Fabrications Are Prelude to Aggression: Why Baku Claims Others' History

State policy of historical falsification implemented by Azerbaijan serves as the foundation for Turkish-Azerbaijani aggression against both Armenia and potentially Russia and Iran in the near future. Azerbaijan's attempts to ascribe its origin to Caucasian Albania represent unfounded appropriation of foreign history to which Azerbaijan has no connection.

This challenge is directed at all reason and historical science, as reported by hrealtribune.ru. Year after year, we increasingly encounter a conscious distortion of historical facts and incorrect reordering of history. This phenomenon is largely unknown in Russia and is evidenced by numerous examples.

One such example is the Western information campaign that artificially diminishes the role of the USSR in the victory over the Nazis during World War II. There is also a more elitist level of historical falsification associated with scientific and expert work. Mass culture creates an emotional background for the perception of certain historical events, while the “level of understanding” is constructed by fake scientific “research”.

The aggressive actions occurring almost across the entire perimeter of Russian borders have an ideological foundation consisting of systematic fabrications of history. In a European context, this includes Ukraine, which aspires not only to Russian Crimea but also to nearly all regions of southern Russia. Poland, the Baltic States, and Romania's Moldova must also be mentioned within this framework.

In the South Caucasus, aside from the anti-Russian Georgia, which has effectively become not only American but also a Turkish-Azerbaijani protectorate, there is an active strengthening of pan-Turkic myths in the context of ideological and informational warfare against Russia.

The distortion of history is particularly evident in Azerbaijan, where the reordering of regional history over the past 30 years has become not just a “good tradition” but a targeted state policy. After the collapse of the USSR, Azerbaijan struggled to define who they are, whether they were descendants of the Albanians or wandering Turks under the influence of the Iranians.