mass grave- sign of genocide in Azerbaijan ,Quba genocide which was done by armenians against azeri people in 1918.

mass grave- sign of genocide

Azerbaijan Quba genocide which was done my armenians against azeri people in 1918.

Yesterday i was in Quba, Azerbaijan and  visited mass grave. This grave  was  found  in april 2007 during the  construction process  near  the  river.  Archaeologists explored 500 m² of ground and found   that there were burried more than 700  bodies. They were killed  with a special violence.  On most of  skelets there are signs of  sharp tools.

Historians are  sure that  people burried  here are the  victims of  genocide which was  realised buy armenians  against civil azerbaijany people in  1918. Officals say that  government have  talked  to  people before about march genocide with old citizens of Quba. And they knew that there are was  a mass grave. Many  people told  that  when  armenians killed  civil people in  Quba  they have  burried  bodies  somewhere in the upper side of the city. But noone knew the exact place.

But which a happy accident   the grave was found. Archelogist  kept some  places  untouched. They  hope that   historians and  archeologist from different countries  will come and  explore this parts themself. May be after that  they can  be sure about the things which happend  in 31 march 1918.

*What happend  in  march 1918  in Quba ?

Tragedy in Quba was  the  part of  31 march genocide which  was done  my armenians against azeri people in 1918.

In 1918 there a special comission was created for investigating bloodshed  in  march. A. Novochiy was  the  head  of comission. He wrote  in his report.(this  report was  hidden and learly found)

In april 1918 when Baku was  on the hand  of  Bolsheviks David Gelovani representative of  bolsheviks came  to Quba with 187 armed soldiers and  announced  himself as  a  kommisar of Quba. He offered citizens to accept Soviets.  Citizens accepted  his offer. 


 He learn the situation and  saw that citizens are  freindly.  He let free internmented armenians  from jail being sure about their safety.  It was  quit for some days. But one day lezgins  from surrounding  villages came to Quba and  offered  Gelovany leave the city with his army. Gelovany refused  lezgins offer. Lezgins began the fire. Gelovany had to leave  the city. When they leave he Gelovany forcefully took christians  with himself. While this shooting  some  christians  were killed they were armenians and  russians. Lezgins after this went away to there home.

After a week  or two an armed   crew moved  from Baku, Azerbaijan began moving  to Quba. Amazasp was the leader and  all soldier were armenians. Some citizen run away but most stayed. They would never think that something terrible can happen to them. They thought that bolsheviks  were coming.

Armed crew  have enetered to the city without difficulty. Occupation of city was held by  massacreing muslim citizens and doing  any kind of  violence to them. Armenians killed anyone who was on  there way, men, women even childrens. bursted in home and were killing whole family, even infant (syckling)babies(they were shooting  or notching by daggers on there mothers chest).

 

They were mocking at muslim citizens. For example  they asked honourable old men to bring them  muslim women. they  killed  anybody who was  rejecting.more than 2000 citizen were killed.  About 200 women were forced.

Crew  of Amazasm  on the way to Quba destroyed 122 villages. they killed  everyone even them who came to them with white flag for peace.

In the  statement of Gelovany it is written that Amazasp was sent to Quba with the wish of Shaumyan(one  of baku comissars)  to  punish muslims. Without conset of other kommisars. Tis fact  Amazasp conceded himself. he Said to Quba citizen “I’m the here of armenian nation and protector of his interests.  I was cent  here  with  the retributive perpose.  To take  the range of  armenians who were killed two weeks ago. I didn’t come  here to set  Soviet government. Iwas ordered to kill all muslims from Caspians sea to  mountain Shahdag as was done in Shirvan(city Shamaxi – part of  march genocide). But i ‘m forgiving  u .”

 

 

QUBA MASS GRAVE SITE.

 In the spring of 2007 a mass grave containing at least 200 skeletons was found on the edge of Quba City during construction at the soccer stadium site. Archealogists from Baku excavated the site and constructed a temporary shelter to protect the skeletons and excavations. Plans are being to developed to build a museum complex orund the mass grave to memorialize the loss. Official English language sign posted infront of mass-grave(March 2009). 1.ON 1 April, 2007 a mass grave was opened in Guba while doing ground works. 2.As a result of the primary research carried out by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan from 8 to 11 April 2007 it has been revealed that the site is a burial place of the local innocent civilians massacred by the Armenians in 1918. 3.To provide a more comlete explanation to the problem the Sciense Board of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan proposed thorough arcaeological investigations in the site. 4.A staff of seven researchers of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan have been investigating the place. The results of the research carried out in 2007. The first, main stage involved the archaeological investigation of the mass grave. The second stage was the investigation of the burial place from a historical point of view and on the basis of archive materials. The third stage included talking to the local residents,mainly the old people. The total area of the site is 500 square meters. were found. As a result of the archaeological excavations two wells and two channels filled withcorpses were found. All the victims bear signs of mutilation. Exhumations claimed that the victims were murdered cruelly and inhumanely-with dull instruments.The number of murdered were discovered by counting the skulls. It has been found out that all the remains of the mass grave belong to the Azerbaijanis and members of other ethnic minorities living compactly in Guba. Most of the skeletal human remains found in the mass grave are of children and women. Besides the wells, 200 skulls have been uncovered in the mass grave so far. -50 of them are of children of different ages -54 are of women and the rest belong to old people From a historical point of view and on the basis of archive materials is has been identified that in 1918,at the end of April a special torture regimentinstructed by Stephan Shaumyan , the commissar of the then Soviet of People Commissars and Korganov , a military commissar was sent to Guba Region. Under the command of the Armenian general Hmazasp armenians killed 50 thousand civilians of Northern Azerbaijan. As a result of the ordeal only in Guba region 1800 children, about 2000 old men and women were murdered. Also they burned half of Guba city. In the Guba district more than 12.000 were killed by armenian nationalist Dashnak party, the number of villages ruined was 122. Small part of them was buried in the place where we have been carrying out our research. The research is still going on.