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Garghabazar.
Fuzuli district. 1684.
Horse Monument.
Aghdam district, XVIII century.
The Govheragha mosque.
City of Shusha, XIX century.
In 1905, Armenians perpetrated an
awful genocide against local Azerbaijanis,
which became known in history as the
Armenian-Muslim war. The genocide
against Azerbaijanis was more dramatic
in Karabakh. Thirsty for more blood in the
aftermath of genocide against the Turkic-
Muslim population in 1905-1906, Armenians
attempted to misuse the conditions formed
in the period of the First World War (1914-
1918) to perpetrate more tragic genocide
in Baku and other regions of Azerbaijan in
1918.
The establishment of the Azerbaijan
Democratic Republic (ADR) on May 28,
1918, was an important event in the history
of Karabakh. The Democratic Republic
considered the entire historical territory of
Karabakh as an integral part of the Republic
and aspired to enforce its political power
in this region. The Republic of Armenia
declared in Tbilisi laid groundless claims to
Karabakh. The Government of Azerbaijan
rejected these claims firmly.
official data of 1911, over 1 millionArmenians out of 1.3
million living in the South Caucasus were new settlers.
Already by 1916, the population of Karabakh (within the
borders of the Khanate) consisted of 51% Azerbaijanis
and 46% Armenians. The majority of newly settled
Armenians found their refuge in the mountainous
part of Karabakh. The pro-Armenian policy of Tsarist
Russia enabled Armenians to advance their role in
the administrative sector, increase dramatically in
numbers through settlement processes, and gain
stronger economic potential. Armenians strengthened
their position in the economic life of Karabakh with
the comprehensive support and favorable conditions
created by the Tsarist regime.
Thus relying upon Russia, Armenians, who were
active in all fields of social, economic, military-political,
and cultural life, staged an open fight to realize their
futile dreams of building “Great Armenia.” One of the
main components of this notorious policy envisaged the
extermination of the local Turkic-Muslim population
living in Karabakh, Irevan, Nakhchivan, and other
lands of Azerbaijan and seizing these territories.
Starting from the 1890s, treacherous actions of
Armenians against the central authorities in the
Ottoman Empire were doomed to failure so Armenians
decided to move the bulk of their fight to northern
Azerbaijan by committing hideous genocide in Baku
and other districts of the country in 1918.
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Azerbaijani carpets / KARABAKH GROUP