“The event was held in connection with the twenty-fourth anniversary of 20 th January tragedy”.
According to the relevant actions plan of Youth and Sports Department of Gabala region, literary and artistic composition was held in “N” –military unit of MES associated with “Twenty-fourth anniversary of 20th January tragedy”. At first, the participants of event looked at the corner dedicated to the memory of Martyrs of “20 January tragedy” created in the military unit. National anthem of Azerbaijan was sounded and after that a minute's silence was observed in tribute to martyrs.
Afterwards the head of military unit’s club Samir Faramazov announced the opening of event, soldiers of the military unit said poems devoted to the “20 th January tragedy”. Up to 120 staff attended the event. Head of Youth and Sports Department Fakhri Soltanov gave information on the reasons of the “20 th January tragedy”, told about the former socio-political events which led to this tragedy. F.Soltanov in his speech gave information that, National Leader Heydar Aliyev who expressed his protest by coming to representation of Azerbaijan in Moscow and first of all put his country’s, people’s freedom, honor and dignity above all in those tragic days and that this tragedy was given legal-political assessment after Heydar Aliyev’s coming to power.
Afterwards Head of Methodical Cabinet of Education Department Arifa Bayramova in her speech noted that those who were killed for belief in the bloody January tragedy which was entered as heroic page into the history of struggle for freedom and territorial integrity, wrote a chronicle of heroism in the history and that their memory will never be forgotten. The event continued with literary and artistic composition prepared by the pupils of City Full Secondary School No 3. At the end of the event a documentary film reflecting the events that occurred on the night of January 20 was presented.
