March, 31 – the day of genocide of Azerbaijanis

In 1998 the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan issued the Decree on declaring of March, 31 as the day of genocide of Azebaijanis. This decree is demonstration of the national memory about the tragic events in the history of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani people for the past century. The outrageous facts of mass killings, repression, expatriation of the Azerbaijanis from their native places are one of the tragic pages of the world history of XX century. Clear sign of Armenian nationalism that is delirious about creation of “Great Armenia” and use any ways for achievement of this goal is shown in this tragic history of the Azerbaijani nation.

"...Baku felt the effect of the Russian Revolution of 1917 more quickly and more completely than other areas of the Caucasus. Workers in the oil industry and Armenians of the town were ripe for Bolshevik and Armenian nationalist revolutionary organization. Baku was thus ruled by an uneasy alliance of a Soviet revolutionary committee and Armenian Dashnaks. Such a combination worked against the Azeri Turks (or, in the Russian usage, Tatars) of the city, who were neither Armenian nor Bolshevik sympathizers.
From 30 March to I April 1918, the Tatars were attacked. Almost half of the Muslim population of Baku was compelled to flee the city...
Between 8,000 and 12,000 Muslims were killed in Baku alone..."

From the book "Death and Exile. The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims 1821-1922"
by Justin McCarthy. The Darwin Press, Inc. Princeton, New Jersey. p.214

P.S. Letter to President George W. Bush from Azerbaijani students in US

For related links see:

• Office of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Eng & Rus)
  • http://www.president.az/azerbaijan/31/index.htm
• Azerbaijan Internet Links (Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict) - http://resources.net.az/3.htm
• Virtual Azerbaijan (Adil Bagirov) Chronology of Azerbaijan History and neighboring regions.
  
  • http://www.zerbaijan.com/azeri/history1.htm
• No one and no thing will be forgotten...
  • www.azerigenocide.net
  • http://www.khojaly.net/
    
• The Turkish genocide by Armenians (Turkey)
  • http://www.armenianreality.com/massacres_in_azerbaijan/massacres_in_azerbaijan.html
• From Azeri Project
  • http://www.khojaly.org.az:8101/