Heydar Aliyev is not only the hero of the Azerbaijani people, Yuri Nikolayevich Zhdanov, Executive Secretary of the Coordination Council of the Prosecutors General of the CIS member states, Report informs.
He made the remark at an international conference titled "National Leader Heydar Aliyev is the author of the Constitution of independent Azerbaijan," held in Lachin.
“As a representative of that time, I can note that Heydar Aliyev, who was the first deputy chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers during those years and twice Hero of Socialist Labor, played a decisive role in the successful implementation of the large-scale Baikal-Amur Mainline construction project. This outstanding person was not only a hero of the Azerbaijani people. We all remember him with great respect and a sense of gratitude."