Armenian nationalists have carried out ethnic cleansing, deportation and genocide against our compatriots in order to realize the mythical idea of "Great Armenia" at various stages of history. One of the most terrible tragedies that befell the people of Azerbaijan was the massacres committed with particular cruelty by the Dashnak-Bolshevik armed groups operating under the mandate of the Baku Soviet in March-April 1918. In those days, tens of thousands of civilians were killed in Baku city, as well as in other cities and districts included in Baku governorate, precisely because of their ethnic and religious affiliation, and people were tortured. Settlements were destroyed, cultural monuments, mosques and cemeteries were razed to the ground. In later times, the Armenian nationalists, who became even more deviant, continued their inhuman acts and carried out mass murders, looting and ethnic cleansing in Karabakh, Zangezur, Nakhchivan, Shirvan, Iravan and other regions. Civilians were massacred in these areas.

The March genocides of 1918 are one of the bloodiest tragedies not only in the history of Azerbaijan, but also in human history due to their cruelty and scale. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Armenian executioners mass-murdered the civilian population, including children, the elderly, and women, along with tens of thousands of Azerbaijanis, thousands of Lezgi, Jews, Russians, Avars, and Talysh nationalities were burned alive with swords and bayonets, national architecture they destroyed pearls, schools, hospitals, mosques and cultural monuments.

An event dedicated to March 31 - Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis was held by Ganja City Youth and Sports Department.

The event began with a 1-minute silence commemoration of the victims of the genocide, our martyrs who died for the freedom, independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and laying flowers in front of the March 31 genocide monument.

Hamid Nasirov, head of the Ganja City Youth and Sports Department, Hasan Mammadov, head of the Ganja Region Department of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, as well as students of the Ganja Medical College participated in the event held at Ganja State University. Speaking at the event, Eldar Mehdiyev, a teacher of the history department of Ganja State University, and the young people gave extensive information based on historical facts about the March 31 Genocide of Azerbaijanis. The speakers emphasized the importance of demonstrating national unity in order to eliminate the severe consequences of such tragedies and prevent such incidents from happening again.

Later, with the support of the Ganja City Youth and Sports General Department and the organization of the Student Youth Organization of Ganja Medical College, a film dedicated to the Genocide of Azerbaijanis on March 31 was shown to the students at Ganja Medical College.