On May 28, Azerbaijani people solemnly celebrate the National Holiday – The Republic Day. 103 years ago, on May 28, 1918, the first democratic republic in the Muslim East was proclaimed in Azerbaijan.
Although short-lived, it achieved a huge progress in many spheres, including economic, political and democratic reforms. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic ensured all its citizens’ full civil and political rights, regardless of ethnic origin, religion, social class, profession or gender.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic created broad opportunities for the independent development of all nationalities living in its territory. It laid down the foundation for many best practices, which were quite outstanding for that period. For instance, the young Republic was one of the first countries in the world introducing the right of suffrage for women in 1919.
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BY TESFA-ALEM TEKLE – Azerbaijanis on Wednesday marked the 103rd anniversary of the 1918 March genocide, committed by Armenian forces jointly with Bolsheviks against Azerbaijanis.
March 31 is commemorated in Azerbaijan as the Day of Genocide, in which tens of thousands of civilians lost their lives in Baku, as well as many other regions, including Shamakhi, Guba, Lenkaran, Salyan, Iravan, Zangezur, Garabagh and Nakhchivan in 1918. According to the Azerbaijani version of the events, in late March 1918, with the support of Bolshevik leaders of the Baku Council, the armed formations of the Armenian nationalist “Dashnaktsutyun” Party, led by Stepan Shaumyan, carried out mass killings and pogroms of Azerbaijanis.
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle January 20, 2021 – Azerbaijanis on Wednesday commemorate the 31th anniversary of Black January, a brutal crackdown by Soviet army against the people of Azerbaijan.
The mass massacre in January – 31 years ago happened when the Soviet leadership ordered deployment of military forces into Azerbaijan. As a result, more than 25,000 Soviet troops reportedly invaded Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan on the night of January 19,1990. The next day, dozens of people were murdered as Soviet soldiers opened fire into crowds of peaceful unarmed protesters in Baku. The violent crackdown intended to cripple an independence movement by Azerbajanis. Moscow’s military operation move however failed to avert Azerbaijan’s will for independence.