Historian, professor, academician of the International Academy of Sciences, an expert on the modern history of Azerbaijan.
Yan Schwartz: ” Everything that is Secret Becomes Obvious ” is a collection of rare and valuable documents on events almost a hundred years ago. These documents reveal the true face of Armenian nationalism. Well, how to treat this differently, when people were brutally killed only because they were Azerbaijanis. Burned, destroyed and plundered monuments of architecture, mosques, residential city blocks, whole villages, schools, shopping arcades, separate houses. All this belonged to the Azerbaijanis! And these monstrous crimes are committed by representatives of the nation, which relentlessly spreads myths about itself as the most ancient and civilized people. “
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BOOKS
February 24 in the library of the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after RY Alekseev, the presentation of the book “Everything that is Secret Becomes Obvious” was held. The author of the book is a well-known historian, professor, academician of the International Academy of Sciences, a recognized expert in modern history of Azerbaijan, Yan Timofeevich Schwartz.
The author writes that the book highlights the activities of the Bolsheviks in Azerbaijan, the genocide of Azerbaijanis in their own country in 1918, as well as the beginning of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in 1988.
The article notes that during the presentation, sincere words of gratitude were received to the writer for such a fundamental work, for his most valuable contribution to the Azerbaijani studies.
In the book “Everything that is Secret Becomes Obvious”, rare materials are collected, revealing to the reader the unknown pages of the history of Azerbaijan and the USSR as a whole. The problems of both Soviet and modern times are separately touched upon. About this and much more can be found in the book.
Of particular interest are historical materials about the genocide of Azerbaijanis in March 1918 in Baku, Shamakhi, Guba, Lankaran and other regions of Azerbaijan, committed by the Bolshevik-Dashnak gangs. Then more than 40 thousand civilians were killed.
All the speakers were unanimous in the opinion that practically at all times history was written for the sake of the political system. This cannot be said about the work of Academician Jan Schwartz. The value of his book, as well as all his other works, is independent analysis, and impartiality, which is very important for the future generation, which will study our common history.
The collection of articles is intended for schoolchildren and students, teachers and researchers, as well as all those who are interested in the problems of history.
Representatives of national communities, public organizations, scientific intelligentsia, scientists, historians, editors of print media and journalists took part in the presentation.
Source: azertag.az
PHOTOS
SOURCES AND PRESS
Russian historian: “Armenia’s claims on Azeri Karabakh are absolutely groundless”
Interview Azeri.Today with the famous Russian historian, professor, academician of the International Academy of Sciences Yan Schwartz.
– Yan Timofeevich, in 2013, the presentation of your book “ Everything that is Secret Becomes Obvious ” took place in Russia, in which you describe the activities of the Bolsheviks in Azerbaijan, the genocide of Azerbaijanis in their own country in 1918, the beginning of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in 1988. What made you, a Russian historian, write a book about the history of Azerbaijan?
– What made you? Firstly, although I do not currently live in Azerbaijan, nor was I born in this beautiful country, nevertheless, I consider myself a Bakuite. But I’ll talk about my autobiography a little later, but for now I’d like to say a few words about my book. “Everything that is Secret Becomes Obvious” is a collection of rare and valuable documents on events almost a hundred years ago. These documents reveal the true face of Armenian nationalism. Well, how to treat this differently, when people were brutally killed only because they were Azerbaijanis. Burned, destroyed and plundered monuments of architecture, mosques, residential city blocks, whole villages, schools, shopping arcades, separate houses. All this belonged to the Azerbaijanis! And these monstrous crimes are committed by representatives of the nation, which relentlessly spreads myths about itself as the most ancient and civilized people. The year 1918 in the history of Azerbaijan is perhaps the most significant due to the rapidly changing events – both stunning and tragic, each of which could become and in part become fatal for the Azerbaijani people. The peak of these events is undoubtedly the date of May 28, 1918 – the proclamation of the state independence of Azerbaijan. Subsequent major historical events – the liberation of Baku by the joint Turkish-Azerbaijani forces on September 15, 1918 and the entry of the Azerbaijani government into the capital, the formation of the Azerbaijani Parliament on December 7, 1918, recognition of the legitimacy of the Azerbaijani government by the Allied forces command in the Transcaucasus and the British government on December 28, 1918 . All this laid the foundation for building the first democratic system in the entire East – the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. All this I tried to bring to the attention of the Russian public.
Now, as for me. I was born on October 14, 1934 in Dnepropetrovsk. My father was a serviceman, a participant in the Civil War. Then he was appointed commander of the 7th Special Purpose Division of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs in Baku. Although he was a general’s post, but he never received a general. At that time in the USSR anti-Semitism was strong enough, so neither my father, nor I, nor my son, although they were in the general positions, but the generals did not. However, unlike all other republics of the USSR, I have never met such a shameful phenomenon as anti-Semitism in Azerbaijan. But the general rank was given not by Baku, but by Moscow.
I studied at the 160th school, then studied at the First Moscow Guards Artillery School, which graduated in 1955. I served in Nakhchivan, then in Azerbaijan’s 416th motorized rifle division, which was located in the Salyan barracks and was disbanded after the trial of Mirjafar Bagirov in 1956. However, then all the national divisions in the USSR were disbanded. I lived in the same house with Aydin Salayev, nephew of Azi Aslanov, and was friends with the son of Hero. It was an elite house on Shaumyan Street, in the so-called Interior Ministry House.
In 1967, I graduated from the History Department of the Azerbaijan State University (now BSU). I was taught by the granddaughter of Meshadi Azizbekov Pustahanum Azizbekov. It was she who pushed me to historical research. In 1968, I was transferred to the Volgograd region, but I still did not lose contact with my native city. In 1975 I defended my Ph.D. thesis and graduated from the post-graduate school of the Military-Political Academy. Now I am retired colonel, I live and teach in Nizhny Novgorod.
– Where did you find the events in Karabakh in February 1988?
– The events in Karabakh caught me outside Azerbaijan. But, I visited NKAR, I was in the Gazakh region, in the village of Baganis-Airum. All the consequences of the atrocities of Armenian militants against the peaceful Azerbaijani population I saw with my own eyes. Of course, it was absolutely clear that Armenia’s claims to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh are absolutely groundless.
– Then why, in your opinion, did the leadership of the USSR, and then of Yeltsin’s Russia, take the side of the Armenians?
– I can only say for myself. I did not understand then, I do not understand and do not accept the treacherous policy of the leadership of the USSR and Russia of the early 1990s towards Azerbaijan. Why do we need to support Armenia, which occupied Azerbaijani territories? I know that the Russian language has been preserved in Azerbaijan, there are a large number of schools and universities with the Russian education sector, and in Armenia there is nothing like that.
– What reaction was in the Russian society to your book? Did the Armenian Diaspora pressure you?
– There was no pressure, but indignation – as much as necessary. Like, about what genocide of Azerbaijanis in 1918 I write. Well, okay, I was not particularly worried about this outrage. As for Russian society, this book was received with great interest. Today this book is in many Russian universities, and students can study the history of Azerbaijan.
For my part, I would like to thank the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Nizhny Novgorod, Vidadi Abbasov, for the support he provided to me. If there weren’t his help, this book would hardly have seen the light.
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