At the initiative of Taguhi Tovmasyan, Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Human Rights Protection and Public Affairs, an exhibition of the works of the Armenian architects of Baku was opened in the hall next to the sitting hall of the parliament. At the core are exhibitions of projects of buildings that made Baku a major administrative and industrial center in the Caucasus. The constructions built by architects mostly from Shushi in Baku are on display, due to which provincial Baku became a city. The Armenian traces were not eliminated in Baku; the buildings, although of other significance, still function today.
Taguhi Tovmasyan, MP of the NA I Have Honor faction, spoke of the parallel reality in which Azerbaijan destroys Armenian cultural heritage․ “This exhibition also politicizes Baku. With this, we send a message about who we are as a people and who the Azerbaijanis are who continue to destroy our historical and cultural monuments after the war.”
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The fact that the current capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, was mostly built by Armenian masters, is proved by Edmond Tigranyan’s work “Armenian Architects of Transcaucasia.” An example is the summer club of public gatherings, which today serves as the building of the Philharmonic, the Baku branch of the Bank of Tbilisi, which later became the “Children’s Store” department store. Vardan Sargisov-Sargsyan is the author of many famous buildings in Baku. The former chief architect of Baku was Nikolay Bayev, who introduced new construction technologies and contributed to the establishment of the architectural school.
Luiza Sukiasyan
