only of Nakhijevan but also of Western Armenia and Georgia – in the spotlight in order to save them from annihilation," father Manukian said.

 

By Ruzan Poghosian

[MosJan]

SWITZERLAND CONDEMNS DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN GRAVEYARD IN NAKHIJEVAN

 

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Armenia occupies a key area in the South Caucasus from the viewpoint of Switzerland’s interests, Micheline Calmy-Ray, foreign minister of Switzerland, said at the press conference in Yerevan. She added that Switzerland is going to make the visa regime with Armenia easier.

 

As for the Armenian-Turkish relations, Mrs. Calmy-Ray stated that Switzerland, having recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide, is ready to contribute to the improvement of relations between Armenia and Turkey. At the same time, she added that "at present, unfortunately, all efforts are doomed to failure." Mrs. Calmy-Ray stated that her country heavily condemns the destruction of Armenian graveyard in Nakhijevan carried out by the Azeri authorities. In this connection, Switzerland applied to UNESCO with a complaint. Mrs. Calmy-Ray also reminded that the PACE Commission for Preservation of Cultural Heritage will visit south Caucasus in September.

* By Aghavni Harutyunian

[Iran Forever]

SWITZERLAND CONDEMNS DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN GRAVEYARD IN NAKHIJEVAN

 

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Armenia occupies a key area in the South Caucasus from the viewpoint of Switzerland’s interests, Micheline Calmy-Ray, foreign minister of Switzerland, said at the press conference in Yerevan. She added that Switzerland is going to make the visa regime with Armenia easier.

 

As for the Armenian-Turkish relations, Mrs. Calmy-Ray stated that Switzerland, having recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide, is ready to contribute to the improvement of relations between Armenia and Turkey. At the same time, she added that "at present, unfortunately, all efforts are doomed to failure." Mrs. Calmy-Ray stated that her country heavily condemns the destruction of Armenian graveyard in Nakhijevan carried out by the Azeri authorities. In this connection, Switzerland applied to UNESCO with a complaint. Mrs. Calmy-Ray also reminded that the PACE Commission for Preservation of Cultural Heritage will visit south Caucasus in September.

* By Aghavni Harutyunian

 

You know the sad thing is if it hadn't been for the 7 mile border between Nakhchivan and Turkey, we Iranians and our Armenian friends could have choked Nakhchivan, which is sandwiched right in between Iran and Armenia, with zero land access to Azerbaijan proper (without having to go through Armenian or Iranian territory that is), and Iran could have effectively used the threat of a blockade of Nakchivan every time Azerbaijan got too fresh.

Edited July 7, 2006 by Iran Forever

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VANDALISM GOING ON

 

DeFacto Agency, Armenia

Oct 2 2006

 

According to the DE FACTO Information-Analytics Agency's information,

St. Minas's Church built in 1650 has been completely destroyed in the

village of Kushchi of the Dashkesan region controlled by Azerbaijan.

 

The process of the Armenian churches' destruction in the regions

controlled by Azerbaijan is going on. DE FACTO Information-Analytics

Agency again applies to all humanitarian structures and clergymen of

all confessions to terminate the barbarian destruction of the Armenian

churches and cemeteries in Azerbaijan.

[MosJan]

Azerbaijan May Be Excluded from UNESCO for Demolishing Armenian Khachkars

19.10.2006 18:09 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ An international delegation comprised of representatives of different National Parliaments and a Scottish history-of-art specialist, were received by Mr. Kotchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, from whom they requested an international investigation and open denunciation of the crime perpetrated on the Armenian cemetery of Old Julfa by the army of Azerbaijan, independent French journalist Jean Ackikian told PanARMENIAN.Net. The delegation was formed at the behest of the Parliamentary Group Switzerland-Armenia – mainly the Co-Chairmen – the National Councilors Dominique de Buman (Vice-Chairman of the Christian Democratic-Party) and Ueli Leuenberger (Vice-Chairman of the Green Party) – with the support of Mr. Charles Aznavour, Ambassador of Armenia to UNESCO. The Parliamentarians submitted to the UNESCO Director-General comprehensive documentation on the subject, as well as a signed Memorandum in which five recommendations are presented to the state of Azerbaijan, among which, the construction of a Christian memorial on the site of the old cemetery. If Azerbaijan does not answer these recommendations, the delegation of the members of Parliament will seek for exclusion of Azerbaijan from the UNESCO through the mediation of the European governments, Switzerland, Russia and Canada.

[MosJan]

JUGHA ERASED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH

 

Tuesday, October 17th, an international delegation comprised of representatives of different National Parliaments and a Scottish history-of-art specialist, were received by Mr.Kotchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, from whom they will be solemnly requesting an international investigation and open denunciation of the crime perpetrated on the memorial site of Jugha (Djoulfa/Julfa) by the army of Azerbaijan.

 

The delegation was formed at the behest of the Parliamentary Group Switzerland-Armenia – mainly the Co-Chairmen – the National Councillors Dominique de Buman (Vice-Chairman of the Christian Democratic-Party) and Ueli Leuenberger (Vice-Chairman of the Green Party) – with the support of Mr. Charles Aznavour, Ambassador of Armenia to UNESCO. The Parliamentarians will submit to the Director-General exhaustive documentation on the subject, as well as a signed Memorandum in which five recommendations will be presented to the state of Azerbaijan, among which, the construction of a Christian memorial on the site of the old cemetery. If Azerbaijan did not answer these recommendations, the delegation of the members of Parliament will ask the exclusion of Azerbaïdjan of UNESCO with arbitration of the European governments, Switzerland, Russia and Canada.

 

Moreover, the organizers of this exceptional meeting, regretted not assistance of the Armenian government.

 

/Jean Eckian – Paris, France/

 

On January 23rd, 2006, French deputy François Rochebloine (UDF), recalled in his intervention at the Council of Europe: […]

«We have been made aware that the methodical destruction of khatchkars has begun again in the cemetery of Djougha, in the south of Nakhijevan: we see again the violation of tombs, the broken crosses, the emptied debris... The disregard for human rights and the insult to human memory converge in a somber picture that brings us back in distress to the saddest of periods in our contemporary history».

 

On the 30th of August 2006, the Azeri authorities refused permission to a delegation of European Parliamentarians to go to Nakhijevan and to certify the massive destruction of the ancient « Crosses of Stone » (Khatchkars) of the cemetery of Jugha. The first Khatchkars appeared in the 9th century. The cemetery of Jugha was divided into three sectors.The first sector included tombs from the period of the 9th to the 13th century, the second sector from the 14th to the 15th centuries, and the third from the 14th century through 1605 – covering a total area of 1600 square meters. In the framework of the « Year of Armenia » celebrated in France in 2006 and 2007, the

 

Louvre Museum will be offering to visitors an exhibition of 40 celebrated Khatchkars brought directly from Armenia. This will feature from 17th February to 14th May 2007.

 

Jean Eckian – Paris, France

 

A CULTURAL GENOCIDE

A few months before the launch of the « Year of Armenia » celebrated by France, a cultural genocide (or ethnocide) occurred: the systematic elimination, by the Azeri army, of more than 3,000 tombs on the medieval Armenian site of Julfa (Jugha in Armenian), situated in the enclave of the autonomous Republic of Nakhijevan, a territory of approximately 5,500 square kilometres situated between Armenia, Iran and Turkey. Previously a historic Armenian province, that was annexed by Russia in 1826, Nakhijevan was arbitrarily ceded by Soviet Russia to Azerbaijan on the 16th of March 1921 according to the bilateral Turkish-Russian Treaty of Moscow. From 1918 to 1920, Nakhijevan was situated within the borders of the first Republic of Armenia.

 

From 1919, the Turco-Azeris orchestrated a brutal ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population and its culture in order to realise the corridor between Turkey and Azerbaijan, while ensuring the disappearance of all Armenian traces from the region. This destruction comprises an integral part of the Armenian Genocide. The pillage of the archeological site began in 1903, in order to facilitate the construction of a railway section tying Jugha to Hamadan (Iran). Thus already, nearly 6,000 Khatchkars (1)

 

The Parliamentary Group Switzerland-Armenia is headed by the National Councillors Dominique de Buman and Ueli Leuenberger. were pulverised by the Russians. In 1998 and 2002, the Azeri army re-initiated the destruction with general indifference despite the fact that NGOs, Diaspora associations and the Armenian government collectively alerted UNESCO for several months. Within a few weeks (December 2005), all that remained of the prestigious treasures of the Armenian cultural heritage was a firing and training ground of the Azeri army: in fact, a military zone –today off limits.

 

Despite being signatory to the Convention on the Protection of Global Heritage (signed in 1993), this has not stopped Azerbaijan in its determination to eradicate the Armenian memory, eliminating with one fell swoop a true archeological treasure and a cultural testimonial of inestimable value.

 

After the Genocide of 1915, this profanation has been experienced as part of the collective truth of 7.8 million Armenians on the planet, as they have been veritably torn from their history.

 

Photo by Jean Eckian: Evgenios Haitidis (Greece) Jim Karygiannis (Canada) Ueli Leuenberger (Switzerland) Steven SIM : historian (Scotland) at the press Conference

[MosJan]

DELEGATES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES DEMAND FROM UNESCO TO CARRY OUT INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION IN OLD JUGHA

 

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The representatives of the parliaments from various countries have met with the Koichiro Matsuura, UNESCO Secretary General, and appealed to him with official request to carry our international investigation in Old Jugha, Nakhijevan, where historical monuments of Armenian cultures were destroyed. They called for condemning the destruction of old Armenian cemetery in Nakhijevan by the army of Azerbaijan. The delegation was formed at the initiative of the Armenian-Swiss parliamentary group thanks to the mediation of Charles Aznavour, ambassador of Armenia to UNESCO. The parliamentarians have submitted relevant documents that include proofs of the guilt of the Azeri authorities in the crime to the UN Council for Education, Science and Culture. The delegation has also signed a memorandum in which they demand to build a Christian monument on the place of the destroyed Armenian cemetery.

* By Nana Petrosian

[MosJan]

KHACHKARS OF JUGHA’S ARMENIAN CEMETERY ARE NO MORE

 

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History is a chain of evidence that is often "edited" and "supplemented" as one wishes. It’s especially easy to do when the evidence is an unprotected manuscript or an oral speech. Stone can also be an eyewitness of history and events if it is not crashed down in a barbaric attempt to "edit" history.

 

When in December of 2005 Azeri soldiers pulled down the last Armenian khachkars (stone-crosses) of Old Jugha in Nakhijevan and threw them into the Araxes river, in this way Azerbaijan was keeping to its policy of eliminating the trace of the Armenians. In Azeri logic this was the simplest way of denying the Armenian presence in Nakhijevan.

 

It was in December that daily Azg along with other media representatives following the alarming news from the Armenian Embassy to Tehran informed that around 100 Azeri soldiers infiltrated into the Armenian cemetery of Old Jugha on the bank of the Araxes and crashed down with huge hammers, spades and bulldozers. To remind, these very khachkars were saved from sacrilege in 2000.

 

Yet, there was no reaction from international structures and not a single organization that holds forth on lofty topics raised a finger. Destruction of Bamyan Buddha statues by the taliban in Afghanistan pushed those in charge to create additional mechanisms for protecting cultural heritage. But the khachkars of Old Jugha must be neither cultural heritage nor they were deliberately annihilated, otherwise the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage adopted in 2003 would be applicable here.

 

Part of the monuments was destroyed in 1903-1904 when a railway was being built. In Soviet era the khachkars were used as construction materials in various buildings. In 1970s there still were 3000 khachkars and around 2000 tombstones. In 1998 nearly 800 khachkars were destroyed, in November and December of 2002 not only khachkars were crashed down but also church remains.

 

In 2005 there still was a semi-ruined Armenian church in one of Nakhijevan’s villages, and during reconstruction works sponsored by a Norwegian humanitarian organization the Armenian inscription on the church’s wall was destroyed. After the incident the Norwegian organization ceases financing the project, and the Norwegian ambassador to Baku accused Azerbaijan of "vandalism". In 2005 Scot architect Stefan Seam was in Nakhijevan to study the state of the Armenian monuments. Soon after he witnessed that no such monuments were saved as "all of them were destroyed by bulldozers during 1995-2005." In December of 2005 the remaining few khachkars and tombstones were also crashed down.

 

In 1998 the Armenian Foreign Ministry sent letters to international organizations dealing with protection of cultural heritage. Letters calling for stopping cultural genocide in Nakhijevan were sent to Koichiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General, in 1998, 2002 and 2005.

 

Suchlike letters were also sent to Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer (2003) and as a reply the Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly decided to send a fact-finding mission to Nakhijevan in April 2003 to assess degree of the damage done to the monuments.

 

Curiously, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura’s reply to the letter sent on December 16 2005 is dated February 24 and politely assures that UNESCO will discuss what is possible to do "to ensure protection of this cultural wealth." As it transpires, UNESCO and other suchlike organizations need years to react to crimes and take measures for protecting already inexistent heritage. Moreover, the fact that by acting as it did Azerbaijan has violated a number of international regulations on protection of cultural heritage seem not to bother the international structures, and one can only wonder what the mission of these structures is.

 

Condemnation of the barbaric acts on Old Jugha is first of all important for preventing such acts in future. Though the destruction of the Armenian cemetery on Azerbaijan had a political end of wiping away the Armenian trace form Nakhijevan, those khachkars and tombstones were not mere graveyard articles but also cultural value. Moreover, they were Christian monuments that should be more protected in country’s practicing Islam.

* By Aghavni Harutyunian

[MosJan]

Armenia to Raise Old Djulfa Issue in Strasbourg

 

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December 6 in Strasbourg, during the meeting with Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis and other top officials Armenia will once again raise the issue of demolition of Armenian khachkars in Old Djulfa (Nakhichevan), RA FM Vartan Oskanian told a news conference in Yerevan. He said Armenia is ready to host the CoE Mission for protection of historical monuments and furnish the essential evidence of barbarian destruction of khachkars. “After visiting Strasbourg I will head for Brussels to discuss the Armenia-EU action plan, which is a priority of Armenia’s foreign policy for 2007,” he said.

[MosJan]

Oskanian Briefed to CoE Sec. Gen. on Armenian Khachkars Demolition in Old Djulfa

 

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Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with CoE Secretary General Terry Davis in Strasbourg, reported the RA MFA press office. During the meeting the sides discussed issues concerning the organization of parliamentary elections in Armenia in accordance with international standards, as well as Armenia’s fulfilling commitments after implementation of constitutional reforms. Terry Davis expressed hope that the Armenian authorities will succeed in doing the scheduled legislative work and drew attention to the implementation of laws in practice. Vartan Oskanian expressed satisfaction with the Action Plan, aimed at contribution and conduction of the elections in proper way, adopted by the CoE Committee of Ministers. Besides, the Armenian Foreign Minister informed the CoE Secretary General about the current stage of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and constitutional referendum due December 10. Vartan Oskanian also touched upon the demolition of Armenian Khachkars in Old Djulfa (Nakhichevan) by Azeri authorities. He stressed inadmissibility of deliberate demolition of historical monuments in peaceful conditions and added that this fact stands at the same level with Azerbaijan’s attempts to destruct monuments in Nagorno Karabakh during the war. The sides also touched upon the upcoming visit of CoE fact-finding mission to Nakhichevan.

[MosJan]

Exhibition on Armenian Monuments of Nakhichevan Opened in Strasbourg

 

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The opening ceremony of the exhibition, titled “The state of Armenian monuments in Nakhichevan”, took place in Strasbourg City Administration hall yesterday, RA MFA press office reports. Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian had a speech in the opening ceremony. The exhibition, which will function till December 10, is organized under the aegis “Alsace -Armenia Friendship” organization. Particularly the expositions are devoted to the demolition of Armenian Kachkars by Azeris in Old Djulfa’s Armenian medieval cemetery.

[MosJan]

Baku Keeps Ignoring Urges to Stop Destruction of Armenian Monuments

 

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The exhibition the State of Armenian Cultural Legacy in Nakhichevan, opened December 6, not only evidences that Armenians were present in that region, presents the beauty of the churches, which were in a good condition in early 20th century, the value of the Roman art, dramatic state of the Armenian architectural heritage in Nakhichevan. It is also a protest against the policy of periodical destruction of ancient Armenian monuments, stated Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian at the opening ceremony of the exhibition in Strasbourg, reports the Press Office of the MFA of Armenia. In his words, that state vandalism caused negative responses of the international community, specifically the European Parliament. However, Azeri authorities ignored the urge too end destruction and deny entry to those territories to international experts and MPs. The FM thanked Strasbourg Mayor, Chair of the city community, as well as French organization Alsace-Armenia Friendship and its Chair Pierre Zulumyan for organizing the exhibition.

[MosJan]

what can we expect from azeris wan their just as brothel to their own countrymen

 

 

welcome to modern day azerbajan / this is your new and improved azeris

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOli66BE0wM

[Zartonk]

welcome to modern day azerbajan

 

Movses jan, careful of that oxymoron of a statement. Ask Hellektor why .

Edited February 15, 2007 by Zartonk

[Aratta-Kingdom]

 

ArmInfo

2007-02-28

 

 

They in Azerbaijan continue destroying Armenian monuments

 

They in Azerbaijan continue destroying Armenian historical and cultural monuments, says the coordinator of the Yerevan Office of the Research on Armenian Architecture Samvel Karapetyan.

 

He says that in the villages of Mirzik and Voskanapat of Khanlar district they have destroyed churches of XVII.

 

A year ago they destroyed Holy Virgin Church in Chiragidzor village of Dashkesan district. Karapetyan says that RAA has almost no information about Armenian monuments located in the Azeri territory.

They learn about destructions from individuals who turn out to have photos and films. Such pictures have been complied into a documentary film Jugha. This movie is the chronicle of ancient Armenian

cross-stones destruction by Azeri soldiers. Last spring the film was shown to European Parliament members. It was a real shock for them. Today, there are almost 500 copies of the film. Most of them are being disseminated in the United States. The objective of the movie is to enhance public awareness of Baku's "cultural genocide" against Armenian art and culture. There are copies in Armenian, English and Turkish. The Russian version will appear shortly.

 

To note, Jugha is a town in Yernjak province. In XV-XVII it was a big trade center of Armenia but in 1605 it was destroyed by Persian king Shah Abbas and the whole population was deported to Persia. Jugha was the center of the new school of cross-stone art. Dec 10-14 2005 Azeri soldiers razed to the ground over 2,000 Armenian cross-stones of Old Jugha. Despite documentary pictures Baku keeps denying its complicity in this crime.

 

[MosJan]

Movses jan, careful of that oxymoron of a statement. Ask Hellektor why .

 

ok i'm asking Hellektor why ??

[Zartonk]

ok i'm asking Hellektor why ??

 

Well I shouldn't have said oxymoron Mos, that doesn't work. Hellektor has contributed extensively online regarding the fact that there is no such thing as an "ancient (Caucasian) Azerbaijan", so that makes the term "modern (Republic of) Azerbaijan" ALL that it EVER has been (terminologically speaking). The word modern has to contrast something ancient, and if you go by Hellektor, this, per se, can't work in Azerbaijan's case.

[MosJan]

[MosJan]

[MosJan]

ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN HAVEN'T GIVEN CONSENT FOR OBSERVING MONUMENTS

 

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Terry Davis, Secretary general of the , stated that Armenia and Azerbaijan haven't given the consent to carry out the observation of historical and cultural monuments. "The intends to send special experts to Armenia and Azerbaijan to get familiarized with the situation with the historical and cultural monuments in these countries," he said.

 

In order to carry out the observation, it is necessary that the experts have the opportunity to travel in the whole territory of both countries. Armenia and Azerbaijan should give consent for this.

* By Aghavni Haroutiunian

 

[MosJan]

AAA URGES CONGRESS TO PRESS ON BAKU TO INVESTIGATE FACTS OF DESTROYING ARMENIAN MONUMENTS

 

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The Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) expressed serious concerns over Azerbaijan's attempts to restrict basic rights and freedoms for minorities and called on Congress to urge Baku to thoroughly investigate the deliberate destruction of Armenian headstones in the medieval cemetery of Old Julfa (Nakhichevan) in 2005. In its statement submitted for a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, the AAA condemns Azerbaijan's unwillingness to develop civil society based on legal norms. "This regime has fostered an atmosphere of intolerance for free speech and free press by regularly resorting to violence and arbitrary judicial practices. It also restricts the most basic rights and freedoms of its citizens, including those of ethnic and religious minorities, in particular members of the Armenian minority, who are routinely harassed and intimidated," the Assembly stated in its testimony.

 

Turning to Azerbaijan's military expenditures, the Assembly highlighted that the country is one of the world's most rapidly militarizing regimes, having increased its spending from $141 million to $900 million in the past three years. "We remain concerned that the rapid military escalation by Azerbaijan not only poses a threat to democratic development and human rights, but also to regional stability and security. We therefore, urge this Subcommittee and Congress to implement policy measures that will bring about a de-escalation of tensions in the region, as well as foster greater respect for human rights," says the AAA statement.

 

Jennifer L. Windsor, executive director of Freedom House stated that the Azeri regime has been able to effectively utilize its enormous petrol wealth to further consolidate its control over society: "Azerbaijan as a hydrocarbon-dependent quasi-dynasty".

[MosJan]

Azerbaijan feels right demolishing Christian cemeteries

12.09.2007 15:39 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail In Russian In Armenian

 

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/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Under the pretext of building a highway Baku demolishes a Christian cemetery (the Nariman cemetery), where Armenians, Jews and Russians were buried.

 

Chief engineer of Civil Service Trust Firuz Askerov said “the hearsay that bulldozers have razed to the ground the graves at the Nariman cemetery is false.” “They work to lay a way through the site of displaced graves,” he said.

 

According to him, “134 graves have been replaced from the Nariman cemetery to the Govsany cemetery.” Askerov said “besides Azeri graves there were also graves of Russians, Georgians, Tatarts, Molokans, etc.” (However, he failed to mention about Armenians). He emphasized that “only those graves which lie on the territory covered by the contraction plan will be replaced,” APA reports.

 

Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reports that although local authorities assure of reinterment, photos in Internet show a complete dump. The photographers say the bulldozers just raze the graves to the ground depriving the relatives to rebury the remains.

 

The city administration says exhumation and reinterment is performed in accord with ethnic and religious traditions in the presence of relatives of the deceased. Meanwhile, the Jewish News Agency reports that “observance of Jewish traditions is restricted to the fact that grave-diggers throw the ashes into sacks and then give them to the relatives.”

 

[Arpa]

Look who's here.

 

NAASR to hold a presentation on Nakhichevan monuments

Belmon t, Mass7. – An illustrated

lecture on the “Monuments

of the Nakhichevan Region” will

be held on Thursday, November 1,

at 8:00 p.m., at the National Association

for Armenian Studies and

Research (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord

Avenue, in Belmont.

The lecture will feature visiting

speakers Argam Ayvazian from

Armenia and Steven Sim from

Scotland. The event is taking place

with the cooperation of Dr. Anahit

Ter Stepanian of Sacred Heart

University in Fairfield, Conn., and

Dr. James R. Russell, Mashtots

Professor of Armenian Studies at

Harvard University. Dr. Russell

will serve as chair for the evening

and Dr. Ter Stepanian will provide

translation, and both will participate

in the evening’s discussions.

Documenting

at-risk and destroyed

monuments

The Nakhichevan region, located

in what is today Azerbaijan, part

of the ancient Armenian historic

lands and with an uninterrupted

Armenian presence down to recent

times, is the site of thousands of

endangered and destroyed Armenian

monuments. Argam Ayvazian

has assembled a photo exhibit on

the monuments of Nakhichevan

that will open to the public on November

2 at the Davis Center for

Russian and Eurasian Studies at

Harvard University (see the sidebar

story). In his presentation at

NAASR

he will show digital images

and offer comments in Armenian

(with simultaneous translation

into English).

Argam Ayvazian was born in

the village of Arinj in Nakhichevan

and has devoted his adult life

to documenting and analyzing the

historical monuments of the region.

He has served on the Commission

for Preservation of Ancient

Monuments in Armenia and

is the author of numerous books

on the subject, including The Historical

Monuments of Nakhichevan

(1990), translated into English by

Fr. Krikor Maksoudian. Currently

he serves as deputy director at

the Agency on the Protection of

Historical and Cultural Environment

at the Armenian Ministry

of Culture.

Glasgow-based architect and

art historian Steven Sim served

as co-author in 2006 (with Ayvazian,

Lucy Der Manuelian, and

Patrick Donabedian) of The Destruction

of Jugha and the Entire

Armenian Cultural Heritage

in Nakhijevan, a report submitted

to UNESCO. He was one of the

last Westerners to see the hundreds

of Jugha khatchkars (stone

crosses) destroyed by the Azeri

military in 2005. Sim has traveled

throughout historic Armenia for

the past two decades documenting

thousands of vanishing and

at-risk monuments.

Admission to the event is free

(donations appreciated). The

NAASR

Center is located opposite

the First Armenian Church

and next to the U.S. Post Office.

Ample parking is available around

the building and in adjacent areas.

The lecture will begin promptly at

8:00 p.m. Information on the lecture

is available by calling (617)

489-1610, or by e-mailing hq@naasr.

org. f

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Exhibit on Nakhichevan

Monuments at Harvard’s

Davis Center

A photo exhibit of Armenian

Monuments of the

Nakhichevan Region by Argam

Ayvazian and Steven

Sim will be on display from

November 2 to November

19, at the Harvard University

Center for Government

and International Studies

(CGIS) Concourse Gallery,

1730 Cambridge Street,

Cambridge, Mass. The opening

reception will be held on

November 2 from 5:00 p.m.

to 7:00 p.m.

The exhibition will present

a brief overview of the cultural

heritage of Nakhichevan,

focusing on architectural

and sculptural monuments

of the 10th to 17th centuries

and including before and after

demolition photographs

of churches and the Jugha

cemetery khatchkars.

The exhibition is sponsored

by the Davis Center for

Russian and Eurasian Studies

at Harvard University. Funding

is provided through the

generous support of COPRIM,

Inc., of Montreal. The exhibition

organizer is Dr. Anahit

Ter-Stepanian.

Information on the exhibition

is available by calling

the Davis Center at (617) 495-

4037 or visiting the exhibition

website, www.nakhichevanmonuments.

org

 

[HyeFedayis]

Just reading this article makes me sick. They accomplished there task, now they get to lie.

 

Nakhichevan: Azeri Historians consider unfounded statements Armenian

 

There is no Armenian monuments in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, said Hajifahraddin Safarli, director of the Department of History, Archeology and Ethnography of Nakhichevan to the Institute and National Academy of Sciences Azerbaijan, correspondent for the news agency Trend.

 

'There had never been any Armenian monuments in the territory of Nakhichevan' said Safarli.

 

Vartan Oskanian, foreign minister of Armenia, has proposed sending a mission to Nakhichevan during the General Assembly of UNESCO in France, to see the destruction of Armenian monuments. After the meeting, Oskanian said that the Secretary-General of UNESCO had given his consent.

 

"International organizations are well aware that Nagorno-Karabakh is a territory of Azerbaijan. We should submit proposals to them and make every effort to obtain information on the destruction of monuments Azeris in Nagorno Karabakh," he continued Safarli.

 

"The Armenians ownership of the monuments erected recently by the Azeris in Nakhichevan. Now the state claims that the Armenian mausoleum Huseyn Javid inaugurated on October 29, 1996 in Nakhichevan, belongs to the Armenian people. Moreover, the Armenians contend that the doors in the park Heydar Aliyev also belong to them. How's Mausoleum Haseyn Javid erected in 1996 can belong to the Armenian people? We should inform the international community on these statements Armenian unfounded, "said Safarli.

 

"Among the 1300 monuments in Nakhichevan, none belongs to the Armenians."

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Just reading this article makes me sick. They accomplished there task, now they get to lie.

 

Nakhichevan: Azeri Historians consider unfounded statements Armenian

 

There is no Armenian monuments in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, said Hajifahraddin Safarli, director of the Department of History, Archeology and Ethnography of Nakhichevan to the Institute and National Academy of Sciences Azerbaijan, correspondent for the news agency Trend.

 

'There had never been any Armenian monuments in the territory of Nakhichevan' said Safarli.

 

Vartan Oskanian, foreign minister of Armenia, has proposed sending a mission to Nakhichevan during the General Assembly of UNESCO in France, to see the destruction of Armenian monuments. After the meeting, Oskanian said that the Secretary-General of UNESCO had given his consent.

 

"International organizations are well aware that Nagorno-Karabakh is a territory of Azerbaijan. We should submit proposals to them and make every effort to obtain information on the destruction of monuments Azeris in Nagorno Karabakh," he continued Safarli.

 

"The Armenians ownership of the monuments erected recently by the Azeris in Nakhichevan. Now the state claims that the Armenian mausoleum Huseyn Javid inaugurated on October 29, 1996 in Nakhichevan, belongs to the Armenian people. Moreover, the Armenians contend that the doors in the park Heydar Aliyev also belong to them. How's Mausoleum Haseyn Javid erected in 1996 can belong to the Armenian people? We should inform the international community on these statements Armenian unfounded, "said Safarli.

 

"Among the 1300 monuments in Nakhichevan, none belongs to the Armenians."

 

 

The support they will get is through the silence, deafening silence, of the anglo-zionist controlled press.