Kolga, Margus; Tõnurist, Igor; Vaba, Lembit; Viikberg, Jüri. KURDS // The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire / Consultants: Ants Viires, Lauri Vahtre; Translated by: Sirje Ainsaar, Heli Greenbaum, Krista Kaer, Lembit Liivak, Krista Mits, Erkki Sivonen, Triin Tobber, Viivi Verrev; Edited by: Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits; Layout: Terje Mäepalu, Indrek Hein (www). — Tallinn: NGO Red Book, 2001. — (ISBN9985-936922), KURDS: «Kurdish identity is most endangered in Azerbaijan. In recent decades the Azerbaijani authorities have been attempting to assimilate all ethnic minorities. In the absence of religious differences they have succeeded. The Kurdish language is not officially used and during censuses the Kurds have been recorded as Azerbaijanis».
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Wasserman, Aryeh. A Year of Rule by the Popular Front of Azerbaijan // Muslim Eurasia: Conflicting Legacies / Ro'i, Yaacov. — Taylor & Francis, 2023. — (ISBN9781000891454), 1000891453, p. 146: «Representatives of the indigenous minorities were not for the most part appointed to important governmental positions. But there were exceptions. For instance, in the 1960s, Mamed Iskenderov, a Kurd, officially registered as an Azerbaijani, occupied the post of chairman of the Presidium of the Azerbaijan Supreme Soviet».
Wasserman, Aryeh. A Year of Rule by the Popular Front of Azerbaijan // Muslim Eurasia: Conflicting Legacies / Ro'i, Yaacov. — Taylor & Francis, 2023. — (ISBN9781000891454), 1000891453, p. 2, 145–146: «Thus, for instance, Moscow encouraged the Uzbek leadership to register Uzbekistan's Tajik inhabitants as Uzbeks and the leaders of Azerbaijan to register indigenous Muslim minorities as Azerbaijanis. […] Following the establishment of Soviet power in Azerbaijan, the local authorities conducted a policy of 'absorbing' some of the national minorities, beginning with such indigenous groups as the Talysh, Lezgins, Tats and Kurds; most were officially labelled Azerbaijanis. […] Representatives of the indigenous minorities were not for the most part appointed to important governmental positions. But there were exceptions. For instance, in the 1960s, Mamed Iskenderov, a Kurd, officially registered as an Azerbaijani, occupied the post of chairman of the Presidium of the Azerbaijan Supreme Soviet».
