Another Place of Memory Erased in Azerbaijan
Vandalized graves; broken stones. Another Christian cemetery has been erased in the Republic of Azerbaijan this time containing not only Armenian, but also Russian, Georgian and Ukrainian graves.
Photo: The burial monument of Tamara Akhoomiants, an ethnic Armenian, vandalized
According to photographs and information posted at Dpni.org, a conservative website from Russia, “Recently im Baku – the capital of Azerbaijan – an old Christian cemetery was destroyed. Hundreds of graves of Russians, Armenians, Georgians, and Ukrainians were barbarically demolished by bulldozers. ”
Photo: Dead residents of a Christian cemetery being “evicted” from Azerbaijan (again)
Shockingly enough, the photographs of the now-gone cemetery were taken in December of 2005 – the same month when the medieval Armenian cemetery of Djulfa was reduced to dust by the Azerbaijani army.
According to the website, the cemetery is being replaced with elite houses.
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nazarian on 05 Jun 2007 at 9:17 pm #
While it’s not nice what they are doing but if the Azeris want to build a nation, they have to erase any evidence of Armenians having made Baku the prosperous city it is now.
This is a good leson for anyone who makes a foreign country rich. You are nothing but a guest, and very soon your grave will be converted into a housing block.
Karen Vrtanesyan on 06 Jun 2007 at 11:25 pm #
Please do not link to DPNI, it’s not a conservative, but actually a Nazi group, which awarded ~$2000 to a woman who killed an Armenian (she claimed he had wanted to rape her, but there was no evidence found. Still she was set free under the pressure of Russian ultranationalist circles)
Can D. on 07 Jun 2007 at 3:58 am #
of course why bother mention armenia’s invasion of azerbaijan and more then a 1million displaced refugees? im sure their graves are sitting silently, possibly with a few more buried on top…
Shak on 12 Sep 2007 at 9:50 pm #
Can D, what does the invasion of azerbaijan has anything to do with destroying graves??? How are graves of dead responsible for the invasion???
And speaking of mentioning things, what about the 1 million Armeninans displaced from Azerbaijan?? What about pogroms and Sumgain???
Karen Vrtanesyan on 15 Sep 2007 at 6:14 pm #
Hi Blogian
The situation is even worse now: after destroying Armenian graves they went on Russian, Jewish and other graves.
More info on that here:
http://gianluigi.livejournal.com/
Also, check the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eGSsDPDdIQ
Please distribute.