“Ana Harayi” ( Azeri. Ana Harayı - Cry of the Mother ) is a monument to the victims of the Khojaly massacre carried out on the night of February 25-26 in 1992 by members of Armenian armed groups against residents of the then Azerbaijani city of Khojaly , located in the capital of Azerbaijan , in the city of Baku , near the metro station " Shah Ismail Khatai ". The author of the project is the architect Jamal Rashidalizade. The sculptors are Aslan, Mahmud and Teymur Rustamovs [1] . Annually, on the anniversary of the tragedy at the monument, in order to commemorate the victims of the massacre, thousands of residents of the city, as well as the president of the country , march [2] [3] [4] .
| Monument | |
| Ana Harayi | |
|---|---|
| azerb. Ana Harayı | |
 | |
| A country |  Azerbaijan |
| City | Baku , Khatai district |
| Sculptor | Aslan Rustamov , Mahmud Rustamov , Teymur Rustamov |
| Architect | Jamal Rashidalizade (Project Author) |
| Height | 8.6 m |
| Material | Bronze , granite |
Monument History
After the tragedy in Khojaly, at the place where the monument is today, a small sculpture of a mother was installed with a dead child in her arms. Later, the leadership of the Khatai district decided to increase the size of the sculpture. The leadership of the executive branch of the district addressed an order to the architect Jamal Rashidalizade and sculptors: Aslan Rustamov, and his sons Mahmud and Teymur Rustamov. Thus, a family of sculptors was involved in the reconstruction of the monument [1] .
After the installation of the new monument, its height was 8.6 meters. According to Teymur Rustamov, “it was necessary in one composition to depict the whole tragedy of the Khojaly night, its horror,” and “a woman with a dead child played a key role in it”. Thus, the essence of the composition has been preserved. The opening of the monument took place on the 16th anniversary of the tragedy, February 26, 2008 [1] .
Monument Description
The monument is made of bronze and black granite . The total height of the monument along with the pedestal is 8.6 m [1] , while the height of the sculpture is 3.2 m [5] . The monument depicts a mother running out of the house in the same nightgown with a dead child in her arms, whom she holds to her heart. Photographic materials shot by the Azerbaijani journalist Chingiz Mustafayev were also used in the work. The bas-reliefs of the pedestal depict women, children, old people who died during the massacre, as well as Chingiz Mustafayev himself, bending with a camera in his hands over the body of a dead child [1] . And at the bottom of the pedestal are data on the victims and engraved lists with the names of the dead.
The list with the names of the dead on the pedestal of the monument
Data on the number of victims on the pedestal of the monument
Bas-relief on the monument
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 By the anniversary of Khojaly, an updated monument "Ana Harai" will be opened in Baku
- ↑ Ilham Aliyev attended a ceremony to honor the victims of the Khojaly tragedy (2011)
- ↑ Ilham Aliyev attended a march on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide (2012)
- ↑ Ilham Aliyev attended a ceremony honoring the victims of the Khojaly tragedy (2013)
- ↑ New memorial to Khojaly tragedy to be erected in Baku