Azerbaijani "narration" of history: an episode from Heydar Aliyev

An article, published on an of the Azerbaijani websites, tells “how the Armenian state was created”. In that article, the history of the last several hundred years is built on a plot line of conspiracies and betrayals, in which the president of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev (1993-2003) became the one who broke the chain of conspiracy.

The first stage of treachery and conspiracy is connected with the disintegration of the Iranian state after the death of Nadir Shah, when small and weak khanates arise and "Azerbaijani lands" are lost. Then, in the 19th century, tsarist Russia gave the "Azerbaijani lands" south of Araks to Persia. It turns out that during the First World War, both blocs were favourign the creation of an Armenian state. The representatives of the "Azerbaijani faction" of the Transcaucasian Seim are also part of the "conspiracy and betrayal", who entered into negotiations with the mediation of the Ottoman Empire to decide "which Azerbaijani lands should be provided for the creation of the Armenian state".

According to the article, in 1918, the representatives of Azerbaijan decided to donate lands to the Armenians so that the latter... stop the genocide of Azerbaijanis. Soviet authorities, a number of leaders of Soviet Azerbaijan, Ayaz Mutalibov, the first president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, are also part of this long chain of "betrayal and conspiracy against Azerbaijanis".

The purpose of falsifying history in Azerbaijan is to create a connection with the distant past of history, to appropriate what others have, to present the role of the Aliyev family in a favorable light.

In the context of such an interpretation of history, it is interesting how Heydar Aliyev's visit to the Sardarapat memorial complex in the early 1980s will be presented. The famous photo depicts Karen Demirchyan, Eduard Shevardnadze and Heydar Aliyev, leaders of Soviet Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

The Sardarapat memorial complex symbolizes the vital victory of the Armenian people against the Turkish army in May 1918 and marks the creation of the state of Armenia in a part of the Armenian homeland.

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