https://doi.org/10.36719/2706-6185/43/29-34
Sevda Ismayilova
Baku State University
PhD in History
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4450-6153
sevdaismayilova@rambler.ru
The Repressions of the 1930s and the Students of
Baku State University (1933-1936)
Abstract
The repressions of the 1930s dealt a great blow to the national and moral values of Azerbaijan. Among higher education institutions, the number of students who were subjected to repression at BSU was greater than others. The article illuminates the fate of students who expressed their independent opinions as victims of the unjust policy of the “democratic and humanist” Soviet regime, their exposure to accusations such as concealing their social origins, counter-revolutionary-trotskyist-zinovievist activities, discrediting the party and government leader, especially Stalin, etc., their expulsion from BSU and the Komsomol, imprison, and various punishments. Cases are commented on, such as the fact that university rectors (especially Balabey Hasanbeyov (who himself was subjected to repression in 1937)) were the organizers of inquiries about students sent to the Special Departments of the regions, party and executive committees, and other addresses. It is shown that the Soviet regime dealt a great blow to the national and spiritual values of the Azerbaijani people in order to destroy their national spirit.
Keywords: 1933-1936s, repressions, Baku State University, students, social origin, counter-revolutionary-trotskyist-zinovievist activity, party and government