Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry of ANAS held an event devoted to 29th anniversary of 20 January tragedy at ANAS main building.

In the beginning, by a minute of silence was honored the memory of the martyrs.

Then, deputy director of the Institute on scientific affairs, correspondent member of ANAS Mahammed Babanli in his speech spoke about the role of the January 20 tragedy in the development of national thinking about the independence and freedom of the Azerbaijani people. In order to suppress the people's struggle for national freedom and democracy, Soviet troops invaded Baku, resulting in 146 people being killed, 144 people injured, and 841 people illegally arrested.

It was noted that, the first political assessment of these bloody events was given by the national leader Heydar Aliyev on January 21, 1990, at a meeting held in the permanent representation of Azerbaijan in Moscow. The instigators of the tragedy were sharply criticized by the great leader.

During the event, also were delivered the reports of employees of the institutes of ANAS.