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Интервью Caliber.Az с азербайджанским военным экспертом, полковником запаса Шаиром Рамалдановым. - Что, по вашему мнению, стало основной причиной геноцида в Ходжалы? - Причиной стали прежде всего неофашистские идеи таких как Зорий Балаян, тех, кто планировал Карабахский конфликт, и всех деструктивных сил, которые свели на нет добрососедские армяно-азербайджанские отношения. В том, что отношения между армянами и азербайджанцами переросли во вражду, есть немалая степень вины всего тогдашнего армянского общества. Достаточно вспомнить, как армяне хвастались, что у них матери своим новорожденным младенцам в уши нашептывали, что турки - враги армян, и в таком же духе воспитывалось все младшее поколение. Поэтому есть все основания утверждать, что Ходжалинский геноцид был спланированной кровавой акцией. - По вашим оценкам, удалось бы армянам захватить Карабах, если бы Ходжалы остался тогда в руках Азербайджана? - Естественно, не удалось бы. Без захвата Ходжалы армяне никоем образом не смогли бы оккупировать Карабах. Хотя я бы не стал придавать этому факту стратегическую значимость. - А разве ходжалинский аэропорт не имел стратегически важную значимость? - С военной точки зрения, в оккупации Карабаха ходжалинский аэропорт не сыграл такую важную роль. Там использовались не столько аэропорты и аэродромы, сколько иные факторы. - Почему на Западе для сих пор не воспринимают страшные события в Ходжалы как геноцид? - Этому есть однозначное объяснение - двойные стандарты, усилению которых в большей степени способствует активность армянской диаспоры за рубежом, а также проармянские интересы ряда стран, таких, к примеру, как Франция. - Именно поэтому Ходжалинский геноцид не получил должную политико-правовую оценку? - Думаю, да. Если бы не было двойных стандартов в глобальном мире, политико-правовую оценку ходжалинская трагедия могла бы получить даже на основе одной книги Зория Балаяна, в которой он описывает нечеловеческие зверства, учиненные армянами в отношении азербайджанцев. И еще. Если бы Запад предпринял тогда хотя бы десятую долю действий, которые предпринимаются сейчас в защиту Украины, никакой бы оккупации Карабаха со стороны Армении не было бы. - Раз уж вы затронули фактор Украины. По вашим оценкам, чем закончится эта война? - Полагаю, война в Украине завершится в результате переговоров. Общеизвестно, что все войны в конце концов заканчиваются миром. Так что и украинская война завершится за столом переговоров. Но прогнозировать ее последствия я бы не взялся... - И напоследок. Могут ли в Карабахе произойти новые военные столкновения в обозримом будущем? - Такую возможность я бы не исключал. Полагаю, на случай такого сценария у Азербайджана есть соответствующий потенциал и возможности, которые будут использованы для сохранения безопасности и стабильности в регионе.

26 февраля 1992 года – день, когда дохристианское языческое подсознание армян в очередной раз прорвало стену разума и совести и завладело этим народом в описываемый исторический период. Ходжалы стал символическим кровопролитием, круговой порукой армянского народа, окончательно повязавших их на преступных устремлениях и сделавших невозможным путь к отступлению. В этой связи вспоминается печально известное наставление Гитлера своей армии перед Drang nach Osten: «Солдаты, я освобождаю вас от древней химеры, именуемой совестью!». С немецким нацизмом армян роднит идея национальной исключительности, дающая карт-бланш на убийство чужого.Однако, если немецкого монстра первой половины 20 века взрастил целый спектр философских воззрений, подчас неверно понятых, то корни армянского террористического проекта упираются большей частью в психологию. Примечательны слова Сержа Саргсяна, принимавшего непосредственное участие в убийствах: «До Ходжалы азербайджанцы думали, что с нами можно шутки шутить. Они думали, что армяне не смогут поднять руку на мирное население. Нам нужно было сломать этот стереотип». Абстрагируясь от цинизма этого признания, важно отметить, что оно наполнено глубоким смыслом. Получается, армянские банды вырезали людей не в приступе ярости, как например бывает на войне, когда солдаты мстят всей деревне за убитого товарища. Нет, им очень важно было показать нам, что они осмелились. Они, убивая нас, думали о нас. Наше мнение было для них важно. Они хотели нас удивить. Разве во всем этом не проскальзывает обида сына на отца и желание оспорить его власть? Разве в этих словах заводского токаря не звучит дремучий Эдипов комплекс и мотив отцеубийства? Да, мы были для них фигурой отца. Армянский этнос долгое время находился под покровительством тюркских мусульманских правителей – азербайджанцев в Азербайджане и Персии, и османских турок в Османской империи. Причем покровительство это не носило характер этнического высокомерия. Ненависть армян к тюркскому этносу происходила от осознания его безмерно широкой цивилизационной миссии, свободной от узких этнических границ. Тюркам было чуждо этническое самосознание. Вместо, него существовало самосознание религиозное. Не случайно армяно-азербайджанские конфликты начала прошлого века долгое время назывались «армяно-мусульманскими». Когда же европейцами было решено разрушить османов изнутри, выбор в качестве пятой колонны пал на небольшой христианский народ, до тех пор демонстрировавший преданность султану. Работа иностранных эмиссаров по искусственному возвеличиванию армянской истории легло на благодатную почву комплекса неполноценности части (подчеркиваем, только части!) армянской элиты. Те уже, в свою очередь, поработали над широкими массами. К концу 19 века Эдип был взращен. Кровавые восстания против османов сменялись некоторым затишьем, пока наконец, не переросли, на фоне противостояния с Антантой, в резню всех против всех 1915 года. События 1915 года, в свою очередь, послужили мощной подпиткой уже существующего армянского комплекса. Будущее мифа Что же делать? Чего от них ждать в будущем и как строить отношения? Особенно остро этот вопрос встает в свете будущей реинтеграции армянской общины Карабаха в азербайджанское государство. В событиях 1915 года нужно тщательно разобраться. Здесь нельзя прятать голову в песок. Мы однозначно против манипуляции теми событиями в целях претворения в жизнь планов третьих стран по установлению контроля над обширными регионами Ближнего Востока и Кавказа. Вместе с тем, мы против того, чтобы называть те события «геноцидом армян». Эта тема должна особенно тщательно преподаваться в школах Карабаха. Должны проводиться дискуссии, семинары. Армянской общине должна, без малейших признаков высокомерного назидания, преподноситься научная правда о событиях 1915 года. В то же время, полезно было бы во всех населенных пунктах армянской общины, начиная с Ханкенди, установить монументы жертвам Ходжалинского геноцида. 26 февраля каждого года водить к нему армянских детей. Чтобы помнили. Без садистической составляющей. Интеллигентно. Просто, чтобы напоминать, что история народа - это не всегда героические, но и постыдные поступки. Адам и Ева, совершив запретное, устыдились своей наготы и прикрыли срамные места. Устыдится ли армянский народ своих грехов? Надеемся, что да. Как минимум, мы поможем ему в этом. Как минимум, той его части, что выберет реинтеграцию в азербайджанское государство. Впереди - переформатирование армянского проекта на территории Азербайджана. Для этой работы нам нужны не только армия и дипломатия, но, кажется, еще и сильная психоаналитическая школа. Азербайджан не собирается выжигать из карабахских армян их культурный код. Однако они должны знать, что весь мутный расистский поток, идущий с «континента», мы приостановим. Может быть когда-нибудь армяне Карабаха явят Армении лучшую версию себя, и подобно дрожжам в тесте станут закваской новой армянской общности. Что же касается нас, то наша цель - воспитывать в себе не ненависть, а бдительность. Бдительность - это главное в деле отношений с армянским этносом, армянской общиной и армянским государством. Да упокоит Аллах души жертв Ходжалинской трагедии. Они – шехиды, как и тысячи воинов, отдавших жизни в двух карабахских войнах. Лучшую дань памяти, которую мы можем им воздать – это работать над тем, чтобы такое больше не повторилось.

Хикмет Гаджиев: Безнаказанности должен быть положен конец Преднамеренное и беспощадное убийство мирного азербайджанского населения города Ходжалы вооруженными силами Армении при поддержке 366-го советского военного полка является военным преступлением, преступлением против человечности, актом геноцида. Как сообщает Caliber.Az, об этом в Twitter написал помощник президента Азербайджана - заведующий отделом внешней политики Администрации президента Хикмет Гаджиев. «Безнаказанности должен быть положен конец!», - отметил Х.Гаджиев

Резня мирных жителей в Ходжалы была частью систематической политики Армении В ночь с 25 на 26 февраля 1992 года Ходжалы стал местом самого большого преступления в конфликте между Арменией и Азербайджаном. Как сообщает АПА, об этом заявил министр иностранных дел Азербайджана Джейхун Байрамов во время выступления на мероприятии, посвященном 31-й годовщине Ходжалинского геноцида. Джейхун Байрамов заявил, что Ходжалинский геноцид является составной частью систематической политики Армении по этнической чистке: «В ночь с 25 на 26 февраля 1992 года Ходжалы стал местом преступления самого большого преступления в конфликте между Арменией и Азербайджаном. Вооруженные силы Армении при непосредственном участии 366-го мотострелкового полка бывшего СССР начали операцию атаки на Ходжалы. В результате этой атаки было убито 613 мирных жителей, в том числе 63 ребенка, 106 женщин, 70 стариков, 487 человек стали калеками. Людей сжигали заживо, отрезали головы и конечности, сдирали кожу. Около 1000 человек были ранены, 1275 попали в плен, 8 семей были полностью уничтожены. 25 детей потеряли обоих родителей, а 130 детей потеряли одного из родителей. На сегодняшний день 150 жителей Ходжалы числятся пропавшими без вести. Эта резня мирных жителей в Ходжалы не была одиночным или случайным актом, это было частью систематической политики Армении. Эта политика основывается на расовом превосходстве, этнических различиях и ненависти». Армения продолжала преступления против человечества и во время Второй Карабахской войны. «Обстреливая гражданское население и инфраструктуру Гянджи, Барды и Тертера, находящихся вдали линии фронта, Армения в 2020 году совершила те же военные преступления, что и в 1992 году. Но в этот раз она применила кассетные бомбы, смертоносное оружие, включая ракетные системы, чтобы было больше жертв среди гражданского населения. Ответственность Армении и ее бывшего и нынешнего руководства за эти преступления признаны и задокументированы рядом международных независимых источников. К сожалению, те, кто совершил преступления в Ходжалы и на других оккупированных территориях Азербайджана, все еще не привлечены к ответственности».

Вот уже 31 год прошёл с той ночи с 25 на 26 февраля 1992 года. Ночи, когда расстреляли Ходжалы. Уничтоженный город. 613 убитых, включая 106 женщин, 63 малолетних ребенка, 70 стариков. 8 семей уничтожены полностью. 25 детей потеряли обеих родителей, 130 — одного родителя. 56 человек убиты с особой жестокостью. Это не просто цифры. Это обвинительный акт. Строго говоря, Ходжалы не был единственным эпизодом намеренного геноцида азербайджанского народа в ходе первой карабахской войны. Часть ее истории — это и расправы над мирным населением Баганис-Айрума, Гарадаглы, Малыбейли, Баллыгая…Но именно здесь намеренное уничтожение мирного населения достигло своего апогея. И вряд ли это был, скажем так, «эксцесс исполнения». Ходжалы уничтожали намеренно. И бойню мирного населения тоже учинили намеренно. Этот город занимал очень выгодное стратегическое положение — на главной дороге Аскеран-Ханкенди, здесь находится единственный в Карабахе аэропорт. Но жителей Ходжалы приговорили к смерти не только из-за военно-тактических соображений. И иностранные журналисты, включая Томаса де Ваала, не зря говорили о «преднамеренной акции устрашения». Ошалев от безнаказанности, армянские агрессоры показывали, что не пощадят никого — ни женщин, ни детей, ни стариков. Вся вина которых была в том, что они азербайджанцы и живут на азербайджанской земле, но эта земля приглянулась Армении. Знаменитая фраза Сержа Саргсяна: «До Ходжалы азербайджанцы думали, что с нами можно шутки шутить, они думали, что армяне не способны поднять руку на гражданское население. Мы сумели сломать этот стереотип. Вот что произошло» — не оставляет на этот счет сомнений. Палачи Ходжалы были уверены в своей безнаказанности. И не ждали, что съемки Чингиза Мустафаева взорвут общественное мнение не только в Азербайджане, но и за рубежом. Что после столь чудовищной бойни пошатнутся совсем другие «стереотипы» — о «жестоких азербайджанцах и многострадальных армянах». Что, наконец, в карабахской войне добро и зло расположены совсем не на тех сторонах линии фронта, где их предписывалось искать согласно все тем же конфессиональным стереотипам. Но была еще одна сторона Ходжалинского геноцида, о котором и сегодня многие очень не любят вспоминать. Это — соучастие в этом преступлении российского 366-го мотострелкового полка. Точнее, истинные причины столь горячего соучастия. Есть, конечно, официальная версия: полк остался без чёткого руководства и приказа в эпицентре боевых действий, он просто «разложился» и прогнил настолько, что его бронетехнику и личный состав отцы-командиры сдавали в аренду армянским боевикам, разумеется, на деньги, присланные армянской диаспорой. Это правда. Но не вся. Вспомним: Ходжалинский геноцид — это конец февраля 1992 года. Когда Азербайджан уже был признан многими странами мира, но еще не успел вступить в ООН, Когда во внешнем мире еще не было полной ясности, как следует относиться к независимости союзных республик и не «слепятся» ли они очень скоро в новое «интеграционное объединение». Наконец, не было даже полной ясности, будут ли новые независимые государства создавать свои вооруженные силы или же появятся «единые вооруженные силы СНГ». И на этом фоне 366-й полк устраивал вместе с армянскими агрессорами расправу над жителями Ходжалы с понятным смыслом: продемонстрировать «этим азибижанцам», что никакие национальные вооруженные силы, которые тогда существовали только на бумаге, не смогут обеспечить безопасность мирного населения, и остается только идти на поклон к России. А мы выстояли. Не сломались. Пройдя через оккупацию своих территорий и гуманитарную катастрофу, через боль и трагедии, по кирпичику, стиснув зубы, строили свое государство. Пробивали информационную блокаду и совершали свой «дипломатический переворот». Создавали и вооружали действительно современную и боеспособную армию. Чтобы через три десятка лет услышать от своего президента и победоносного верховного главнокомандующего: «Совершая Ходжалинский геноцид, Армения по существу хотела сломить волю азербайджанского народа. Неслучайно руководители Армении – военные преступники отвечая на вопрос об этом в интервью иностранным журналистам, с чувством гордости отмечали, что да, Армения совершила это военное преступление против мирного населения, чтобы азербайджанский народ видел, что руководство Армении может поднять руку и на мирное население. Мы же отомстили за жертв Ходжалы на поле боя. Разгромив армянскую армию в продолжавшейся 44 дня Второй Карабахской войне, освободив свои исторические земли от захватчиков, мы одновременно отомстили и за жертв Ходжалы. Азербайджан как сильное государство никогда не позволит, чтобы армянский фашизм вновь поднял голову, хотя такие тенденции проглядываются». Добавим от себя: планы повторить такую расправу над мирным населением Азербайджана действительно существуют. Армянские националисты изменились мало. Но изменился Азербайджан. Это уже не страна февраля 1992 года, где защитники Ходжалы «бомбардировали» Баку сообщениями, что у них катастрофически не хватает боеприпасов, а тогдашний верховный главнокомандующий Аяз Муталибов рассуждал в интервью о двубортных костюмах и широких галстуках. И не Азербайджан времен Народного Фронта. Есть известное выражение: народ, забывший свое прошлое, обречён пережить его вновь, В Азербайджане не хотят создавать культа вражды и ненависти. Сегодня именно Азербайджан выступает с мирными инициативами и предлагает Армении основные принципы будущего мирного договора. Но это не значит, что мы сегодня погрузились в послевоенное благодушие и забыли о Ходжалы. И этот страшный опыт заставляет уже по-другому воспринимать новости с других «театров военных действий». Потому что через 30 лет будет уже украинская война. Будет чудовищная расправа над мирным населением в Буче под Киевом, которая нам, гражданам Азербайджана, слишком ярко и рельефно напомнила Ходжалы, где были не только армянские боевики, но и 366-й полк. Будет обсуждение на пабликах российских домохозяек в Facebook, как отстирать с одежды пятна крови. И возможно, те «хозяйственные» советы действительно помогут отстирать наворованные в домах мирных жителей ковры и одежду. Но совесть и офицерскую честь так уже не отмоешь. Ни от Ходжалы, ни от Бучи, ни от Алеппо.

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Azerbaijani men peering into a makeshift morgue, set up to take the bodies of the victims of the massacre. Photo: Frederique Lengaigne/COMPASS Films It was in Aghdam that I met war correspondents from Baku such as Ilgar Jafarov, Oleg Litvin, Seydaga and many others. Most of the refugees from Khojaly were trying to go beyond Aghdam. Others were waiting for some sort of news about their loved ones. A third group was gathering money; the Armenians were asking for a 10-15 thousand-rouble ransom. They were exchanged for petrol and grain. All the Khojaly residents, taking me for a journalist, were asking me – What did they kill us for? For the first time I heard the phrase “Armenian fascism.” I also visited the medical train which had been equipped right on the rails outside the town. A colonel in the medical service called Jamaladdin Gurbanov showed me a book in which over 560 cases of amputated legs and arms had been recorded. He said that he’d served in Afghanistan but even there he hadn’t seen such horrific acts. The Armenians hadn’t spared women or children. In the train, the Khojaly survivors and those who had been exchanged told me ever more frightening stories. Nobody, even later, told me about a free corridor. A woman and her children take refuge in a medical train in Aghdam following the massacre. Photo: Ilgar Jafarov In the hospital in Aghdam, where medical examinations had been done on 181 dead people (130 men, 51 women, 13 children), I found out that no fewer than four corpses had been scalped. 10 had died from strikes by a blunt object. A body without a head had been delivered. The doctors said that cases of rape had been found of 13-16 year old girls who had been in Armenian captivity in Askeran, Stepanakert or private houses belonging to Karabakh Armenians. Crosses had been cut out on several corpses. Even 25 years after this tragedy it’s difficult for me to speak about it. Time heals wounds to the body but emotional wounds stay for life. At that time many Khojaly residents said they envied the dead, especially those taken captive – they had without doubt gone through absolute Armenian hell. Ricardas (right) with Azerbaijani soldiers in the mountains of the Lachin region as they find themselves surrounded by Armenian forces in 1993. Photo: courtesy of Ricardas Lapaitis Vilnius, 1992 I didn’t want everything I saw and found out to just stay in my diary. The women at the Aghdam mosque who were waiting for their loved ones told me: Son, we don’t know who you are and where you’re from, but even if it’s just a small bit of news write about what you saw here... You know, this was enough for me to decide to return to Lithuania instead of travelling further. It wasn’t like now when there is Internet. I had to make a long journey in order to return to Vilnius by train and begin fighting alone against the large Armenian diaspora. My article was published in the leading newspaper Respublika, then in many magazines such as Nyamunas and Shvituris and each time Armenians appeared saying that it was a lie, that it wasn’t true. They even threatened me with my life. The Armenians openly said to the editor, Stanislovas Balchunas: We will hang Lapaitis. Later this editor tried to persuade me not to go to Azerbaijan and to stop publishing articles about it. He said: You’re so young and the Armenians will kill you. Nevertheless I returned to Baku. I was helped a lot by a journalist from Bakinskiy Rabochiy, Eleonora Abaskuliyeva. Ayten Aliyeva, who was then working at the BBC and did an interview with me, translated it into English and sent it to Voice of Europe. They even added some music to my text. Umud Mirzayev helped me a lot in collecting information. In 1992, under a full information blockade and understanding the significance of distributing objective information, he created the International Eurasia Press Fund. I stayed in Azerbaijan and despite the danger to my life and all the difficulties, at the first opportunity I would go to the frontline up until the middle of 1994. Even now I think - what were the Armenian forces, the architects of the storm of the town of Khojaly, trying to achieve? I think it wasn’t just an act to strike fear or take revenge. They perpetrated a frightening ethnic cleansing. This wasn’t the first Armenian terror against a peaceful population, but this time was different in terms of the scale of the crime against humanity. They crossed all the boundaries that could possibly be crossed. After Khojaly, in Karabakh, for Azerbaijanis the word “Armenians” alone became associated with death. It was after the storm of Khojaly that it became practically impossible to sit at the negotiating table. This is what the Armenians were trying to achieve! Azerbaijan, 20 years later When a group of international documentary makers invited me to Azerbaijan, I travelled with them to the frontline area many times. There I felt a huge desire to return like 20 years ago with a rucksack on my shoulders and continue my work - collecting information about Armenian crimes against innocent civilians. When the film about Khojaly was ready I approached the International Eurasia Press Fund and asked them to send me to Terter. The Fund’s founder Umud Mirzayev helped me fulfil my dream! What I saw in the frontline area went beyond all my expectations. Afterwards I spoke a lot about this when another organisation, The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS), invited me to Strasbourg, Brussels and Paris. In front of a large auditorium I spoke about how people live now around the Armenian-occupied territory. Shooting at nearby villages, setting fire to wheat fields, sabotage and minefields have become a daily reality there. Armenian dugouts are sometimes at gunshot distance from apartment blocks and farmers’ fields. They fire without warning, innocent people die. All this happens in front of the global community’s eyes. Armenia is not subjected to any sanctions. There is nothing to compare here with Ukraine, where various sanctions have been imposed even against Russia. On top of this, their soldiers control the Sarsang Reservoir and in the summer they direct the water along a different channel. Almost the entire large Terter region, as well as other regions, experience a great lack of water. The Armenian nationalists behave how they want beyond this too. The only people that put up any resistance are the Azerbaijani armed forces. Ricardas Lapaitas speaks at a screening of Endless Corridor in Baku on 25 February to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre. Photo: Azertaj I’ve done a lot of interviews with Azerbaijanis from different regions. I’ve questioned former prisoners of war, one of them had been held in the women’s prison in Yerevan. Illegal imprisonment is still practised by the Armenians. They don’t just shoot at the frontline regions near the occupied area of Nagorno-Karabakh, but also at the Tovuz and Qazakh regions. Their aim remains the same - to create panic and discomfort for Azerbaijanis’ daily life. Their aim is to occupy as much foreign territory as possible. The brash, openly military rhetoric of Yerevan influences the lives of the new generations. I’ve seen drawings by children with Armenians depicted as terrorists and murderers. That’s how they’re viewed by children living in the frontline area. All Azerbaijanis living near the frontline have one question: How long will this continue? In the Tovuz region I visited a school which is sometimes even shot at during lessons. Sadly, many human rights organisations keep silent or create the impression that they’re working, by constantly talking about a peaceful resolution of the conflict, but in reality they’re more often doing nothing! In all my many years of journalism in Azerbaijan I’ve never sought any benefit for myself. I haven’t sought important connections. For me the most important thing was and is speaking to simple people. Although, in 1993 I met Heydar Aliyev, who was head of the Supreme Majilis of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan. The interview was published in a leading newspaper in Lithuania, Lietuvos Rytas. I also met the then president of Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Elchibey. Both leaders of the country left a good impression on me. My relationship with Azerbaijanis is really quite unique. All this is hidden in Eastern wisdom and philosophy. It’s as though I‘ve grown roots here, even the mountain air and desert has become a part of me! And most importantly the truth in this conflict is with the Azerbaijanis and I believe in justice. Leaving Azerbaijan in that long-ago 1994 I asked my friend Shain: How much is your picture? I understood very well what this young man who had lost his brother was feeling. After all, he’d painted the picture thinking of him. Shain replied that for him it was priceless. There was no amount of money that could buy it. I understood him. And suddenly he said to me: But there is another possibility, I can give it to you as a gift. Even now it’s next to me as I write these words! For Azerbaijanis, Karabakh and the entire occupied territory is simply invaluable. They will never forget it, never give it up, they will fight for it to the end. For them this land is like their mother and father, it’s as essential as air, fire and wind! And the most interesting thing is that when this territory is liberated, Azerbaijanis will share all the blessings of this one-of-a-kind corner of the world. They will invite everyone to visit and give the best of what they’ve received, together with their native mountains. That’s what these people are like, as I found out when they were in difficulty. I also dream about returning to Nagorno-Karabakh. And I believe that sooner or later Azerbaijan will restore its territorial sovereignty. Sometimes some people say to me that I shouldn’t interfere in other people’s affairs and that this is a foreign war. I reply to everyone that there is nothing scarier than indifference. For me there is no pain which is foreign. There is no difference between religions because we are all people. And we all have an equal right to life, freedom and our home!

THE KHOJALY DIARIES OF RICARDAS LAPAITISNAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICTSpring 2017BY RICARDAS LAPAITIS 25 years ago, on the night of 25th to 26th February 1992, the town of Khojaly was attacked by Armenian separatist forces supported by the 366th Motorised Infantry Regiment of the former Soviet Armed Forces. 613 residents were brutally killed as they sought to escape in frozen temperatures through surrounding woods and fields. In the following article, Lithuanian journalist Ricardas Lapaitis describes arriving in the nearby town of Aghdam in the immediate aftermath and how the Khojaly tragedy changed his life. Today marks 25 years since the day Armenian military forces, supported by the 366th motorised division of the then CIS, carried out the most bloody act of the entire Karabakh War – the storm of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly. The Khojaly tragedy altered the fate of many people: those that were horrifically killed, as well as those who managed to survive that frightening night, and those that became witnesses to the bloody plans of Armenian nationalists. It was after this tragedy that I couldn’t remain indifferent and began my path in conflict journalism, later becoming a member of the Lithuanian Union of Journalists. To this day I’m a representative of the International Eurasia Press Fund in Lithuania. Using my diaries, a group of international documentary filmmakers made the documentary Endless Corridor, a film about the fate of the residents of Khojaly which has received the highest nominations at prestigious international film festivals. I was awarded a diploma in 1993 and an award “for objective coverage of events in Nagorno-Karabakh.” The prize was awarded in Moscow. Two war correspondents were awarded posthumously; they were Leonid Lazarevich and Chingiz Mustafayev. The writer Yuriy Pompeyev also received an award. Besides this we gave interviews in Ostankino where we blamed the Kremlin for supporting the Armenian forces on Azerbaijani territory. The founder of the diploma and the award was the International Eurasia Press Fund. You could say that my path to Azerbaijan was initially chosen by fate. Before my trip to Baku I’d travelled around almost the entire Soviet Union. I went to the Urals, the Far East and visited the Artic Circle. I even went to Armenia itself immediately after the earthquake (the Spitak earthquake in 1988 - Ed). Already at that time I saw protests in Yerevan where there were slogans of “Karabakh is Ours.” I was amazed that even a disaster like this didn’t stop the Armenians from thinking of starting a war. Everything spoke of one thing: that the Armenians had been preparing for war for a long time. In Yerevan only bad things were being said of Azerbaijanis, and even in our press in the Baltics it was the Armenian position that was mainly being heard: that supposedly there was a religious war and the Turks were killing them. At the beginning of 1992 I had the idea of travelling around the whole of Central Asia and then further east. I decided that the route would go through Azerbaijan, where I’d never been before, and then I wanted to cross the Caspian Sea by ferry. It was a really bad time for tourism ; the country was in the heat of war Of course, following the Armenian propaganda it wasn’t easy to make a decision like this, but I trusted fate. It was a really bad time for tourism; the country was in the heat of war. Every Azerbaijani had fresh memories of the horrific events of Black January (20 January 1990). And then came the Karabakh War, the first of its kind in the post-Soviet space. They called this the most troublesome spot at that time. When I arrived, the railway station in Baku was in an unnerving state: there were lots and lots of people, everyone with tired, sad faces, women with small children in their arms, lots of things with them. Noise. Shouts. It was like some kind of rabbit warren… I decided to look around the city, to write some notes in my diary and to travel on further. I set off for the city, where people had lost faith in their former country, in the former Soviet Union. Everywhere there was huge inflation, empty shops. As soon as the first few minutes, some young guys robbed me in the underpass, stealing some of my things and part of my money. After this I thought that I needed to find a quiet place. That’s how I turned up outside the Teze Pir Mosque. And then I was unlucky again. A priest approached and asked me to leave the mosque’s courtyard during prayers. I was preparing to leave when suddenly a young man came up to me. He said his name was Shain. I told him what happened. Having found out that I hadn’t decided where to stay, he offered me his place to stay. On the way he told me his sad story. Shain and his older brother had come here from Ordubad to study painting. Shain spoke of how he lost his brother during the events of January: he’d died under the tracks of a Soviet tank. This young man, 17 years old, was devastated by the loss of his brother. I tried to understand him and understood very well what price the Azerbaijani people had paid for their freedom. I knew where I was going , it ’s just I didn ’t know what I was about to experience Late in the evening we came to Shamsi Bedelbeyli Street, number 38. It was an old house without any comforts. In the middle of the room we saw a canvas with a depiction of Jesus Christ, a painting by Shain Babayev. I was amazed by the kindness of this young man who shared everything he had with me. In the morning some of Shain’s friends came and, having heard about my misfortune, they collected some money so I could travel further. Sometimes they called me a Dervish. I didn’t really understand - what did this mean? Shain took me to see various people. From them I learnt a lot about the Karabakh conflict. That’s how the terrifying news about the Khojaly tragedy reached me. I was only 23 years old myself then. I no longer had any doubts. I decided to go and see everything with my own eyes. I left my things at Shain’s place. I wrote him a farewell letter because I didn’t believe I would return alive. Early in the morning I went to the railway station... trains weren’t going to Aghdam any more so I bought a ticket to Barda. I knew where I was going, it’s just that I didn’t know what I was about to experience. Women in Aghdam grieving in the days following the massacre. Photo: Klaus Reisinger/COMPASS Films Aghdam, late February 1992 I arrived in Aghdam at night by bus. I didn’t know that martial law had been declared in the town. I wasn’t a journalist and actually this was the first time I’d been to a conflict zone. I didn’t have any experience at all and this was just after the Khojaly tragedy. The local residents that had been on the bus with me dispersed and I was left completely alone in complete darkness. The town seemed like a deathly ghost... Snow was falling and it was very cold! I walked along this never-ending road and was looking for somewhere to spend the night. I was terribly tired and although I was wearing decent boots, my feet began to freeze. Finally, through a window I saw a small candle burning. I went in and saw an old man sitting at a table by the door. It turned out that this was the Aghdam hotel. He let me sleep on the floor in the hallway. Such was my arrival in Aghdam straight after the bloody events of Khojaly. In the morning I saw that it wasn’t just me that was sleeping on the hotel floor. There were elderly people there, women and children, dressed in whatever they could find, all in a state of stress. I went out onto the street: the top floors of the hotel had been scorched and broken by rockets. Women were standing at the Aghdam mosque, crying and shouting in Azerbaijani. More and more Khojali survivors were arriving in the town... carrying children in their arms, some without shoes, frozen... everyone I spoke to was telling me such horrific things that at times I couldn’t understand what the attackers of this blockade-ravaged town were trying to achieve. Even 25 years after this tragedy it ’s difficult for me to speak about it . Time heals wounds to the body but emotional wounds stay for lifeNext to the mosque were rooms where the dead were being brought. Some people in uniform were standing there, with guns. They were crying as well. I saw a lot of coffins that had been prepared for the dead. And suddenly I noticed that a red stream was trickling from these rooms. I still didn’t fully realise that this was the blood of innocent people: women, children and elderly people. I was seized by a sort of horror. I was taken into one of these rooms. There were a lot of corpses lying there: an elderly woman with knife wounds on her body. A man with the top part of his head missing, his clothes had been burnt, his arms raised upwards, as though he were praying. Another man who’d been hit by a bullet right in the throat. He wasn’t wearing any clothes on the upper part of his body. In another room I saw a girl of about six. She was missing the top part of her head. There were deep wounds on her neck and below the waist. Her body was burnt, as though petrol had been poured over her on purpose. Another, even younger girl with eyes wide open; she had bullet wounds that were clearly visible. Another girl had simply frozen. On some were traces of mutilation: eyes cut out, fingers cut off. As I was explained, this is how the Armenians took rings off. I was in a terrible state of shock. I couldn’t come to over the next few days.

Ходжалы – кровоточащая рана Азербайджана Сегодня, 26 февраля 2023 года исполняется 31 год со дня Ходжалинского геноцида. Траурные мероприятия, приуроченные к этой печальной дате в новейшей истории Азербайджана, пройдут по всей стране и за ее пределами. Город Ходжалы с октября 1991 года находился в блокаде. 30 октября было прекращено автомобильное сообщение, и единственным видом транспорта оставался воздушный. Последний гражданский вертолет прилетел в Ходжалы 28 января. Со 2 января в город не подавалось электричество. Город жил и держался только лишь благодаря мужеству населения и героизму их защитников. Оборона вокруг города была организована силами местного ополчения, милиции и бойцов Национальной Армии, вооруженных в основном стрелковым оружием. В ночь с 25 на 26 февраля 1992 года армянские вооруженные формирования при поддержке тяжелой техники и личного состава 366-го мотострелкового полка бывшей советской армии, дислоцированного в городе Ханкенди, осуществили захват города Ходжалы. Штурму города предшествовал массированный обстрел из артиллерийских орудий, тяжелой военной техники, начатый еще вечером 25 февраля. В результате в городе вспыхнул пожар. Население, оставшееся в городе, примерно около 2500 человек, вынуждено было покинуть свои родные дома с единственной надеждой пробиться в направлении города Агдам, районного центра, являющегося ближайшим пунктом, населенным преимущественно азербайджанцами. Однако этому не суждено было сбыться. Армянские вооруженные формирования с особой жестокостью учинили расправу над мирным населением. В результате этой расправы было убито 613 человек, из них: детей - 63; женщин - 106, пожилых - 70 человек. 8 семей уничтожены полностью; 25 детей потеряли обоих родителей, 130 детей потеряли одного родителя. Ранено - 487 человек, из них - детей - 76; люди, побывавшие в заложниках - 1275 человек; пропало без вести - 150 человек. На основании постановления Милли Меджлиса от 24 февраля 1994 года 26 февраля объявлено днем Ходжалинского геноцида. 24 февраля 2017 года парламент Азербайджана еще раз подтвердил, что постановлениями Милли Меджлиса Азербайджанской Республики от 24 февраля 1994 года, 24 февраля 1995 года, 27 февраля 2007 года и 24 февраля 2012 года массовая расправа, учиненная в над азербайджанцами ночь с 25 на 26 февраля 1992 года в городе Ходжалы военными формированиями Республики Армения, армянскими вооруженными отрядами в Нагорном Карабахе и 366-м мотострелковым полком бывшей советской армии, расценена как преступление геноцида.

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KHOJALY 26/02/1992 On the night of February 26, 1992, the Armenian armed forces committed a deliberate act of massacre in Khojaly, a small town in Karabakh, Azerbaijan. During that night 613 people were killed including 106 women, 63 children, and 70 elderly people. Most of them especially the women and children were shot at close range, scalped, burnt alive, had their eyes gorged out, or were beheaded, and one pregnant woman was bayoneted in the abdomen. Those who escaped the gunfire with wounds had to trek through the mountains to safety and many perished in the -10 ° C. A further 1 275 people were taken prisoner some of the prisoners were shot dead. Those who survived fled to the city of Agdam, they went to the mosque which was being used as a morgue to search for their loved ones who had disappeared. Each day they wandered among the dozens of corpses wrapped in body bags brought to Agdam by the Red Cross. As they examined their faces, they discovered the horrors perpetrated by the Armenian soldiers. United Nations Resolutions United Nations Resolution 822 United Nations Resolution 853 United Nations Resolution 853 Presidential Statement Presidential Statement United Nations Resolution 844 United Nations Resolution 844 United Nations Resolution 874 United Nations Resolution 874 Other Sources Justice For Khojaly www.justiceforkhojaly.org

Azerbaijan, Road between Khojaly and Agdam, March 1992 After the Khojaly massacre, the International Red Cross organized a local cease-fire to allow both sides to exchange prisoners and to enable the Red Cross to return the corpses of Azerbaijanis killed in Khojaly to the people who survived the massacre and took refuge in the neighboring town of Agdam. Azerbaijani prisoners, who were held by Armenians, wait to be reunited with their families. ВВС1 Morning News at 08.12, 3 March 1992 Very disturbing picture has shown that many civilian corpses who were picked uр from mountain. Reporter said he, cameraman and Western Journalists have seen more than 100 corpses, who are men, women, and children, massacred bу Armenians. They have been shot from their heads as close as 1 meter. Picture also has shown nearly ten bodies (mainly women and children) are shot dead from their heads. Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam March 1992 The red cross was allowed by Armenians to bring the corpses of the people who were massacred in Khojaly to a makeshift morgue. The survivors were coming to recognized the body of their relatives. The woman standing among the men just identified the bodies of her relatives. The Washington Тimes ATROCITY REPORTS HORRIFY AZERBAIJAN 3 March 1992, bу Brian Killen, Agdam, Azerbaijan ... six other bodies lay stretched out, fully clothed, with their limbs frozen in the positions in which they were killed. Their faces were black from the cold… "Telman!" screamed one woman, beating the breast furiously over the body of her dead father, who lay оn his back with his stiff right аrm jutting into the air. Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam March 1992 A man supports a friend who has just seen the body of his wounded brother who was shot in the head by an Armenian sniper. A large number of people were shot straight in the head by professional Armenian snipers, many of whom came from other countries to fight in Karabakh. Newsweek ТНЕ FACE OF А MASSACRE bу Pascal Privat with Steve Le Vinе in Moscow, March 1992 ... Azerbaijan was а charnel house again last week: а place of mourning refugees and dozens of mangled corpses dragged to а makeshift morgue behind the mosque. They, ordinary Azerbaijani men, women and children of Khojaly, а small town in Karabakh, overrun by Armenian forces in February 25-26. Мanу were killed at close range while trying to flee; some ... Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 Ahad…Ahad…Ahad, my brother”, a man screams in anguish after just finding his brother’s dead body. Azerbaijan, Agdam, February 1992 Timur a young Azerbaijani, was killed with a bullet on his head by an Armenian sniper. The Тimes, 2 March 1992 CORPSES LITTER HILLS IN КARABAKH … Anatol Levin comes under fire while flying to investigate the mass killing of refugees bу Armenian troops. “As we swooped low over the snow-covered hills, we saw scattered corpses. Apparently, the refugees had been shot down as they ran... Back at the airlifted in Aghdam, we took а look at the bodies the civilian helicopter had picked uр. Two old men and small girl were covered with blood, their limbs contorted by the cold and rigor mortis. Тhеу had been shot ... Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam, February 1992 A coffin and white shroud (Kafan) to wrap the body in accordance with burial rituals. The New York Times, Tuesday, 3 March 1992 MASSACRE ВУ ARMENIANS Truckloads оf bodies Near Agdam, а Reuter photographer, Frederique Lengaigne, had seen two trucks filled with Azerbaijani bodies. "Some had their heads cut off, and manу had been burned”. Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 The pain of the survivors near the morgue waiting for red cross to bring the bodies of their family members The Independent 29 February 1992 bу Helen Womack … A Reuters correspondent in Agdam, reported that after а massacre, Azeris were burying scores of people who died when Armenians overrun the town of Khojaly. "The world is turning it back оп what's happening here. We аге dying and you аге just watching", оnе mournеr shouted ... Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 A man crying after he found the bodies of his family members that were brought by the Red Cross. The Times MASSACRE UNCOVERED bу Anatol Lieven, 3 March 1992 More than sixty bodies, including those of women and children, have been spotted оn hillsides …confirming claims that Armenian troops massacred Azeri refugees. Hundreds are missing. Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 A man waits outside the morgue for the body of his dead relative. He has prepared the coffin and white shroud (Kafan) to wrap the body in accordance with Muslim burial rituals. The Washington Post 28 February 1992 bу Thomas Goltz, Agdam, Azerbaijan, 27 February … Of seven bodies seen here today, two were children and three were women, оnе shot through the chest at what appeared to bе close range. Another 120 refugees being treated at Agdam's hospital include manу with multiple stab wounds … Azerbaijan, Agdam, February 1992 In a makeshift hospital, a French nurse takes care of an Azerbaijani volunteer soldier who was wounded, while a member of French pharmacies without border holding a flashlight. The Sunday Тimes 1 March 1992 bу Thomas Goltz, Agdam, Azerbaijan ... Agdam hospital was а scene of carnage and terror. Doctors said they had 140 patients who escaped slaughter, most with bullet injuries and stab wounds ... The Sunday Тimes 1 March 1992 bу Thomas Goltz, Agdam, Azerbaijan … The attackers killed most of the soldiers and volunteers defending the women and children. They then turned their guns оn the terrified refugees. The few survivors later described what happened: "That is when the real slaughter began", said Azer Hajiyev, оnе of three soldiers to survive. "The Armenians just shot and shot. And they саmе in and started carving up people with their bayonets and knives"…… ... one bоу who arrived in Agdam had an ear sliced off … Azerbaijan, Agdam, February 1992 A young Azerbaijani volunteer soldier, weeping to remember his friend, Timur was killed with a bullet in his head by an Armenian sniper. The Age, Melbourne 6 March 1992 bу Helen Womack, Agdam, Azerbaijan I also saw women and children with bullet wounds in а makeshift hospital in а string of railway саrriаgеs. Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam, February 1992 A survivor cries before preparing the bodies of her parents for burial according to Muslim tradition.

Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 A survivor runs out of the morgue wailing after finding the bodies of members her family inside. Komersant, Moscow, 27 February 2002 Over the night from 25 to 26 February 1992 the Khojaly town, was subjected to the massive attack from the Armenian side. The units of the Russian 366th infantry guards regiment took part in the attack. As а result, 613 persons dead, 487 wounded, 1275 imprisoned, 150 persons are missing. Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 Each day, the Red Cross brought more bodies. The survivors wandered among dozens of corpses wrapped in body bags, discovering the horrors perpetrated by the Armenian soldiers. Pierre Gauthier from ICRC, along with his Azerbaijani colleagues were allowed by Armenian to bring the corpses. At right, Allahverdi Bagirov the commander of the Azerbaijani forces was later killed by Armenian. He is among the “National hero of Azerbaijan”. PAINFUL SEARCH The Independent, London, 12 June 1992 The gruesome extent of February's killings of Azerbaijanis in the town of Khojaly is at last emerging in Azerbaijan-about 600 men, women and children dead. Francois Zen Ruffinen, head of the delegation of the international Red Cross in Baku, said he had reports that 580 bodies s received at Agdam mosque from Khojaly, most of them civilians. "We did not count the bodies. But the figure seems reasonable. It is nо fantasy", Mr. Zen Ruffinen said "We have some idea since we gave the body bags and products to wash the dead". Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 As the body of a man is unloaded from a Red Cross vehicle, one of the women waiting nearby recognized her husband. The Washington Тimes ATROCITY REPORTS HORRIFY AZERBAIJAN 3 March 1992 bу Brian Killen, Agdam, Azerbaijan Dozens of bodies lay scattered around the killing fields of Khojaly, evidence of the worst massacre. Azerbaijan, Road between Khojaly and Agdam, February 1992 The Azerbaijani villagers who were kept prisoner by Armenian armed forces are exchanged and brought back. One former prisoner is so weak that he can't stand without help, suggesting the harsh treatment they received. The Independent, London, 12 June 1992 PAINFUL SEARCH "People waved uр to us for help. We saw three dead children and оnе two-year-old alive bу оnе dead woman. The live оnе was pulling at her аrm for the mother to get uр. We tried to land but Armenians started а barrage against out helicopter and we had to return”. Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam, February 1992 A woman and her young son just found the body of her husband and his father. The New York Times, 6 March 1992 А FINAL GOODBYE IN AZERBAİJAN ... At а cemetery in Agdam, Azerbaijan, family members and friends grieved during the burial of victims massacred bу the Armenians in Khojaly ... Azerbaijan, Agdam, February 1992 He just found the body of his brother, Ahad. He was killed in Khojaly. The Independent London, 12 June 1992 bу Frederique Lengaigne / Reuter … "At about 11 рm а bombardment started such as we had never heard before, eight or nine kinds of weapons, artillery, heavy machine-guns, the lot", Mr. Sadikov said. То escape, we had to reach Agdam about 15 miles away. " Then we were spotted,… and the Armenians started opening fire", Mr. Sadikov said only 10 people from his group of 80 made it through, including his wife and son. Seven of his immediate relations died, including his 67-year-old elder brother. "I only had time to reach down and cover his face with his hat", he said, pulling his big flat Turkish сар over his eyes. "We have never got аnу of the bodies back" ...

https://www.khojalywitness.org/ Cross to bring the bodies of their family members. The Boston Globe 3 March 1992, Baku, Azerbaijan, bу Раul Quinn-Judge … А helicopter flying over the vicinity is reported to have seen other corpses, while the ВВС quoted а French photographer who said that he had counted 31 dead, including women and children, some who appeared as though they were shot in the head at close range … Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam March 1992 After the Khojaly massacre, the International Red Cross organized a local cease-fire to allow both sides to exchange prisoners. An Azerbaijani hostage is reunited with his family after being held captive by Armenian armed forces. А TRAGEDY WHOSE PERPETRATORS CANNOT ВЕ VINDICATED Svoboda, 12 June 1992 "the fugitives fell into ambushes set bу the Armenians and саmе under fire"…, mostly women and children, froze to death while lost in the mountains: others were taken prisoners. There is evidence that some of the prisoners were shot. Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 The survivors of the Khojaly massacre, gather in Agdam city, searching the name of their relatives, in a list of bodies that Red Cross has brought. The Washington Post 28 February 1992, Agdam, Azerbaijan, by Thomas Goltz … At Agdam, refugees from Khojaly had registered the names of 477 victims since Wednesday … Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam, February 1992 A survivor weeps after finding the body of a family member inside the morgue. The Washington Post, 6 march 1992 FINAL EMBRACE Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam, February 1992 A woman has just found the bodies of her son and husband. According to the doctor who was helping her in her search, their eyes had been gouged out while they were still alive. The Washington Тimes ATROCITY REPORTS HORRIFY AZERBAIJAN bу Brian Killen, Agdam, Azerbaijan, 3 March 1992 … Onе truckload of bodies brought to the Azeri town of Agdam, some with their faces apparently scratched with knives оr their eyes gouged out. Оnе little girl had arms stretched out as if crying fоr help ... Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam, February 1992 A survivor runs out of the morgue wailing after finding her family member’s bodies inside. Le Monde, Paris, 14 March 1992 The foreign journalist in Agdam saw the women and three scalped children with the pulled off nails among the killed people.

Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam March 1992 After the Khojaly massacre, the International Red Cross organized a local cease-fire to allow both sides to exchange prisoners. An Azerbaijani hostage is reunited with his family after being held captive by Armenian armed forces. А TRAGEDY WHOSE PERPETRATORS CANNOT ВЕ VINDICATED Svoboda, 12 June 1992 "the fugitives fell into ambushes set bу the Armenians and саmе under fire"…, mostly women and children, froze to death while lost in the mountains: others were taken prisoners. There is evidence that some of the prisoners were shot. Azerbaijan Karabakh, Agdam February 1992 The survivors of the Khojaly massacre, gather in Agdam city, searching the name of their relatives, in a list of bodies that Red Cross has brought. The Washington Post 28 February 1992, Agdam, Azerbaijan, by Thomas Goltz … At Agdam, refugees from Khojaly had registered the names of 477 victims since Wednesday … Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam, February 1992 A survivor weeps after finding the body of a family member inside the morgue. The Washington Post, 6 march 1992 FINAL EMBRACE Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Agdam, February 1992