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Commemoration of the 27th anniversary of the tragedy Karakend

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Today is the commemoration of the 27th anniversary of one of the grievous events in Azerbaijan history, Karakend tragedy.

Axar.az reports that Karakend tragedy occurred on November 20, 1991, when an Azerbaijani MI-8 military helicopter, carrying a peacekeeping mission team consisting of 13 Azerbaijani government officials, 2 Russian and 1 Kazakhstani Ministry of Internal Affairs officials, 3 Azerbaijani journalists and 3 helicopter crew was shot down by Armenian aggressors amidst heavy fighting near the Karakend village of Khojavend district in Nagorno-Karabakh. All 22 people (19 passengers and 3 crew) on board were killed in the crash.

List of victims:

Full name

Position

Tofig Ismayilov Kazim oglu

Secretary of State, Azerbaijan

Ismat Gayibov Ismayil oglu

Public Prosecutor General, Azerbaijan

Mahammad Asadov Nabi oglu,

Minister of Internal Affairs, State Advisor, Azerbaijan

Zulfi Hajiyev Saleh oglu

Deputy Prime Minister, Azerbaijan

Vagif Jafarov Jafar oglu

Member of Parliament, Azerbaijan

Vali Mammadov Huseyn oglu

Member of Parliament, Azerbaijan

Osman Mirzayev Mirza Huseyn oglu

Head of Presidential Administration, journalist, Azerbaijan

Gurban Namazaliyev Huseyn oglu

Deputy Prime Minister of Amelioration and Water Management, Azerbaijan

Igor Aleksandrovich Plavski

Public Prosecutor of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), Azerbaijan

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kovalyov

Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs of NKAO, Azerbaijan

Sergey Semyonovich Ivanov

Head of department of National Security Ministry, NKAO, Azerbaijan

Nikolay Vladimirovich Jinkin

Commandant for Emergency Situations of NKAO, Azerbaijan

Sanlal Dasumovich Serikov

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Kazakhstan

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Lukashov

MVD, major general, Russia

Oleg Nikolayevich Kocherev

MVD, lieutenant colonel, Russia

Rafig Mammadov Mammad oglu

Aide to Secretary of State, Azerbaijan

Ali Mustafayev Mustafa oglu

Journalist, Azerbaijani State TV

Arif Huseynzadeh Ismail oglu

Lights technician, Azerbaijani State TV

Fakhraddin Shahbazov Ibrahim oglu

Cameraman, Azerbaijani State TV

Lieutenant Colonel Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Kotov

Commander of helicopter crew

Major Gennadiy Vladimirovich Domov

Member of the helicopter crew

Sergeant Dmitry Borisovich Yarovenko

Member of the helicopter crew

Date
2018.11.20 / 14:20
Author
Murad Suleymanov
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