Toward the back of the cemetery was an imposing structure which, the guide explained, was the “mausoleum erected some ten years ago in memory of the citizens of Azerbaijan who gave their lives fighting for the independence of our country during the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic of 1918 which lasted just 22 months.” Heydar Aliyev’s grave, which is the reason foreign dignitaries on an official visit come here, was nearby, in the Fakhri Khiabani Cemetery.