of the German Bundestag came to the conclusion that, in specialist literature and journalism, there are different accounts of the events, incidents and casualty figures, which makes a reliable account difficult. International recognition On 27 March 2012, the New York State Senate adopted the first-ever legislative resolution J3784-2011 proclaiming 31 March 2012 as the Azerbaijani Remembrance Day and describing March Days as the genocide "committed by the members of Armenian Dashnak party in concert with Bolsheviks against Azerbaijanis". The resolution was introduced by the State Senator James Alesi at the initiative of the members of Azerbaijan Society of America and Azerbaijani-American Council. On 31 December 2010, Governor Jim Gibbons of the U.S. State of Nevada proclaimed 31 March as Remembrance Day of 1918 massacres of Azerbaijani civilians in what became the first such recognition by the U.S. government institution. Legacy On 18 September 2013, president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev inaugurated the Guba Memorial Complex, which is dedicated to victims of March Days. In October 2013, the French Senate delegation, headed by senator Nathalie Goulet, laid a flower before the monument and commemorated the memory of the massacre victims. See also List of massacres in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Democratic Republic September Days Notes References Bibliography April 1918 events History of Baku 1918 in Azerbaijan March 1918 events Mass murder in 1918 Massacres in Azerbaijan Russian Civil War Bolshevik uprisings