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Final works carried out in Guba Genocide Memorial Complex - PHOTOSESSION

Final works carried out in Guba Genocide Memorial Complex - <font color=red>PHOTOSESSION</font>

06 September 2012 14:25 (UTC +04:00)

According to him, the construction works were started in November-December, 2010: â€œHeavy concrete work and installation of metal structures in the Genocide Memorial Complex have already finished. The third stage of the construction works are being held at present. â€

The height of one-storey building is 18 m, the depth of foundation is 6 m. The communication lines of the complex have been installed. Trees will be planted, cemetery and roads will be established. It will be possible to come to the museum by helicopter, for this purpose, a special square will be constructed. A special building is being constructed for managing the complex. A part of the cemetery will be moved out the building as exhibit, after the construction of the complex. The museum covers 3,5 ha. 70 persons were involved in the construction works. The construction works is planned to be finished in October.

Guba genocide mass burial site was discovered on April 1, 2007. The employees of Archeology and Ethnography Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences found out the bones of more than 400 people. More than 50 of the remains belonged to children, 100 to women, the rest to the old men. Along with Azerbaijanis, Lezgins, Jews, Tats and representatives of other ethnic groups killed by Armenians were buried there.

In 2009, Azerbaijanâ€™s President Ilham Aliyev allocated AZN 1 million for construction of â€œGenocide memorial complexâ€ in Guba.