Famous People

Molla Panah Vagif

Azerbaijani poet

Molla Panah Vagif (first name: Panah Mehdi agha oglu; 1717 – 1797) - 18th century Azerbaijani poet, famous political and statesman, Prime minister of Karabakh Khan Ibrahimkhalil Khan Javanshir.

Barat Shakinskaya

Actress

Barat Habib gizi Shekinskaya (1914, Shusha - January 14, 1999, Baku) — theatre and film actress of Azerbaijan, People's Artist of Azerbaijan

Mashadi Jamil Amirov

Tar player, composer

Azerbaijani artist, composer, musician. (1875, Shusha - 1928, Ganja)

Fikrat Amirov

Composer

Soviet-Azerbaijani composer, musician, director of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre (1956–1959), artistic director of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic (1947), secretary of the Union of Azerbaijan Composers (since 1959), deputy of the IV-IX convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR , corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (since 1980). He was awarded the honorary titles of Hero of Socialist Labor (1982), People's Artist of the USSR (1965), People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1958), Honoured Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1955), State Prize of the USSR (1980), State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1974). ), was a laureate of the II degree Stalin Prize (1949), the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967), twice awarded the Order of Lenin (1959, 1982), twice the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1967, 1971). (November 22, 1922 – February 20, 1984)

Karim bey Mehmandarov

Prominent doctor

Abdul Karim bey Mirza Mustafa bey oglu Mehmandarov (December 2, 1854, Shusha - December 20, 1929, Shusha) — a graduate of the St. Petersburg Medical and Surgical Academy, a well-known doctor, chairman of the Shusha branch of the "Difai" organization.

Samad bey Mehmandarov

Defense minister of ADR

Full Artillery General of the Russian Imperial Army, Minister of Defense of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic; Azerbaijan SSR military officer (October 16, 1856 – February 12, 1931).

Adil bey Mehmandarov

Educator

Member of Musavat party, educator, intellectual, son of Karim bey Mehmandarov (1885-1937)

Rəshid bey Mehmandarov

Officer

Army officer of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, son of Karim Bey Mehmandarov (1888-1937)

Mahbuba khanim Mahmudbeyova

Honoured doctor

Honoured doctor (1960), medical e. d. (1961), prof. (1963), professor, daughter of Karim Bey Mehmandarov. (11.06. 1902 — 13.01.1976)

Zulfu Adigozalov

Singer

Zulfugar (Zulfu) Samad oglu Adigozalov (1898 – 1963) — Azerbaijani singer, mugham connoisseur, interpreter and promoter of classical and folk songs, Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Vasif Adıgozalov

Composer

Azerbaijani composer, pedagogue, musician, professor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1989), laureate of the "Shohrat" and "Istiqlal" orders. (1935-2006)

Yalchin Adigozalov

Conductor

Azerbaijani conductor, professor of department on conducting of Baku Music Academy, People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan. (04.11.1959)

Vagif Jafarov

Statesman

Prominent statesman, member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, People's Deputy of the USSR, First Secretary of the Shusha District Committee of the Azerbaijan CP, Deputy Chairman of the Republican Organising Committee for the Nagorno-Karabakh Province, Deputy Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On November 20, 1991, he was killed as a result of the shooting of the Mi-8 military helicopter by the Armenians near the Khojavand region of Karabakh. The crash took lives of many other statesmen. (April 18, 1949, Shusha - November 20, 1991, Garakend)

Valida Tutayuq

Botanist

Tutayug Valida Khaspolad gizi (September 23, 1914, Shusha - November 12, 1980, Ganja) — Azerbaijani botanist, the first Azerbaijani woman doctor of biological sciences (1949), professor (1950), full member of the SA of the Azerbaijan SSR (1968).

Suleyman Alasgarov

Composer

Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, recipients of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov. (February 22, 1924, Shusha - January 21, 2000, Baku)

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Fikrat Amirov

Composer

Soviet-Azerbaijani composer, musician, director of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre (1956–1959), artistic director of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic (1947), secretary of the Union of Azerbaijan Composers (since 1959), deputy of the IV-IX convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR , corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (since 1980). He was awarded the honorary titles of Hero of Socialist Labor (1982), People's Artist of the USSR (1965), People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1958), Honoured Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1955), State Prize of the USSR (1980), State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1974). ), was a laureate of the II degree Stalin Prize (1949), the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967), twice awarded the Order of Lenin (1959, 1982), twice the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1967, 1971). (November 22, 1922 – February 20, 1984)

Fikrat Amirov

Composer

Soviet-Azerbaijani composer, musician, director of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre (1956–1959), artistic director of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic (1947), secretary of the Union of Azerbaijan Composers (since 1959), deputy of the IV-IX convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR , corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (since 1980). He was awarded the honorary titles of Hero of Socialist Labor (1982), People's Artist of the USSR (1965), People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1958), Honoured Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1955), State Prize of the USSR (1980), State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1974). ), was a laureate of the II degree Stalin Prize (1949), the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967), twice awarded the Order of Lenin (1959, 1982), twice the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1967, 1971). (November 22, 1922 – February 20, 1984)

Soviet-Azerbaijani composer, musician, director of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre (1956–1959), artistic director of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic (1947), secretary of the Union of Azerbaijan Composers (since 1959), deputy of the IV-IX convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR , corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (since 1980). He was awarded the honorary titles of Hero of Socialist Labor (1982), People's Artist of the USSR (1965), People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1958), Honoured Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1955), State Prize of the USSR (1980), State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1974). ), was a laureate of the II degree Stalin Prize (1949), the Lenin Komsomol Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967), twice awarded the Order of Lenin (1959, 1982), twice the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1967, 1971). (November 22, 1922 – February 20, 1984)

Vagif Jafarov

Statesman

Prominent statesman, member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, People's Deputy of the USSR, First Secretary of the Shusha District Committee of the Azerbaijan CP, Deputy Chairman of the Republican Organising Committee for the Nagorno-Karabakh Province, Deputy Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On November 20, 1991, he was killed as a result of the shooting of the Mi-8 military helicopter by the Armenians near the Khojavand region of Karabakh. The crash took lives of many other statesmen. (April 18, 1949, Shusha - November 20, 1991, Garakend)

Vagif Jafarov

Statesman

Prominent statesman, member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, People's Deputy of the USSR, First Secretary of the Shusha District Committee of the Azerbaijan CP, Deputy Chairman of the Republican Organising Committee for the Nagorno-Karabakh Province, Deputy Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On November 20, 1991, he was killed as a result of the shooting of the Mi-8 military helicopter by the Armenians near the Khojavand region of Karabakh. The crash took lives of many other statesmen. (April 18, 1949, Shusha - November 20, 1991, Garakend)

Prominent statesman, member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, People's Deputy of the USSR, First Secretary of the Shusha District Committee of the Azerbaijan CP, Deputy Chairman of the Republican Organising Committee for the Nagorno-Karabakh Province, Deputy Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On November 20, 1991, he was killed as a result of the shooting of the Mi-8 military helicopter by the Armenians near the Khojavand region of Karabakh. The crash took lives of many other statesmen. (April 18, 1949, Shusha - November 20, 1991, Garakend)