Azeri Americans mark the 83rd anniversary of the liberation of Baku
September 15th, 2001
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Javid Huseynov, ASA Press Officer
On this day 83 years ago, allied forces of young and independent
Azerbaijani Democratic Republic and Turkish detachments under the command of
Nuri-pasha liberated the city of Baku from the evil and bloody regime of Baku
Soviet and its temporary successor Central Caspian Dictatorship. September 15th,
1918 became an important turning point in the short history of first
Azerbaijani independence. Baku, the eye of our homeland, has been liberated and
the government of independent republic was able to move here from the town of Ganja.
This event was also important in our history because it
brought an end to months of horrible violence and massacre brought upon Azeri
people by the Bolshevik gangs of Stepan Shaumyan and his Armenian Dashnak
allies in Baku, Shemakha, Quba, and other Azeri towns. Even the famous Russian Bolshevik
leader V.I. Lenin ironically admitted in one of his letters that “Shaumyan
turned Baku into Armenian hen-house”. Organized Armenian gangs under Soviet and
Dashnak slogans murdered 10,000 Azeri civilians just in the city of Baku on
March 31st, 1918, thus starting the history of first Azeri genocide
committed by Armenians. Crushed by Azeri-Turkish forces in September 1918, 26 heads
of Bolshevik criminals, including Stepan Shaumyan, have fled Baku by sea but
were captured and executed by British forces in Central Asian desert.
Today, ASA greets Azeris of the world and pays tribute to
the souls of Azeri and Turkish soldiers that gave their lives for Azerbaijani
independence.
The Azerbaijan Society of America is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing knowledge about the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Azeri people, their culture and history.
Press Release ASM, CA/#026
Copyright 2001 Azerbaijan Society of America