کارزار_نمایاندن_نظامی_به_عنوان_شاعر_ملی_آذربایجان
کارزار نمایاندن نظامی به عنوان شاعر ملی آذربایجان (اصطلاح آذربایجان‌سازی نیز استفاده می‌شود) یک بازنگری سیاسی و ایدئولوژیک با انگیزهایی ملی-فرهنگی که در مورد یکی از شاعرهای کلاسیک ایرانی یعنی نظامی گنجوی است که در شوروی در اواخر سال ۱۹۳۰ آغاز شد. Sergei Panarin  «The Soviet East as a New Subject of Oriental» // State, Religion, and Society in Central Asia: A Post-Soviet Critique. Ithaca Press (GB). : 0863721621. Vitaly Naumkin (Editor). Pp. 6, 15. "«''The partisans of classical oriental studies were also made to take refuge in the hoary past. In some disciplines — ancient and medieval history, for instance — they had to completely give up studying the inherent features of a civilisation and concentrate all efforts on its formation. For those specialising in cultural creation studies, it was impossible. But this did not prevent the introduction of such limitations into the blueprint for research.'So in studying oriental literature, scholars looked above all for indications of the transformation apparently experienced by the peoples of the East within the socialist context. And as analysis of literary works did not yield sufficiently convincing proof, recourse was made to fortuitous facts of history like the birth place or residence of an author. With their help even cultural figures who wrote only in Arabic or Persian were claimed by the future Soviet republics.'This gave the impression that the greatest and best part of the pre-Soviet heritage of peoples once part of the same civilisation but recently divided by the magic line of the Soviet borders was created within the future USSR. And this was not the result of a national awakening among the Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks or Tajiks, but of an initiative by the ideological authorities. In fact, by forcing scholars to search the past for signs of a unique mission predesignated by history not only for Russia, but for the entire empire, they attributed a significant part of the Russians' Messianism to their oriental 'younger brothers'.4'From the 1960s to the 1980s, the paths of Soviet oriental studies and the Soviet East diverged even more. A new research school appeared — 'Third World studies'. Many scholars began to examine the political situation as well as the processes of social modernisation and economic growth in the developing nations of the East.'4. Here are primary arguments from L. I. Klimovich’s afterword to the Russian translation of Nizami’s Iskander Namah: 'The flight of thought characteristic here of Nizami no doubt reflects the people’s aspirations. … Nizami appears before us … as a thinker of genius who had given a glimpse of mankind’s bright future life in the dark medieval night. . .. Speaking of Nizami, Comrade Stalin pointed out that the language of his works (Persian — S.P.) by no means served as a reason for linking him with the literature of Iran.' [Nizami, Iskander Name (Iskander Namah), Moscow, Izdatelstvo Khudozhestvennoi Literatury, 1953, pp. 756-57.] On the whole, the following pattern was suggested: Nizami wrote in Farsi, but had been born and lived in the territory of the future Azerbaijan SSR. He reflected the aspirations of the people of Azerbaijan. He foresaw a brilliant future for the USSR. Because he predicted this not as a stranger, but as an Azerbaijani, he was doubly great. So the Azerbaijanis should be considered 'chosen' builders of socialism because they had a presentiment of a bright future and gave the world a progressive poet-prophet.»" و هم‌زمان با جشن هشتصدمین سالگرد تولد این شاعر ترتیب داده شد. این کارزار با مراسم جشنی در سال ۱۹۴۷ برجسته شد ولی اثرات آن تا به امروز ادامه دارد. این ماجرا از یک سو برای جامعه چند فرهنگی شوروی و در وهله نخست برای فرهنگ جمهوری آذربایجان مفید بود. از سوی دیگر پرسش هویت ملی فرهنگی نظامی در شوروی و جمهوری آذربایجان امروزی به شدت سیاسی شد.