Presentation ceremony of the book “Handbook
of international relations”
in Exhibition Salon of the Book Club, December 23, 2005
The Book Club and journal “Azerbaijan publications” conducted
presentation ceremony of the book “Handbook of international relations”
published by printing house “Birlik” with financial assistance of Open
Society Institute Assistance
Foundation/Azerbaijan.
Program coordinator of OSI AF-Azerbaijan Faghan Ibrahimov, well-known
politologists of the country Rasim Musabeyov, Eldar Namazov, Hikmet Hajizadeh,
well-known specialists of this sphere teacher of Baku State University
Parvin Darabady, teachers of Management Academy at the President Nigar
Alakbarova and Namig Akhundov, teacher of International University Kamala
khanim and others participated at the ceremony. They noted great need
for such a book as a handout and highly appreciated the first collection
in Azerbaijan language which comments modern situation of this subject
in dynamic development. The participants expressed gratitude to translators
and financial sponsors of the book.
“Handbook of international relations” is Azerbaijan translation of the
collection “Handbook of international relations” published in English
in 2002. “Handbook of international relations” was translated into Azerbaijan
language with financial assistance of Open Society Institute Assistance
Foundation-Azerbaijan within the framework of the project realized by
printing house “Birlik”. This collection, in editors’ words, is a product
of three years project. The editors by means of the key specialists in
the sphere tried to describe international relations as an academic subject.
Certainly they made great attempts to determine the target of the subject
and universalization of fundamental conceptions. In what extend they achieved
the goal will be determined by the specialists who will read the book.
Initiatives for translation this book into Azerbaijani should be only
applauded not depending on its results”.
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Presentation ceremony of the book “Caucasus Albania and
Albanians” by Farida Mammadova, Book Club, 15 November, 2005
Director of the Book Club Elkhan Rzayev in his opening remarks spoke on the importance of the book:
In my opinion principal advantages of the book are as
follows:
1.
The work again returns to Azerbaijan people the written sources, which
could form fundaments of Azerbaijan history, but had been falsified and
concealed afterwards;
2. The myth on Azerbaijan statehood traditions, which was widely spread
among the Azeris and other nations, is smashed. It is shown that Azerbaijan
has been the state with its local population since ancient times up to
the modern period, and these statehood traditions were not behind from
traditions of any other state;
3. Re-creates the history of the Albanian Independent Apostolic Church,
shows belongance of its moral values to Azerbaijan people;
4. Shows the role of the Turkish clan played in the formation of Azerbaijan
people since ancient times;
5. Comparative analysis of written Armenian sources exposes the method
of formation history by Armenians – to edit history of other people, to
steal, to rob written sources, to hide or to write again;
6. Proves no relationship of the notion “Great Armenia” to the Caucasus
in the history;
7. Shows the key role of the Armenian Church in all falsifications, the
idea of creation Armenian state in the territories of Azerbaijan and how
this idea was implemented;
8. Analysis historical roots of Upper Garabagh problem and proves absolute
groundlessness of Armenians claims;
9. Forms basis and beginning for smashing of the myth on Armenia and Armenians.
Of course, it is more reader’s opinion than that of specialist.
In addition, I want to state that the next stage should be comparative analysis of all written sources related Armenia and Armenians. I came to this conclusion after reading the book. But firstly translation Farida Mammadova’s book into English and its distribution, establishment of research school under Farida Mammadova’s leadership, training of young specialists would be much more better. In connection with it, I invite all rich men of Azerbaijan to finance such kind of project.
Professor
Farida Mammadova took the floor as an author and made a detailed and interesting
speech on the history of book creation and the modern period for media
representatives and guests. It is important to pay attention to historic
geography of Caucasus Albania and Armenia in the monograph, because the
leadership of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences
persecuted the author artificially related this issue. The author analyzed
the territories of Caucasus Albania and bordering countries (Georgia,
Armenia, Atropotena) from the 3rd century BC to the 8th century AD and
compiled 7 maps. At the result the territories of Albania – Azerbaijan,
including the Caucasus have been “cleaned” from Armenians and Armenian
states. The conception by Armenian scientists was known for a long time,
under which as if Great Armenia existed from 1000 years BC to the 19th
century AD. In 1983 at historic geography conference in Moscow Farida
Mammadova succeeded to smash this model and achieved to prove that the
model was absolutely without any ground. Armenian scientists were obliged
to agree but later soon they started to form a new model by not reconciling
with defeat. In fact, voluminous book “Armenia. Historical Atlas” was
published in 2002. In this book Armenian scientist Robert Hevsen, by Armenian
birth, claims on existence of Great Armenia not from 1000 BC as previous,
but already from 4000 years BC up to the 20th century AD. The work comprises
278 maps, here “Great Armenia” is “placed” at the territory stretched
from the river Farat to the western coast of the Caspian Sea. Armenian
scientists all over the world were involved for this Atlas making. Armenian
conception yearns for prevalent position in all scientific publications.
Farida Mammadova again smashed the former and the new conceptions by Robert Hevsen in her last monograph. The objective of this scientific work in the triumph of pure science, i.e. Azerbaijan science but not immediate “patriotism” wish of separate historians of Azerbaijan who consider themselves as scientists. The author put forward an aim to prove the lack of any ground for the so-called Armenian conception, under which the territories between the rivers Kur and Araz were considered to be eastern provinces of Great Armenia. According to researches results, occupation of Mesopotamia, Albanian region Kaspiana (Artashes I), 70 valleys of Atropotena (Tigran II) by Armenian tsars in 2nd-1st centuries BC formed basis of “Great Armenia” conception. These occupations took notice of Roma Empire and its renowned commanders Lukull and Pompey routed Tigran II and succeeded to return the occupied lands. Armenia remained within the bounds of Armenian plateau as a quite doubtful state (1-5 centuries), the status of which has no analogue in the world practice as Farida Mammadova revealed for the first time. Farida Mammadova succeeded to prove the lack of any ground for the so-called Armenia conception. She tried to convince of the world science that Armenia was only province of two empires as Rome and Iran, in the 5th century these states turned the lands of Armenia into their provinces by annulling Armenian symbolical state status. Since 5th century “Armenia” turned into absolutely geographical notion. All factors mentioned above should find scientific reflection in the maps purely from scientific viewpoint, for the first time the author achieved to do it. The author succeeded to remove the notions “Armenian plateau”, “Ayrarat” from the territory of West Caucasus, namely from Azerbaijan to the territory of eastern Anadolu. According to research results it corresponds to historical truth and deprives Armenian scientists to become involved in the lands of Western Caucasus, truly in the lands of Azerbaijan now and in the future. The author compiled 7 maps describing the above processes and historical view to evolution of Armenian states as bodies with no analogue. It should be taken into consideration that it is the product of great labor because compiling borders of several bordering states equals to four year scientific work. Total number of such maps is 14 (second and third monographs). The scientist who is able to read manuscripts in the original in various languages could only do such large-scale work. Nowadays professor F.Mammadova is such a scientist in the world practice (France, Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, England, the USA).
On the eve of 60th anniversary of Azerbaijan National
Academy of Sciences the leadership of the Institute of History (director
Yagub Mammadov and deputy director – Jabi Bayramov) very quickly made
a primitive decision – pasting political label on the book and correspondingly
to its author, in spite of profound reading of professional and hard work
so important for historical science of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus. It
got through to matter that deputy director in public declared Farida Mammadova
“such people as she must not live among us on this land…”. Such behavior
of the Institute leadership and their “supporters” inflicts loss on increasing
authority of our Republic and achievements of Azerbaijan scientists in
history. Only visually having a glance on the maps and seeing in one of
the maps “Great Armenia” in the 2nd-1st centuries BC, the leadership of
the Institute pronounces its verdict merely in Armenian - presence of
similar monograph in Azerbaijan science is inadmissible. At present they
mobilize all historians for discussion of the given monograph, not finding
time at least to read it. Whereas, Farida Mammadova devoted tens of years
of her life to this monograph. The work:
- Smashes the false concocted history (on the centuries) of Armenian people.
Caucasus Albania and Albanians were declared to be Armenian from territorial,
political, national and cultural views;
- cleans the Caucasus, in particular Azerbaijan from Armenian ethnic and
political presence; from pseudo-scientific Armenian aggressors and armenian-phile;
- re-creates all aspects of the history of Caucasus Albania and Albanians,
who were one of ancestors of Azerbaijan and Dagestan people at 4th century
BC – 19th century AD;
- re-creates 2000 years Albanian culture (religion, 1500 years history
of Independent Albanian Church, 1500 years rich historical-literary traditions).
Thus, this monograph restores Azerbaijan people to its lawful sources
and proves independence of Azerbaijan Albanian science. It could be surely
stated that this monograph will make European and world scientific public
to reconsider fundamentally the view to the history of Armenian people,
to prevailing Armenian conception and also will make to look afresh at
the history of Azerbaijan and the peoples of the Caucasus. Rejection of
this work by the leadership of the Institute of History gives an idea
– whom do they serve?!
At the end Farida khanim responded to the questions of
journalists and guests and thanked the participants and organizers of
the ceremony.
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The Book Club and the journal “Azerbaijan publications” conducted the presentation ceremony of the Book “Such a life” by V.Sapunov, October 21, 2005
On October 21, 2005 at 15:00 in the Exhibition Salon
of the Book Clib (Mustafa Subhi 13) took place the presentation of the
first book “Such a life” of the young journalist and script writer Vyacheslav
Sapunov.
Vyacheslav
Sapunov
“Such a life”
Humorous stories, reportages and small memoirs
“Sapunoff Publishing”, 2005, 160 pages, 14x21 color, soft, 500
Vyacheslav Sapunov was born in 1971 in Baku. He graduated
from Baku State University named after M.A.Rasulzadeh. V.Sapunov publishes
his articles in the newspapers and journals, makes films and is dealt
in the sphere of the announcements. Married.
Collects advertising clips and clips of the Azerbaijan
national song “Sari galin”.
V. Sapunov was awarded as follows:
- Diploma of Russion Broadcast Union for journalist skills in the program
“Meetings with Anar”;
- IATR certificate for the III place in WEB site competition http//:www.sapunoff.com;
-prize of the First National Festival of Tourist films for “The best advertising
clip. In that Festival he became a nominant with his film “Guba” in the
competition “The best feature film”.
The first book of young journalist, designer comprises humorous stories
(“Baku views”), satirical essay, miniatures (“President in the bus”, “Optimizm”),
recommendation (“Marks of Novruz for foreigners”). The book gives the
readers cheerful mood. A commenting vocabulary of the book assists the
reader in necessary cases.
Director of the Book Club Elkhan Rzayev opened the ceremony.
Collaborator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, close friend of the author
Rashad Vahabzadeh made a speech as well. In his speech, he stressed that
if future generations want to shoot a glance at this period of time, it
would enough for them to look through the book. The author thanked the
participants in advance and at the end of the ceremony. V.Sapunov expressed
his deep gratitude to the people who assisted him in writing and publishing
the book. The young journalist read some of his satirical miniatures and
stories for guests and media representatives. Member of Azerbaijan Writers’
Union, well-known writer Elchin Hasanov told sincere words to the author’s
address. In the course of the measure Vyacheslav Sapunov responded to
the guests questions and listened to their sincere words on the book.
At the end the author’s spouse by evaluating the book essence spoke about
pleasant spirits given by the book.
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Presentation ceremony of English version of “Mashadi Ibad”
(If not that one, let it be this one) by a great composer Uzeyir Hajibayov
in Book Club,
September 14, 2005
On
September 14 the Book Club and the journal “Azerbaijan publications” presented
to public English translation of the musical comedy “If not that one,
let it be this one”(“Mashadi Ibad”) published with respect to genius composer
Uzeyir Hajibayov’s 120 th jubilee. The work’s translator Seyran Aghabayov
before it had published English translations of Samad Vurghun’s drama
“Vagif” and U.Hajibayov’s musical comedy “Arshin Mal Alan” – “The cloth
Peddler”. Libretto of musical comedy is given both in Azerbaijani and
English. Music notes are placed in separate sections, arias and songs
are presented in two languages. In addition, photographs from the film
“If not that one, let it be this one” and performances in the theatre
of Musical Comedy are introduced in the book. The writing related to U.Hajibayov’s
life and creative activity was prepared by the director of Azerbaijan
State Film Museum A. Kazimzadeh and included into the book. Musical editor
is an outstanding c
omposer
Vasif Adigozalov.
Director of the Book Club Elkhan Rzayev, while making
speech in presentation of English translation of musical comedy “Mashadi
Ibad”, stressed great role of U.Hajibayov in formation of national and
cultural consciousness of Azeri people. E.Rzayev as well noted that a
number of “familiar expressions” used by U.Hajibayov in his works nowadays
have turned into sayings among the people.
E.Rzayev informed in details the participants about translator’s
activity and spoke about the better publication of English version in
future: “As since the songs and arias in partitures are given in two languages,
so any English-speaking theatre may screen the work”.
The translator S.Aghabayov told that his interest and
love towards U.Hajibayov’s art appeared under his father’s influence:
“My father Sanan Aghabayov played in Uzeyir bay’s works on the stages
of the theatre of Musical Comedy and endless sympathy with great composer’s
creative activity appeared at me while following father’s trainings”.
S.Aghabayov noted about his desire to bring the pearls of Azerbaijan culture
to world public notice. Seyran muallim (respectful treatment to smb. )
sang some parts of the comedy for the guests and media representatives.
Some of participants made speeches in the ceremony: director of Lazer
scientific and technical center Soltanhamid Malikov, candidate of pedagogical
sciences Gulbaniz Mazahim gizi Allahverdiyeva. G. Allahverdiyeva expressed
her deep gratitude to the translator by citing from the book (“Gifts of
life”) written by her about S.Aghabayov and did not hide her sympathy
with him. Deputy director of National Dram Theatre was among the speechmakers.
In his turn, he also spoke about great sense of this work.
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Presentation ceremony of the book “My poems, my life”
by Ismikhan Yusubov, 31 Avgust, 2005, Book Club
On Avgust 31, 2005 a presentation ceremony of the book
“My poems – my life” by Ismikhan Yusubov took place in Exhibition Salon
of the Book Club.
Director
of the Book Club Elkhan Rzayev in his opening remarks told that, in author’s
words, Ismikhan Yusubov at last at his family members request published
the poems written for long years. Elkhan bey evaluated the presentation
ceremony mostly as the meeting with friends: “May be some of us knew that
Ismikhan muallim (respectful treatment to smb.) was writing the poems,
but just now all of us got opportunity to read the book. While reading
those poems we can see Ismikhan muallim in various situations. What concerns
the importance of reading books nowadays, this book supplements what we
do not forget to tell that the nation without readers is subjected to
erosion from moral point of view.
Then the author made a speech and told that he was continuously
writing the poems while being far away from the family, homeland and friends.
As it became clear distinct poems have arisen regarding to separate affairs
and when Ismikhan muallim undergone hardships namely his poems were in
aid for him: “These poems were main fulcrum for me in foreign land. I
just want to mark that I did not work over these poems as usually poets
do it” Ismikhan muallim brought to the participants notice the poems on
family members, friends. The poems included into the book are grouped
in the following sections: “Araz”, “Seymur”, “Jeyran”, “Generation, mother,
family, “Friend”, Homeland, foreign land, “Love of nature, mentality,
wisdom”, “Nazira (imitation on the topic), translation, riddle”. These
poems appeared from sincere feelings of the author towards human being
and nation, homeland and relatives. Ismikhan muallim expressed the situations
related his friends in poetic words. The author expressed his gratitude
to former rector of Baku State University Firudin Samandarov because Firudin
Samandarov send I.Yusubov on an official trip in 1993 to Turkey in the
membership of delegation to sign the cooperation protocol with “Yuzuncu
Yil” University in Van city. Since that time Ismikhan muallim began scientific
and pedagogical activity firstly in Kocaeli University, Ozel Seymen Egitim.
He has been working in Sakarya University since 2000. Professor Firudin
Samandarov, rector of Asiya University prof. Jalil Naghiyev, director
of “Lazer” STC, candidate to Milli Majlis deputy from Neftchala election
constituency №61 Soltanhamid Malikov, teachers of BSU Gurban Gasimov,
Mazahir Panahov, and others congratulated the author, Ismikhan Yusubov
took part in the ceremony of signing book which is turned into tradition
of the Book Club.