Book entitled `Formation of the State of Azerbaijan and the Problem  of Ethnogenesis of Azerbaijanis` released in Yerevan

ArmInfo. The National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (NAS RA) hosted a presentation of the book by  historian and orientalist, candidate of historical sciences Anush Harutyunyan entitled "Formation of the State of Azerbaijan and the Problem of Ethnogenesis of Azerbaijanis". 

As ArmInfo was informed by the press service of the NAS RA, this  material is the first work in Armenian scientific circles dedicated  to the formation of the state of Azerbaijan. The book has significant  practical significance both for the study of individual episodes in  the history of the country and for countering falsifications on the  part of Azerbaijan. The academy explained that it covers the key  stages of the formation of the Azerbaijani ethnic group in the recent  past.

The monograph is based on the candidate's dissertation of Anush  Harutyunyan, as well as the work of the scientific director and  editor of the book, Doctor of Historical Sciences Aleksan Hakobyan,  head of the Department of the Christian East of the Institute of  Oriental Studies of the NAS RA. During his speech at the  presentation, Hakobyan noted that the book demonstrates to  Azerbaijanis on a scientific level "who is who and what is what in  the context of historical events." "Source accuracy is very important  to me, and here I see that this accuracy has been observed. The tasks  set were successfully solved, and I hope that these studies will be  continued," Hakobyan noted.

In turn, the author of the monograph Anush Harutyunyan emphasized  that the study of the origin of the Azerbaijani statehood and the  formation of the Azerbaijani ethnic group is of particular  importance, since Azerbaijan is trying to create its own history by  appropriating the historical and cultural heritage of the Armenian  people and neighboring countries.

"The monograph examines two key issues: the historical and political  circumstances of the creation of a state called "Azerbaijan" on the  territory of the Eastern Caucasus and the processes of assigning the  name "Azerbaijani" to the titular people within this state," the  author presented

As reported by the NAS RA, the book includes several hundred archival  documents from 50 archival funds, collections of documents, memoirs  and testimonies of contemporaries, as well as multilingual literature  in Russian, English, Turkish and Azerbaijani. The documentary basis  of the work is made up of materials from the National Archives of  Armenia, the State Archives of Russia and the Russian State Archive  of Socio-Political History, concerning the issues under study. The  book was published with the support of the Geghard Scientific and  Analytical Foundation.