Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Agayeva / The perpetuation of former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev's memory honors the Azerbaijani people, Senator Alexander Dzasokhov, the chairman of the Russian commission on UNESCO affairs, said. He was appealing on 11 December the video conference Baku-Moscow dedicated to the death anniversary of Heydar Aliyev, former Azerbaijani President.
He compared the national leader with the personalities such as general de Gall, former Egyptian President Nasir and Turkish leader Ataturk.
"Being great son of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev has always been together with the people of Azerbaijan," he said.
Dazasokhov, who worked with Heydar Aliyev, shared his recollections about the prominent politician and figure, spoke about the friendship tying them up.
In July 1969 Heydar Aliyev was elected the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, heads the Republic. In December 1982, Heydar Aliyev has been elected as Alternate member of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union, and appointed at the post of the First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR and became one of the leaders of the USSR. During twenty years, Heydar Aliyev was the Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and for five years was Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In October 1987, Heydar Aliyev, as a sign of protest against the policy pursued by Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and personally the Secretary General Michael Gorbachev, resigned from his post.
In bound with the tragedy, committed on 20 January 1990 in Baku by the soviet troops, appearing on the next day at the Azerbaijan Representation in Moscow with a statement, demanded to punish the organizers and executors of the crime, committed against the people of Azerbaijan.
In 1991-1993s, he held the post of Chairman of the Supreme Mejlis of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
In 1993 the country was at the verge of civil war and loss of independence, and the people of Azerbaijan demanded to bring to power Heydar Aliyev. On 15 June 1993, Heydar Aliyev was elected as the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan, and on 24 July - on resolution of the Milli Mejlis, he managed to fulfill powers of the President of Azerbaijan Republic.
On October 3, 1993, as the result of nationwide voting, Heydar Aliyev was elected as the President of Azerbaijan Republic.
At the beginning of 1990s he suffered heart attacks. In 1999 Heydar ALiyev underwent an aorta-coronary shunting at Cleveland clinic Ohayo State of the United States. In 2003 he died in one of clinics of the United States, where he was earlier operated on prostate glands.