Approximately 40 years ago, at this place was my father, and I stood on that side. In the frosty, snowy weather was opened by Mausoleum Vagif. After that, on July 29, 1982, I arrived with my father in Shushu for the second time. At that time, the days of the poetry of Vagif were held. And today we celebrate the opening of the Vagif’s Mausoleum, – this was stated by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the opening ceremony of the Mausoleian Great Poet and the State Worker Vagif in Shushe.
According to the president, when the days of Vagif’s poetry were held to the then leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev was 59 years old: “Today I am 59 years old. Some may consider that it is an accident, but I believe that it has a big symbolic meaning. History repeats. The black pages of Azerbaijani history have already stayed behind and we have lagged again, “said President Ilham Aliyev.”