“Azerbaijanis were driven out of these lands, samples of the cultural heritage of Azerbaijan were destroyed, a large number of historical and cultural monuments and place names were Armenianized. After 1988, the Azerbaijanis, subjected to massive terror, were forced to leave these territories, after which the material and cultural monuments of Azerbaijan that still remained there, were destroyed,” Ismayilov said.

 

The historian pointed out that 391 mosques functioned in the Zangazur and Irevan provinces.

 

“The number of mosques in Irevan province in 1904 was 201, in 1911 - 342, in 1915 - 391. There were 36 mosques in Zangezur, 36 mosques in Echmiadzin district of Irevan province, 47 in Surmeli district, 63 in Sharur-Dereleez district, 14, Irevan district - 54 mosques,” he added.