Farida Mammadova | |
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| Born | (1936-08-08)8 August 1936 |
| Died | 8 December 2021(2021-12-08) (aged 85) |
Farida Jafar gizi Mammadova[a] (Azerbaijani:Fəridə Cəfər qızı Məmmədova; 8 August 1936 – 8 December 2021) was an Azerbaijani historian who specialized in the history of ancientCaucasian Albania. She was a lecturer at theWestern Caspian University andBaku State University and worked for theAzerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
Mammadova authored numerous research papers, articles and books on Azerbaijani ancient and medieval history. She lectured at theBaku State University, Azerbaijan Pedagogical University, and was the head of the Department of Humanities in theWestern University inBaku. Farida Mammadova worked at the Institute of History of theNational Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. In her research, she is known to be a disciple of the late Azerbaijani historian and the former vice-president of theAzerbaijan National Academy of SciencesZiya Bunyadov.[citation needed]
Mammadova's area of focus was the study of the development ofCaucasian Albania, its ethnic composition, political and social life, the development ofChristianity inCaucasian Albania,Church of Caucasian Albania, arts and literature.[1] She defended her doctoral dissertation in 1971 under the supervision of historianKaren Yuzbashyan on different copies of the manuscriptThe History of the Country of Albania byMovses Kaghankatvatsi.[2] The dissertation was published in book form in 1977.[2]
Mammadova's theories have been criticized by foreign authors for the misinterpretation of historical sources andrevisionism.[2][3] Among the critics of Mammadova's works is Russian historianVictor Schnirelmann, who dedicated a whole chapter in his bookWars of Memory to Mammadova's mistakes, misinterpretations and traced the influence of theanti-Armenian authorsVasily Velichko andZiya Bunyadov on her theories.[2]
According toThomas de Waal, Mammadova's theories on the Albanians were formulated in such a way as "to separate the Armenians completely from the Caucasus." "She has placed Caucasian Albania on the territory of modernArmenia: all the territories, churches and monasteries in Armenia have been designated as Albanian." He describes Mammadova's theories as "an improved version of what became a very rough tool in Azerbaijan".[3]
During her interviews Mammadova has made anti-Armenian statements, including:
And it is known that on whole planet exactly the Armenian people are distinguished by their absence of spiritual and other human values.[4]
And further:
There are only two nations with an identity but no state. The Jews and the Armenians. The difference is that the Jews created a state in their historical homeland; the Armenians created one not in their historical homeland.[5]
She died on 8 December 2021, at the age of 85.[6]
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