Moscow, January 21, AzerTAc The Azerbaijani Embassy in the Russian Federation has organized a commemorative event on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Black January tragedy.The attendees first put flowers at a bas-relief of Azerbaijan`s national leader Heydar Aliyev and a stand with names of shahids. A minute of silence was observed in memory of shahids.Opening the event, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu highlighted the history of the 20 January tragedy. He said a leadership of former Soviet Union lost control over the situation that night and sent troops to Baku. That night 147 innocent citizens were killed, hundreds of people were wounded. Among shahids were representatives of various nations and religions.The diplomat pointed out that the day after the tragedy national leader Heydar Aliyev came to permanent representation of Azerbaijan in Moscow, and held a press conference overtly condemning the Soviet leadership`s actions against the Azerbaijani people.Photos of shahids were demonstrated in the hall of the Embassy. He stressed the leadership of the country gave huge importance to this event, which is being remembered every year on a state level. Polad Bulbuloglu expressed gratitude to ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic mission for supporting Azerbaijan in this issue and for participation in the event.The Ambassador also presented a book-album “January 20 - A bloody and glorious page of our history”, a joint project of the Public and Political Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration and AzerTAc. Project managers are head of Public and Political Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, professor Ali Hasanov and AzerTAc`s Director General Aslan Aslanov. The book-album was published in 4 languages. “This is a fundamental book, which includes rare photos, depicting the January 20 events and information.”The attendees heard speeches by translator and publicist Ilham Badalbeyli, who attended the protest action of Azerbaijani community in Moscow and secretary of the Moscow office of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers Nasib Nabioglu.They mentioned Azerbaijanis gave more victims for its freedom and independence than other nations of the former union. The attendees watched a documentary on the January tragedy.The event brought together ambassadors, employees of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation`s Russian representation, representatives of All-Russian Congress of Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani Youth Union of Russia and Russian society. Farida AbdullayevaSpecial correspondent