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File No.105
Record of Examination
On this 21st day of December, 1918, in Guba
Novatski, the member of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission
established by the Government of Azerbaijan, examined the following
aggrieved person:
Sheyda Shykhali oghlu, aged 45, elder of Garagurdlu Com-
munity, Mushkurk Precinct, Guba Uyezd, illiterate.
I am the elder of Garagurdly Community comprising seven vil-
lages that before the devastation included 128 households with an
overall population up to one thousand residents, men and women.
The villages are located on both sides of the railroad. In late spring,
this year, while the punitive squad manned only by Armenians was
moving from Baku to Guba, it made assaults at the Muslim villages
resulting in devastation, arson, plunder and murder of residents. It
was this squad that attacked our community too. All our villages were
burned almost to ashes, with only 5-6 houses surviving the pogrom.
Even the mosque was set on fire and partially burned, whereas all
personal assets were plundered completely. 7 remaining villagers un-
able to escape were killed to the very last person, some of them in the
village, the others on the road. I already submitted information regar-
ding the households burned, the scope of damage and the number
of deaths. I have nothing to add to this.
Testimonies read out loud to the victim
Translated and signed by E.Khanbudagov
Signed by A.Novatski, a member of the Commission
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.97, l.88-88(verso)
File No.106
Record of Examination
On this 22nd day of December, 1918, in Guba
Novatski, the member of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission
established by the Government of Azerbaijan, examined the following
Records on Devastation of Villages of Guba Uyezd
Witness Testimonies of Residents of Guba Uyezd