SHAUMIAN WAS NOT SHOT, DIRECTOR OF HISTORY INSTITUTE

Baku, January 30 (AzerTAc). “Stepan Shaumian was not among 26 Baku commissars when they were shot. We found a telegram confirming this fact,” Director of the Institute of History Yagub Mahmudov told a news conference on Friday at the headquarters of the New Azerbaijan Party.
Mahmudov noted that there was only one body over the age of 40 instead of three, which should have included Meshadi Azizbeyov, Stepan Shaumian and Tatevos Amirian. This body belongs to Meshadi Azizbeyov. The remains of Shaumian, Amirian and Arsen Avakian were not found.
According to Mahmudov, facts confirming that Stepan Shaumian was not shot were found in the archives of Turkmenistan.
All these facts were included in the first volume of the book titled “March genocide of 1918 against the people of Azerbaijan”
The Institute of History also published a book “Irevan khanate: Russian occupation and resettlement of Armenians to the lands of Northern Azerbaijan”, which narrates on the historical monuments of the city of Irevan, mosques, cemeteries destroyed after Armenians settled there.
Mahmudov noted presentation of the book is scheduled to be held shortly.