Azerbaijani police confiscate Armenian commander Andranik’s photo from Baku pub signboard discovering it after two years

The famous Armenian commander – one of the key figures of the Armenian national liberation movement of the late 19th- early 20th centuries – Andranik Ozanian’s photos were emblazoned on the signboard at the entrance of the restaurant Montinburg in Baku, as well as in the pub Starapraga at the same address. The manager and the employees of the food outlets unanimously claim they had no idea that the photo depicted the Armenian commander as they had confused him with Petr Montin, the founder of the first distillery in Azerbaijan. Soon the police arrived at the site and confiscated all the photos depicting Andranik Ozanian, Azerbaijani media report.

Azerbaijani media outlet 1news.az writes that the Azerbaijani journalist Vugar Seidov had just the other day posted a photo of a Baku pub on his Facebook profile. The Armenian commander Andranik Ozanian’s photo was emblazoned on the lantern at the entrance of the pub. As it turned out, the photo was depicted not only on the lanterns at the entrance of the pub but also inside the restaurant itself.

According to the article, the restaurant manager, introducing himself as Ramin, said the photo was already in the restaurant when they bought it from the previous owners. The manager added that it was written under the photo that it was Petr Montin hence the reason they did not change it.

The Azerbaijani media outlet Vesti.az adds that in response to their correspondent’s astonished question “Well, whom have you hanged at your entrance?” the waiter of the Azerbaijani restaurant answered also astonished that he saw nothing strange as it was not Andranik’s photo but Montin’s.

Soon the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan’s officials arrived at the site and demanded that the food outlet urgently changed the signboards. As a result, the employees immediately removed Andranik Ozanian’s photo from the restaurant signboard that had been hanging there for almost two years.