On July 31, 2023, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed an Order “On the establishment of city days in the liberated territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan” in the territories liberated from occupation which aims to immortalize our historic victory achieved in the 44-day Patriotic War. Under the document, November 20 – Aghdam City Day is solemnly celebrated every year.
Thanks to the close attention and care of President Ilham Aliyev, the settlements of Aghdam city and Aghdam district are being rebuilt in accordance with modern requirements. The city of Aghdam, called the Hiroshima of Caucasus, is being reborn from the ashes today and is returning to its heyday.
The digital project “Aghdam” prepared by the Presidential Library is a digital collection of selected materials on the history of Aghdam district, which is part of the Karabakh economic region, our historical, cultural and religious monuments destroyed during the 28-year Armenian occupation, large-scale restoration and construction works that took place after the de-occupation and the Great Return.