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Presentation of English version of e-project “Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic” held

Presentation of English version of e-project “Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic” held

Presentation of English version of e-project “Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic” held

On April 24, 2014, the presentation of the updated version and the English-language variant of the e-project titled “Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic” took place in the Presidential Library.
Firstly, the participants of the event got acquainted with the CD about 50 e-books on the history, culture and economy of Nakhchivan in the Azerbaijani, Turkish, English and Russian languages in the Internet Resource Hall of the library. The guests were also very interested in the copies of nearly 40 archival documents reflecting various periods of Nakhchivan’s history, abstracts of more than 100 dissertations and about 200 books on the autonomous republic in different languages.
The event then continued in the Conference Hall. Presidential Library Director Mayil Ahmedov noted that the information support of the permanent representation of the Autonomous Republic in Baku played a major role in the formation of the digital project prepared within the framework of the plan of events on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. He emphasised that the e-project “Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic” was prepared five years ago. Today the staff of the Presidential Library not only enriched the Azerbaijani version of the project with new materials, but also prepared a new variant in English. The purpose of the resource, which consists of six sections entitled “General Information”, “History”, “Education and Health”, “Culture”, “Economy”, “E-resources”, and 38 subsections, is to provide internet users with comprehensive information about the autonomous republic. 
The speakers at the event were Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Honoured Scientist, Academician Isa Habibbeyli, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies named after Academician Ziya Bunyadov of ANAS, MP Govhar Bakhshaliyeva, Deputy Chairman of the Security and Defence Committee of the Milli Majlis Aydin Mirzazade, Director of the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan of ANAS, academician Naila Velikhanli, corresponding members of ANAS Veli Huseynov, Veli Aliyev, MPs Musa Gasimli, Rafael Huseynov, Siyavush Novruzov and Gudrat Hasanguliyev. They highlighted the importance of the English version of the digital portal “Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic” and noted that along with bringing the realities of Nakhchivan to the world community, the project would also play the role of a thorough source for the scientific community of foreign countries.