A book “World of Tovuz’s toponyms” by Zireddin Khasiyev was presented in Baku on June 17. A scientific editor of the book, Professor Gazanfar Pashayev said in his speech during the presentation that the book had perpetuated the history of people. “If people know their history, they will stand,” an author of the preface of the book, MP Ganira Pashayeva said at the presentation. “The toponyms of Tovuz are reflected in the book very systematically”, MP Nizami Jafarov said during the presentation. “Tovuz has a long history. This is the region in which active historical and political processes occurred”, he said.
An author of the book Zireddin Khasiyev told media that the precise information about the sources of a Turkic ethnic group and semantics related to the origin, formation and development of the Azerbaijani people has been given in the book. The Turkic tribes here have their historical heritage which is reflected in the various legends. Toponyms, collected in Oguz region – Tovuz, were studied.