In falsifying history, Georgians and Caucasian Tatars are unrivalled

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Georgian propagandistic machine, which, for the most part, is directed against Russia, has decided lately to join Baku in her vicious business of transcribing the history of Armenia and the Region. Freshly a book was published in Tbilisi under the very "interesting" title "The Armenian-Speaking Population of Georgia, Dark Sides and Problems of Revival of the United Georgian Statehood". The book was published by the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia. But for the date-line of the book, one could assume the «scientific work» was printed in Baku. By the way, Baku strenuously quotes the book, evidently believing that if the Azeri propaganda can be accused of biliousness by many, the Georgian - cannot.

In order not to sound unsubstantiated, let us give a pair of citations. Citation One: "The world history knows no analogue of hostility towards the neighbouring country and no analogue of falsification of the whole historical past, like some Armenian «scientists» do, among them M. Manukyan, M. Stepanyan, S. Ayvazyan, A. Mihranyan, and others." The Georgians are right - in falsifying history, Georgians and Caucasian Tatars have no equal. Armenians have always been a thorn in the flesh and a bone in the throat.

Citation Two: "Some people give a different interpretation and assessment to the impartial assistance rendered to the Armenian nation at the time when it faced difficulties, to its settlement, and its further habitation and activity on the Georgian land, particularly in Tbilisi. For centuries Tbilisi has sheltered so many Armenians that in a definite period their number even exceeded that of the Georgians. It doesn't mean anything, however. The exceeding number of Armenians in Georgia «gives a chance» to mihranyans to declare that they «have built the capital of Georgia». Under such circumstances, it would be quite interesting to listen to mihranyans, manukyans and ayvazyans' explanations on the fact that in the 19th century Azeris formed majority of Yerevan's population. Thus, in 1832 the population of Yerevan was 11463 people, 7331 of whom where Azeris and only 4132 were Armenians, or 36%. According to the family registers of 1886, there were more Azeris than Armenians living in Yerevan at that time." From behind this citation we can easily see the ears of Baku. Though… on the other hand, Tbilisi has long, for about 300 years, been fastening her faults on the neighbours, following the principle: "Everybody is guilty, we are good."

And, finally, the last citation: "As it is known, in the XII c. and in the first quarter of the XIII c. Georgia united a considerable part of historical Armenia, the City of Yerevan in particular, which even in the XIV c. was considered to be a Georgian city by the Armenians themselves. For example, in an Armenian manuscript recopied in the Crimea in 1336 the copyist twice mentions: "….arrived from Georgia, from the wonderful City of Yerevan, neighbouring Echmiadzin."

All this reminds of the «undying» works of Azeri historians and, to tell the truth, you get the impression that the book is written in Baku, and not in Tbilisi, which, by the way, is quite possible, taking into consideration the «long-standing brotherly relations between the ancient Azeri and Georgian nations».

The appearance of this book, especially after Mikhail Saakashvili's latest statements on the «crash of Armenia», is quite symptomatic and even justified. Here, one simply wants to remind Saakashvili's words uttered in Yerevan three years ago, when he assured everyone that President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan is an example for him and that he has much to learn from him concerning management of state affairs. But the most interesting point is that in both cases the Georgian President is frank. He simply believes that any word voiced by him, even if they contradict each other, must be taken for the truth. And Armenia can do nothing but hope that sooner or later common sense will prevail in Tbilisi and Baku.