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===Military parks===
[[File:İlham Əliyev Bakıda Hərbi Qənimətlər Parkının açılışında (46).jpg|thumb|[[Military Trophy Park (Baku)|Baku Military Trophy Park]] in [[Azerbaijan]], which sparked uproar due to display of helmets of Armenian troops and wax mannequins of Armenian soldiers of [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Is Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev the new Saddam Hussein?|url=https://nationalinterest.org/feature/azerbaijan%E2%80%99s-ilham-aliyev-new-saddam-hussein-182853|work=[[The National Interest]]|date=April 16, 2021|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>]]

In 2021, following the [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war]], a [[Military Trophy Park (Baku)|Military Trophy Park]] was opened in [[Azerbaijan]]'s capital [[Baku]], showcasing seized military equipment, as well as the helmets and wax mannequins of Armenian troops.<ref name="independent">{{cite web|title=Azerbaijan's display of dead soldiers' helmets sparks outrage in Armenia|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/azerbaijan-dead-soldiers-helmets-armenia-b1831316.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/azerbaijan-dead-soldiers-helmets-armenia-b1831316.html |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|date=April 15, 2021|access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> The helmets were reported by international media to belong to dead Armenian soldiers.<ref name="independent" /><ref name="Al Jazeera" /> Several international journalists have called the park "barbaric".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanrahan |first1=Jake |title=This is hideous. The Azerbaijan regime has created what is essentially a war crimes theme park for Aliyev. Unbelievable. See this thread. |url=https://twitter.com/Jake_Hanrahan/status/1382449204967133185 |website=Twitter |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210419230747/https://twitter.com/Jake_Hanrahan/status/1382449204967133185 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |date=April 15, 2021 |access-date=May 31, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=alexmassie |title="You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilisation from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn." John Buchan. |url=https://twitter.com/alexmassie/status/1381650678431559682 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210419230416/https://twitter.com/alexmassie/status/1381650678431559682 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |date=April 13, 2021 |access-date=May 31, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=International organizations cannot remain silent on Baku's "park of barbarism" – MEP Nikos Androulakis|url=https://en.armradio.am/2021/04/13/international-organizations-cannot-remain-silent-on-bakus-park-of-barbarism-mep-nikos-androulakis/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Public Radio of Armenia|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Armenia]] strongly condemned it, accusing Baku of "dishonoring the memory of victims of the war, missing persons and prisoners of war and violating the rights and dignity of their families".<ref name="Al Jazeera">{{cite web|title=Fury in Armenia as Azerbaijan displays war trophies|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/13/fury-in-armenia-as-azerbaijan-displays-war-trophies|work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]|date=April 13, 2021|access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref> Armenia's ombudsman called it a "clear manifestation of fascism", saying that it is a "proof of Azerbaijani genocidal policy and [[Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan|state supported Armenophobia]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Baku's newly-opened "park" a proof of state supported Armenophobia – Ombudsman|url=https://en.armradio.am/2021/04/13/bakus-newly-opened-park-a-proof-of-state-supported-armenophobia-ombudsman/#:~:text=The%20so-called%20"Park",Baku%20on%20April%2012%2C%202021|work=[[Public Radio of Armenia]]|date=April 13, 2021|access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref> Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan stated that such museums are a widely accepted international practice, and the country has a right to commemorate its victory through parades, parks, museums and other means.<ref>{{cite web |last1=No:131/21 |title=Commentary of the Press Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan |url=https://www.mfa.gov.az/en/news/7288/view |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan |access-date=May 30, 2021}}</ref> Azerbaijani authorities {{who|date=June 2021}} claimed that the helmets were left behind by retreating Armenian soldiers.<ref name="jam-news.net">[https://jam-news.net/ru/парк-военных-трофеев-в-баку-бурное-од/ "Парк военных трофеев" в Баку – бурное одобрение и яростное осуждение]</ref> When Azerbaijani historian Altay Goyushov, one of the leaders of liberal democratic opposition, criticized the helmets corridor, he was rebuffed by local journalists and bloggers who justified demonstrating the helmets, one of them going as far as inviting "all who does not feel well looking at them to go and drown in Caspian sea".<ref name="jam-news.net"/>