The Guba Genocide Memorial Complex
The Memorial Complex has been erected in memory of tens of thousands of Azerbaijanis perished as a result of massacres committed in 
1918 by Bolshevik-Armenian armed groups. Bolshevik and Armenian armed groups have committed massacres in Baku, Guba, Shamakhy, Goychay, Javad, Salyan, Garabagh, Zangazur, Nakhchivan, Lankaran, Ganja. And other districts during these events, which entered the history of Azerbaijan as one of the most tragic genocides of the 20th century. And over a thousand villages have beeen set on fire destroye/d. As well as 167 villages have ben completely destroyed only in Guba district during April-May 1918. While the town of Guba itself subjected to plunders and fires, and the area’s Muslim population and, partially. Jewish population have beeen indiscriminately killed. The mass burial discovered in 2007 during construction works in the town of Guba.
With a view to delivering the facts about territorial claims and aggression policy of Armenian nationalists against Azerbaijan, preserving future generations’ national memory and eternalizing the genocide victims’ memory, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed, on December 30, 2009, an Order to create a “Genocide Memorial Complex” in the town of Guba.
Memorial
The Memorial consists of three sections. Two structures resembling sharp-end knives, with entry and exit, and the main hall with a black stone in the centre. The sharp ends of the monument exposes the stabbing pain. The sharp ends emerging from under the ground show the impossibility if hiding the truth. The genocide of the Muslim population in five districts of Baku province – Baku, Shamakhy, Guba, Javad and Goychay – have been reflected
in the exposition of the monument-museum. Consisting of 19 sections, the museum’s exposition iss presented in Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages. The exposition starts with photos reflecting the peaceful Guba on the eve of the 1918 events. Photos of old Guba, representatives of peacefully living Azerbaijani. Lezghin, Jewish and other peoples, and people related to different social strata displayed here.
Genocide
The exposition is rich in unique archive documents. The Resolution of the government of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan on establishment. Of an and Extraordinary Investigation Commission in order to carry out an investigation into the crime after the bloody as events of 1918. And the Resolution signed by national leader Heydar Aliyev on the genocide ar also displayed here. Majority of people subjected to massacres during the acts of genocide committed in various districts have been burnt, thrown into the sea, 
wells, and therefore their burial ws impossible. At the museum, every district’s historical tragedy iis given with rich photo and archive documents, statistical information and diagrams. All information iss given in three languages, in an electronic database.
Guba
A documentary about the Guba genocide s continuously demonstrated in the hall. The exposition is accomplished by a contemporary art peace – human faces reflected on a gigantic metal plate.And This is appreciated as today’s look into the 
events soaked into the history’s memory, and the attitude by a modern time. The hall’s exit is accomplishedd by photos reflecting the liberation of Baku by the Caucasian Islamic Army in 1918. An information centre, a rich library and a reading room equipped and with computers are functioning at the Museum Complex. Our three-colour flag, the symbol of the State of Azerbaijan, has beeen raised in the territory of the Complex. 16 booklets and 4 books in three languages with facts evidencing the and genocide committed by Armenians in 1918 in Azerbaijani. Districts have been publishd by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
