The highest top conquered by Heydar Aliyev is a soul of the nation.
HEYDAR ALIRZA OGLU ALIYEV NATIONWIDE LEADER OF AZERBAIJANI NATIONHeydar
Alirza oglu Aliyev was born on 10 May 1923 in the city of Nakhchivan of
Azerbaijan. In 1939, after graduating from the Nakhchivan Pedagogical
School he studied at the architectural department of the Azerbaijan
Industrial Institute (now the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy). The
incipient war impeded to complete his education.
Since 1941,
Heydar Aliyev heads the department at the People Commissariat of
Internal Affairs of Nakhchivan ASSR and on 1944 was sent to work at the
state security bodies. Heydar Aliyev, working since that time in the
security bodies, since 1964 held the post of deputy chairman, and since
1967 - chairman of the Committee of State Security under the Cabinet of
Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic, and he was conferred the rank of
lieutenant general. In these years, he received special higher
education in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), and in 1957, he graduated
from the history department of Azerbaijan State University.
Being
elected at the Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
of Azerbaijan in July 1969 as the First Secretary of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev heads the
Republic. In December 1982, Heydar Aliyev has been elected as Alternate
member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
Soviet Union, and appointed at the post of the First Deputy Chairman of
the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR and became one of the leaders of
the USSR. During twenty years, Heydar Aliyev was the Deputy of the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR and for five years was Deputy Chairman of
the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
In October 1987, Heydar Aliyev,
as a sign of protest against the policy pursued by Politburo of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and
personally the Secretary General Michael Gorbachev, resigned from his
post.
In bound with the tragedy, committed on 20 January 1990 in
Baku by the soviet troops, appearing on the next day at the Azerbaijan
Representation in Moscow with a statement, demanded to punish the
organizers and executors of the crime, committed against the people of
Azerbaijan. As a sign of protest against the hypocritical policy of
leadership of the USSR, in connection with the critical conflict
accrued in Nagorny Karabakh, in July 1991, he left the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union.
By return in July 1990 to Azerbaijan,
Heydar Aliyev has lived at first in Baku, then in Nakhchivan, and on
the same year he was elected as the Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of
Azerbaijan. In 1991-1993s, he held the post of Chairman of the Supreme
Mejlis of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Deputy Chairman of the
Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1992, at the
constituent congress of the "Yeni Azerbaijan" Party in Nakhchivan,
Heydar Aliyev, was elected as the Chairman of the Party.
In
May-June 1993, when, as the result of extreme tension of the
governmental crisis, the country was at the verge of civil war and loss
of independence, the people of Azerbaijan demanded to bring to power
Heydar Aliyev. The then leaders of Azerbaijan were obliged to
officially invite Heydar Aliyev to Baku. On 15 June 1993, Heydar Aliyev
was elected as the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan, and on
24 July - on resolution of the Milli Mejlis, he managed to fulfill
powers of the President of Azerbaijan Republic.
On October 3,
1993, as the result of nationwide voting, Heydar Aliyev was elected as
the President of Azerbaijan Republic. On October 11, 1998, having
garnered at the elections, passed in high activeness of the population,
76,1 percent of the votes, he was re-elected as the President of
Azerbaijan Republic. Heydar Aliyev, giving his consent to be nominated
as a candidate at the 15 October 2003 presidential elections, Heydar
Aliyev relinquished to run at the elections in connection with health
problems.
Heydar Aliyev was conferred a number of international
awards, the title of honorary doctor of numerous countries, and other
high honors. He was conferred for four times with the Lenin Order, the
Order of Krasnaya Zvezda and many medals, and twice Hero of Socialist
Labor, was awarded by Orders and medals of many foreign states.
Historical
destiny of Azerbaijan, covering the period of over the thirty latest
years, was inseparably linked with the name of Heydar Aliyev. Revival
of the people during these years in all spheres of its socio-political,
economic and cultural life is connected just with his name.
During
the said period of his leadership, Heydar Aliyev helped his native land
Azerbaijan, the progress that he persistently strived towards, the rich
culture, great historical past with which he was proud of, and on the
coming generations on whom he was concerned, to overcome as a state
heavy and sharp ordeals of time.
Being an outstanding politician
and statesmen, indisputable leader of the nation, he was a live legend,
and therefore the Heydar Aliyev phenomena always attracted attention,
the admiration rising political activity of this nationwide leader of
the Azerbaijanis of world was widely covered both in the Republican and
world press.
In June 1993, when the people of Azerbaijan
believed that the national statehood was on the edge of fall, when
there began the hardest days, it insistently demanded change of the
existing power, and since that time relied its destiny on Heydar
Aliyev. Heydar Aliyev, seeing misfortune of his nation, accepted the
invitation and returned to great politics in Azerbaijan. The people met
the return of Heydar Aliyev with a hope and joy, and this day went down
the history of the independent Azerbaijan as the Day of National
Salvation.
HEAD OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN (1969-1982)In
the late 1960s, during his first assumption of power, Azerbaijan was
experiencing a period of economic and cultural fall as well. At that
time, just with coming of Heydar Aliyev there was observed intensive
rise in all spheres of the life of society, development of national
spirit and progress of morality.
After return to power, Heydar
Aliyev, due to his political ability could salvage the country from the
threat of civil war, socio-political separation, and, embodying in him,
in his strong personality the goal and idea of the society, he could
unite his native people around common ideology, instill in it the sense
of trust in morrow.
During these years, just Heydar Aliyev, as a
true leader, could resolutely bring to the notice of world the truth on
Azerbaijan. Only after return of Heydar Aliyev to power, Azerbaijan
could realize its geopolitical opportunities. Due to the political
talent of Heydar Aliyev, the threat of isolation of Azerbaijan from the
world community was overcome.
Head of Azerbaijan always
distinguished with his word, authority, and influence from the
standpoint of impact on the processes proceeding on the world political
arena. Inexhaustible energy of Heydar Aliyev, deserving nationwide
love, inspired the people for new successes.
Thanks to the
bright political talent of Heydar Aliyev - one of the historical
personalities of Azerbaijan that in the junction of the two centuries
and two Millenniums, preserving its national-moral values, confidently
stepped down the Third Millennium. Having overcome all the obstacles,
and despite the difficulties, the talent of Heydar Aliyev helped
Azerbaijan to survive in upheavals of the extremely complicated time
and hold a worthy place both in the region and in the whole world.
Heydar
Aliyev, demonstrating in the extremely hard period that serves the
nation, realized the mission that could not and cannot realize many
politicians, thanks to his inherent ability to respond to the actual
challenges of the modern world, forever held a worthy place among the
prominent politicians of the XX and XXI centuries.
Heydar
Aliyev, as one of the unique statesmen of our people, along his
complicated life always thought on the people and Motherland. His heart
beat in the name of strengthening of the independence of Azerbaijan,
for happiness of his nation. As the head of state, Heydar Aliyev, in
the most complicated time for Azerbaijan showed unprecedented
selflessness in the name of its salvation, could save his country from
misfortunes.
Due to a number of unique nature-gifted features,
Heydar Aliyev, as a farseeing personality, could foresee course of the
historical events, demonstrated a truly patriotic position while
adopting decisions with extreme significance for the national history,
could undertake resolute actions. The resoluteness, peculiar to his
personality, often found its reflection in the ideas, extemporized
during his appearances before the audience. Reports and speeches of
Heydar Aliyev, which, being founded on iron logic, had extraordinary
impact, are bright expression of the depth and width of his
philosophical and political vision.
As head of the Azerbaijani
state, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev holds an
exceptional position in the centuries-old history of our statehood.
Heydar Aliyev's activity, form the point of view of its significance,
goes far beyond the borders of Azerbaijan. The processes, proceeding
currently not only in Azerbaijan and but also in the entire post-soviet
space, as well as in the world, cannot be presented without personality
and activity of Heydar Aliyev. The period covering over 30 years of
state building, economic rebirth, political consciousness, political
life in the modern Azerbaijan, is connected with the name and practical
activity of Heydar Aliyev, with an inexhaustible talent, encyclopedic
knowledge, large world vision, being a historical personality,
prominent politician, and concrete deals realized by him. These
complicated processes were reflected in his practical activity and
philosophic ideology - the philosophy of national revival.
Heydar
Aliyev was a great philosopher and thinker of the present. The
philosophy of Azerbaijanism, founded and developed by him, determined
special role of Azerbaijan in the present world, rests in the basis of
national statehood, created a firm base for solidarity of the World
Azerbaijanis. The problems of national revival, which in the last
century seriously worried the Azerbaijani intelligentsia, thanks to
Heydar Aliyev, in these years, turned to a strategic state policy, from
the science, sociology and philosophy - to a practical and political
plane.
Thanks to his bright political wisdom and talent, Heydar
Aliyev created a new Azerbaijan, its current realities and defined the
path leading to future. Just therefore, the period of history of
Azerbaijan from 1969 up to date was closely connected with the name of
Heydar Aliyev and went down our history as Heydar Aliyev's epoch. The
major content of this epoch, from the standpoint of further historical
destiny of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijanism.
Path of Azerbaijan
leading to construction of an independent state, in essence, started
since 1969 - after his coming to power. In this sense, the brightest
pages of Azerbaijanism were written just in these years. In the frame
of the then ideology, Heydar Aliyev could - let it be even in the form
not contradicting the existing system - not only prevent full
oppression of the national spirit of Azerbaijan, on the contrary, make
maximum use of the opportunities on the way of his raise.
In
this sense, the next period of coming by Heydar Aliyev to leadership of
the Republic is perceived as start of the national self-consciousness,
return to the origins. The major ideological-political trend of the
philosophy of Heydar Aliyev management, history of which just begins
from this period, contains large extent of all forms and means of the
national self-expression of the people, strengthening sense of national
pride and realization of quick strategy pf development, able to raise
the national conscience. Since the beginning of his leadership in the
Republic, it became a tradition to regularly celebrate the jubilees of
the prominent personalities of Azerbaijan, that created foundation to
raise national spirit, national self-conscience, closely connected with
the nationwide problems of the Azerbaijani people, returning to the
people its historical memory, realization of the idea of independent
statehood.
The work carried out by Heydar Aliyev while leading
Azerbaijan in 1969-82 released national self-consciousness from the
fetters of previous ideological system and ensured boundless rising of
national sprit on the base of such fundamental principles as giving
historical memory back to the people, and created favorable conditions
for the idea of national statehood our people had been maturing for
many years to turn into the great driving force.
Coming to power
in Azerbaijan, which because of being attributed to one of the USSR's
provinces, was in late 60s behind others in all spheres of social and
economic life, the republic where negative trends had taken deep roots,
and where latent competition for power gradually intensifying had taken
bad shape undermining national and spiritual unity of the people, the
new leader first prevented collapse of economic potential of the
republic, possibility of negative impact of the recession in social and
political life upon moral and psychological state of the people.
As
cosmopolitan atmosphere prevailed in the Republic then, not only no
serious steps were taken to train national personnel, develop and use
national language, staff officials of Azerbaijani origin, on the
contrary, such initiatives were resolutely suppressed putting obstacles
to growing personnel having national consciousness and mentality.
There
was a need to find a way out of this complicated situation in the
Republic whose economy had entered the phase of deep and long crisis,
work out fundamentally new approaches to ensure its economic
development, conduct cardinal structural reforms in the economy, apply
new methods of economic management and encouragement. Heydar Aliyev was
confident that the foundation of a nation's political independence is
conditioned by its economic freedom.
The negative factors
prevailing at those times because of lack of the national idea and
leading to both economic and cultural decay were eliminated with Heydar
Aliyev's coming to power. As a result of his unexhausted activity, the
years 1970-1985 constituted the brightest pages in the chronicles of
creation of Azerbaijan by the scale of changed occurred, character of
cardinal reforms in social and economic spheres and transition to
qualitatively new stage of the people's living standard.
Today's
state sovereignty and economic independence of Azerbaijan, the process
of widening of its foreign economic links and deeper integration into
the global economy are based on the potential whose foundation was laid
by Heydar Aliyev as early as 1970-1980s.
Drawing attention in
Heydar Aliyev's strategic program of statehood is the following feature
regarding the ideology of Azerbaijanism: moral, artistic and esthetic
revival were realized here within the single flow combined with
progress achieved in economy, industry and construction, as well as
improvement of the people's living standard and mass enthusiasm.
Since
70s, this progress - created owing to existing economic potential as
the next phase of the economic development of Azerbaijan - had inwardly
prepared the country for historically necessary struggle for freedom.
The large scale of liberation movement in late 80s early 90s became
possible due to the economic growth achieved at Heydar Aliyev times and
formation of national fighting spirit ready to immediately take the
historical chance.
While in many other republics of the Soviet
Union were observed the totalitarian system's strong pressure, threats
and persecutions against workers of science and culture, intellectuals,
Heydar Aliyev managed - owing to his fearlessness and firm will - to
create in Azerbaijan favorable conditions for creative persons to
freely think, fully realize their creative plans, and latently search
for ways to national and moral principles ensuring sovereignty and
independence in the history of Azerbaijan statehood.
Exactly in
these years, the large-scale works were done in Baku on municipal
improvements: a number of architectural complexes, administrative
centers, palaces, institutes, publishing houses, schools and many other
buildings beautified the city.
It was exactly Heydar Aliyev's
initiative due to which it became possible to restore a lot of
monuments of architecture. He was well aware that immortalization in
monuments of great persons in the history of Azerbaijan would have
extremely positive impact on strengthening of the national
self-consciousness of the people.
Thanks to the care Heydar
Aliyev showed of our culture and history thus demonstrating deep
respect to them, majestic monuments for outstanding persons bearing the
idea of the national self-consciousness of our people were erected, and
home-museums for each great historical persons were established in the
most attractive sites of Baku.
One of the Heydar Aliyev's
far-seeing steps was his initiative to send young Azerbaijani people to
study in prestigious higher educational establishments of the former
Soviet Union for them to acquire knowledge and specialties necessary
for the future independent country. With rising scientific and human
potential in Azerbaijan, the realization of the national and spiritual
values of our people became a reality.
One of the factors
conditioned revival of Azerbaijan under the leadership of Heydar Aliyev
in 1969-1982 was particular attention paid to development of education
in the republic giving preference to youth's education in native
language.
In addition, to expand international ties of
Azerbaijan in scientific and technical, economic and cultural sphere,
various related events used to be arranged on a Union and international
scale, while in former Soviet republics used to be organized Days of
Azerbaijan's culture and arts. All this created a solid foundation for
establishment of links between Azerbaijan and foreign countries and
Azerbaijanis living there, and ensured self-consciousness of the
Azerbaijanis as a nation having its own historical and cultural
traditions.
It was the period when articles, which could non be
appeared in print even in Moscow or St. Petersburg because of being the
samples of active civil position, could see the light of the day in
Baku periodicals under Heydar Aliyev's personal auspices protecting
them from any attacks and infringements. Favorable conditions provided
in those years for representatives of culture and art to create works
in the spirit of national traditions and connected to our historical
past were the result of special care shown to the young masters of pen.
From
the very fest days of Heydar Aliyev's coming power, the Azerbaijani
language was the focus of particular attention in his strategic
program, which constituted a foundation for building national state. As
a result of the Heydar Aliyev's activity, Azerbaijani was given State
language status that was reflected in the Constitution of 1978. This
step, which from the standpoint of those times may be described as true
heroism, was taken exactly for the sake of future independent
Azerbaijan.
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN (1993-2003)Heydar
Aliyev's return to power in Azerbaijan in 1993 was a turning point in
social, political, economic, scientific and cultural life of the
country, and marked the beginning of process of building independent
state in accordance with international norms and principles.
As
a result of the urgent measures taken by Heydar Aliyev - on one hand,
forming National Army and regular Armed forces capable to guard
national interests of Azerbaijan and defend our lands, on the other
hand, stop the war by all diplomatic and political means - the
ceasefire regime having vital importance to our country was established
in May 1994.
Signing the first oil agreement called "Contract of
the Century" in 1994 and its realization under conditions of relative
stability within Azerbaijan and increasing interest and confidence to
our country in the international arena, are the vivid evidence of
realization of Heydar Aliyev's oil strategy constituting a concept of
economic development of Azerbaijan.
Extremely tense activity
carried out under the guidance of Heydar Aliyev put an end to backstage
games with Azerbaijani people's destiny, political anarchy ans
experiment, crime, illegal armed groups that in all allowed to create
necessary conditions for successful state building in Azerbaijan.
Heydar
Aliyev's decisiveness allowed preventing October 1994 and March 1995
coup d'etat which posed serious threat to Azerbaijan statehood and
independence. Strengthening of Azerbaijan's statehood and establishment
of democratic principles on the base of the first Constitution of the
independent Azerbaijan, successful and intensive realization of the
process of building democratic, legal and secular state are bound up
with the personality of Heydar Aliyev.
Domestic policy carried
out by Heydar Aliyev implied providing each Azerbaijani citizen with
the right to live freely and create conditions for improvement of his
own living standard. Economic reforms, establishment of the market
economy, ensuring economic development, Azerbaijan's integration into
the world economy, implementation of the privatization program and
agrarian reforms were priority directions of Heydar Aliyev's activity.
Due
to the foreign policy of Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan's relations with the
world's leading countries and international organizations began
developing in accordance with the national interests far-sighted
political perspective. His resolute steps, skillful use of the most
authoritative rostrums in the name national goals, had extremely
important significance from the standpoint of the present and future of
the Azerbaijan's statehood.
Active diplomacy of Heydar Aliyev
made democratic states and leading international public organizations
change their attitude to our country and the armed conflict it had been
involved in forcedly. The Heydar Aliyev's foreign policy was based on
peace, respect to international legal norms, integrity and
inviolability of borders, territorial integrity of states and
principles of mutually beneficial cooperation.
Since 1992,
Heydar Aliyev had been carrying out tense activity aimed at expanding
and strengthening economic, political, literary and cultural links with
Turkish speaking countries.
He did extremely intensive and
fruitful work to prepare and realize large-scale international economic
agreements on utilization of natural resources and favorable
geo-strategic position of Azerbaijan in accordance with the national
interests.
Due to his huge political will and wise prescience,
very important international contracts were signed and their
implementation was launched. Heydar Aliyev was the initiator of
Azerbaijan's leading role in realization of a number of world-scale
economic programs of great political significance.
Heydar Aliyev
has great merits in unity and solidarity of Azerbaijanis who had been
scattered around the world during the merciless and severe trials of
the history. He worked hard for the World Azerbaijanis to be organized,
and unite closely around their only motherland, the independent
Azerbaijan, and made extremely important decisions to this end.
Heydar
Aliyev is our contemporary of genius: the very fact is a source of
pride for every Azerbaijani. At the same time, Heydar Aliyev is a great
historical person presented to our people by the destiny. He gave
powerful impetus to the process of historical development of
Azerbaijan. It was exactly Heydar Aliyev, the creator of the
independent Azerbaijani state, who laid the ideological basis for our
national statehood.
Colossal activity of Heydar Aliyev as a
political and public figure devoted all his life to his people and left
a deep trace in the history of the Azerbaijani people, has become true
school of public administration. There will be many generations of the
Azerbaijan people to use this school and rich heritage of Heydar Aliyev
in the name of our country's development and welfare of our people.
ALWAYS AT THE TOPHeydar
Aliyev passed away at 81 years in 2003. The intelligent life devoted to
serving to his nation and state had come to the end. Along with the
composite moments with slope, ascent, there were also years not empty
with the unsuccessfulness lines. It is possible to emphasize number of
opportunities when viewing the way of life that Heydar Aliyev passed.
We
may remember the tops on the way of the rich social-political life of
Heydar Aliyev one by one in chronological order. However, having done
it, we would repeat well-known views and considerations. Way of life of
Heydar Aliyev, his personal features are well known with merits.
Because Heydar Aliyev has always been connected with Azeri nation and
his way of life is a part of Azeri history. If we speak about political
portrait of Heydar Aliyev, it would be enough to say one thesis. Heydar
Aliyev was a leader realizing the most complicated, conflicting
historical processes taking place in the world, not loosing his
self-control in difficult situations and estimating realistically
geopolitical changes taking place in the world could figure out outlays
precisely and cleverly of the nation, country he belonged to.
This
is unambiguous and definite conclusion of the world political
scientists settling accounts with the views and considerations,
numerous heads of the states, the greatest figures of the international
policy. In our opinion, this conclusion doesn't need any additional
explanation, commentary. Already 34 years ago election of Heydar Aliyev
to the post of the head of the party organization in Soviet Azerbaijan
undoubtedly was an index of high estimation of his
personal-intellectual capabilities and leadership features,
organization ability in the Kremlin, center. However, it would be
necessary to specify another point here. Instead of this estimation and
trust, Heydar Aliyev didn't turn into ordinary organization man
realizing orders and instructions of Moscow. Despite, instruction
addressed to all ally republics from Kremlin "kitchen" provided such
political management and technology. Heydar Aliyev had become a leader
who was able to transform modeled Soviet management technology in the
strategic interests, welfare and future of Azerbaijan (even in the
well-known framework of the status of ally republic).
If we see
these days of Azerbaijan, we can put a claim unconditionally that
Heydar Aliyev had been a leader who could see independence of
Azerbaijan 20-30 years before it happened. Economical achievements in
the Soviet Azerbaijan headed by Heydar Aliyev, big projects, basis of
which was being laid, we can speak a lot about importance of these
projects for strategy of Azerbaijan nowadays. However, I would like to
state only one fact. 30 years ago Heydar Aliyev was able to achieve
establishment of the school that would play a role of basis for the
national military personnel training in Azerbaijan in the hardest
period of the Soviet regime. This was a school, which turned into one
of the main educational institutes of the national army in Azerbaijan.
The students of that school 30 years ago had become commanders,
generals of Azerbaijan Armed Forces. Naturally, some of people may
think of establishment of the military school named after Jamshid
Nakhchivanski as simple as taking decision on construction of the plant
or factory. But volition, braveness and farsight was required to give
such a decree.
It is enough to remind only one point that those
years only higher military schools, mainly Russian, Ukrainian and
Byelorussian schools operated according to non-declared decree of the
USSR government, Communistic Party. "When I was seeing this, I though
ok, if we were ally republic of the Soviet Union with equal rights, we
had great authorities. Why were we deprived of the army? As a result,
we managed to establish this school...When we were establishing this
school, I could never imagine that I would be celebrating its jubilee
in 30 years. However, it is a honor for me and I am happy", - said
Heydar Aliyev on 21 April 2003 at jubilee ceremony of the school named
after Nakhichevansky at "Republic" palace. Yes, on that fatal day.
Heydar Aliyev was very proud to take part in the jubilee ceremony of
the school, the basis of which he laid 30 years ago. Because the
history proved the necessity and importance of the brave step Heydar
Aliyev took 30 years ago...In the years Heydar Aliyev was ruling
Azerbaijan he took number of such brave steps, which were (and will be)
esteemed adequately by the history. Only now, when Azerbaijan gained
its independence, we saw and realized the accuracy of the farsight
steps taken by Heydar Aliyev 20, 30 years ago, their importance for the
future development of Azerbaijan. The basis for the rich economic
potential of Azerbaijan, intellectual treasure was established those
years. Heydar Aliyev was using Soviet management principles and
economic system effectively and trying to provide development of
Azerbaijan even among the union state as powerful and strong country.
Heydar
Aliyev was a realistic politician. His political and management
principles were far from the romanticism and dreaminess. The decisions
he was taking could seem unusual from the first standpoint (for
example, fire-cease in 1994) but they were the most optimal ones taking
into consideration all realities and correctness in the end. Heydar
Aliyev never gave populist and fantastic promises to the nation, on the
contrary, was stating the results that could be achieved in the real
and current situation. Cavils of Heydar Aliyev's opponents addressed
against him mostly were connected with the settlement of Nagorny
Karabakh conflict. Some of them were accusing Heydar Aliyev of
non-effective policy, concession and compromise-aimed actions. The
authors of such accusations were those ones who meant speaking loudly
in the squares, meetings by effective policy. Heydar Aliyev has always
been far from the populism. Contrary to the populists, he was carrying
out well-known consistent policy, which was very complicated in the
direction of solution. This policy couldn't satisfy quick-tempered
brains. However, nobody could doubt in successful consideration of the
policy since its first step as well as successful realization.
...Usually,
when giving objective estimation to great persons, the things that
could be done in the period they lived are taken as basis in
comparison. From this point of view, giving estimation in the periods
when Heydar Aliyev was managing Azerbaijan and the period when he was
quite far from his mission, we can say definitely that he was using all
the opportunities in the name of interests and improvement of his
nation in that period. Heydar Aliyev's policy in Azerbaijan, his state
organization line will continue. Because this policy is required from
the standpoint of the future progress of Azerbaijan. Heydar Aliyev's
policy is a balanced policy, expresses the interests of all stratums of
the society, creates harmony in the community, defends rights and
freedoms of humans, national-state organization interests, highest
values of the open society. Average-statistics Azeri could see all
features of the national leader in the person of Heydar Aliyev -
rationalism and wisdom, resolution, political farsight, realism and
innovation.
The most important is that Heydar Aliyev's policy
doesn't finish with today or tomorrow. There is young leader who will
be able to continue this policy successfully in future, who has state
team and clear strategy.
Wisdom in the policy, pragmatic school
in the life, skillfulness in the state governance - here are key lines
of big policy. Neither of Azeri politicians was able to stay at the top
of political Olympus for so long, serve to Motherland, nation and lay a
monument being alive.
Heydar Aliyev is a historical even as a
person. The history makes the person, such persons make the history. He
has always been a leader. He was a leader in the period of empire, he
was a leader in the period of our independence, he was under praise,
laudation, criticism those years as well, and nothing has changed now -
purpose, faith and morality didn't let it change.
It is over
thirty years since Mr. Heydar Aliyev had become eminent, eternal in
your, my, his eyes - in the eyes of Azeri nation. The greatest pride,
dignity of Heydar Aliyev was conquering the soul of his nation with
everything he was creating, with the work he was carrying out. He will
always live in the soul of the nation with this dignity, in the soul of
this and next generation.
It is necessary to page chronicle of
life of this nice person, read, study and propagandize reading,
studying it, because the life of Heydar Aliyev is a history of
Azerbaijan we lived through.
...He left us at his 81st year - at
the top of wisdom, leadership. However, he had become apart only
partially. Heydar Aliyev will always stay with us with his ideas, with
the works, which he couldn't finish, big plans, desires in 10, 20, 50,
100-year future of Azerbaijan. Heydar Aliyev was raised to this top by
nation, its trust and belief. The highest top he was able to conquer
was the soul of the nation. From that top along with yesterday and
today of Azerbaijan, the future, prosperous tomorrow can be seen
obviously. Let us be able to move in the light of that top thinking
about tomorrow of Azerbaijan.../Azerbaijan.Az/