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On January 29, Azerbaijan National Library hosted presentation ceremony of books published by ANAS Institute of History named after A.A.Bakikhanov during 2019. The books were donated to Azerbaijan National Library.

The event was co-organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, ANAS Institute of History named after A.A.Bakikhanov and Azerbaijan National Library.

Director of the National Library prof.Karim Tahirov welcomed the participants of the event. He mentioned that those books reflect the realities of the Azerbaijani history. “Today, books published by the Institute of History are read in Turkish, English, Russian, Arabic, German, French, Italian and other languages.  The National Library will send those publications to a number of leading libraries and universities around the world – Library of Congress, University California Los Angeles, national libraries of Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Russia and other countries in order to promote the history of our country” he added.

Then in his speech, director of the Institute of History academician Yagub Mahmudov noted that 43 new books were published in 2019.

Later, Azerbaijan National Library and the Institute of History signed an agreement on cooperation.

The event was also attended by the Head of Department of the Institute of History, PhD in history, Guntakin Najafli; senior fellow of the Institute of History, PhD in history, Kamran Ismayilov; senior fellow of the Institute of History, PhD in history, Rasahd Mustafa; Head of Department of the Institute of History Shahin Fazil and others.