names of all victims, both murdered and passing away in refuge, exact

number of devastated and burnt residential premises, mosques and

other facilities, looted and destroyed property, etc.

To facilitate collection of evidence, community elders were pro-

vided with sample forms to fill out in the Azerbaijani and Russian lan-

guages (File No.21). According to the documents A.F.Novatski together

E.Khanbudagov and the mayor of Guba A.Alibeyov made several field

trips with a view to identifying the exact number of private and public

premises in Guba burnt in the course of the town’s devastation. The

Section encompasses the records of this examination. According to

the records, in the course of the examination photographs of scorched

houses were made by photographer Baghirov (see File No.16). How-

ever the photographs in question are missing in the files of the case.

As one may conclude from the reports by police superinten-

dents from various precincts of Guba Uyezd, public gatherings were

held in most of rural communities and the documents requested by

the Commission compiled in due course. Some documents presen-

ted by the local authorities in response to the Commission’s requests

present some valuable pieces of general information, like for instance

report by Guba’s mayor A.Alibeyov regarding the size of the town’s

population, including the Armenians, the date of first attacks by Ar-

menian squads, etc. (see File No.5).

A.Novatsky’s report

on the Devastation of the Town of Guba and

Villages of Guba Uyezd and Violence Towards Residents of the Said

Town and Villages

presented to the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Investiga-

tion Commission is among the most important documents of Section

1. The Report provides the summary of facts with names of culprits

established in the course of investigation and

The Resolution of the

Ad Hoc Investigation Commission on the Devastation of the Town of

Guba and the Villages in the Uyezd

bringing charges against persons

exposed in perpetrating criminal offences against the Muslim popu-

lation in the course of pogroms in Guba (see Files No.No.37 and 38).

Documents of investigation agencies and judicial authorities of

the Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan terminating proceedings on

this case in late 1920 are concluding the Section (see Files No.No.41-45).

Section 2

of the Collection consists of 2 parts including docu-

ments related to the devastation of the town of Guba. The first part

includes witness testimonies of Guba residents providing detailed ex-

Events of 1918 in Guba in the Context of Plans for Mass Extermination

of Azerbaijan’s Muslim Population