World Music Day
The International Music Day is celebrated on October 1. Music is the greatest invention of mankind, which has existed on earth for thousands of years. This unique cultural language is an integral part of people's self-expression, it reflects the cultural traditions and customs of different peoples. The International Music Day was organized by the International Music Council under UNESCO on 1st of October, 1975, in accordance with the resolution taken at the 15th General Assembly in Lausanne in 1973. Every year on October 1, concerts with the participation of brilliant musicians and artists are held in all countries, unusual, unique pearls of the world's musical treasure are performed.
Turkic Speaking States Cooperation Day
October 3 is celebrated annually as the “Turkic States Cooperation Day”. This date is celebrated since the signing of the Nakhchivan Agreement (October 3, 2009) on establishment of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States. The Organization of Turkic States constructed on four main pillars of common history, common language, common identity and common culture and is an important regional platform for the development of cooperation and solidarity between member states.
Election of Heydar Aliyev as President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (October 3, 1993)
On October 18, 1991, when Azerbaijan gained its independence it declared itself the political and legal successor of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The first years of independence were extremely difficult for the country, which was experiencing formidable problems and major political turbulence. Since the beginning of 1993, a deep socio-economic and moral-psychological crisis has prevailed in the country. All this led to a general crisis. As Armenia’s military aggression expanded, the contradictions between the government and the army command in the country deepened. The insubordination of a military unit under the command of Colonel Surat Huseynov led the country into total chaos.
Jabrayil City Day
Jabrayil is located in the southeastern part of the Lesser Caucasus, in the Gayane Plain and the Karabakh Range. The area borders the Islamic Republic of Iran along the Araz River in the south. The area of the district is 1050 km². The region is mostly mountainous. The bank of the Araz River was once covered with dense tugai forests. The soils of the plains along the Araz are dark chestnut, characterized by high productivity. The Jabrayil region was formed on August 8, 1930, and on January 4, 1963 it was liquidated and annexed to the Fuzuli region. The district was re-formed on June 17, 1964.
World Teachers' Day
5 October is World Teachers' Day. The decision to celebrate this date was adopted by UNESCO for the first time on October 5, 1966. The UNESCO Recommendation has been considered an important set of guidelines to promote teachers’ status in the interest of quality education. At present teachers celebrate their professional holiday in more than 100 countries of the world on October 5. In independent Azerbaijan, the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev issued a decree on this holiday. Our national leader Heydar Aliyev always appreciated the work of teachers and spoke warmly about them.
World Post Day
World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, as the union was founded on 9 October 1874 in Bern, Switzerland. This date was first declared World Post Day at the 1969 UPU Congress in Tokyo, Japan, with the participation of representatives of more than 20 countries. Thus, the main document defining the general principles of the Universal Postal Union and the rights and obligations of its members – the Universal Postal Convention was adopted. Currently, 192 countries are represented in this institution. Our country became a member of the UPU in 1993, and since then, World Post Day has been widely celebrated in our country.
The liberation of Hadrut settlement from occupation
Hadrut is located in the Hadrut-Gozluchay valley, not far from Mount Argunesh. It is home to ancient cultural monuments, although the exact time of the settlement’s foundation is unknown. The name of the settlement was first mentioned in Ottoman sources in 1727 as the village of Hadrut in Dizag district. In tsarist times Hadrut village was a part of Jabrail district of Elizavetpol province. In 1923, Hadrut village was included in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR, and in 1930 it was chosen as the administrative centre of the newly created Dizag district. In 1939 this district was named Hadrut district after the name of its centre.
Eminent orientalist Aida Imanguliyeva
Aida Imanguliyeva was born in an intellectual family on October 10, 1939, in Baku. After graduating from secondary school No. 132 in Baku city with a gold medal, Aida Imanguliyeva studied at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Azerbaijan State University from 1957 to 1962 in the department of Arabic language and literature. In 1966, after completing postgraduate studies in Arabic philology at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow, she received an appointment to work at the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. At first, she worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations.
Treaty of Gulistan
The Treaty of Gulistan was a peace treaty concluded between the Russian Empire and the Qajar State, on 24 October 1813 in the village of Gulistan (now in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan) as a result of the first full-scale Russo-Persian War (1804 to 1813). According to this Treaty, Northern Azerbaijan (except for the khanates of Iravan and Nakhchivan) went to Russia and Southern Azerbaijan to Iran. From the 18th century onwards, Russia’s advance towards the Black Sea and Caspian coasts complicated the situation in the Caucasus.
People's poet Mammad Araz
Mammad Infil oglu Ibrahimov (Mammad Araz), a prominent poet, translator, and publicist of Azerbaijan, was born on October 14, 1933 in Nursu village of Shahbuz district. In 1940, he went to primary school in the village of Nursu, Shahbuz district. In 1945, while studying at school, his father Infil was exiled to Siberia as an "enemy of the people". In 1950, Mammad Araz entered the geography faculty of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute, during his student years, he actively participated in the literary circle led by the writer Ismayil Shikhli. In 1952, the first printed poem “Burn my lights” (“Yanin Ishiqlarim”) by Mammad Araz appeared in the magazine "Revolution and Culture".