Famous People

Rizvan Teymurov

National hero

National Hero of Azerbaijan, fighter of Karabakh war. (16.04.1967-09.12.1991)

Nikolay Zinin

Chemist

Russian scientist (organic chemistry). Academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1865), member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1873). After graduating from Kazan University (1833), he practised in Germany, France and England, became a professor of Kazan University in 1841-48, and Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy in 1848-64. (1812, Shusha - 1880, St. Petersburg) .

Rza bey Garasharli

Statesman

Secretary General of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, member of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, teacher, public figure. (1891, Shusha - unknown)

Mahluga Sadıgova

Actress

Azerbaijani actress, People's Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1978). (April 28, 1917, Shusha - August 15, 2003, Baku).

Rafig Huseynov

Anchor

Anchor of Azerbaijan Television, announcer, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. (1946 - 2017)

Bahram bey Akhundov

Doctor

(1861, Shusha - 1932, Baku) graduate of Lille Academy of France, member of the National Assembly of the ADR, doctor.

Suleyman Sani Akhundov

Playwright

Azerbaijani playwright, prose writer, educator, Hero of Labor. (October 3, 1875, Shusha - March 29, 1939)

Badal bey Badalbeyli

Teacher

Badal bey Bashir bey oglu Badalbeyli (1875, Shusha - September 12, 1932, Baku) — teacher, graduate of Transcaucasia (Gori) Teachers' Seminary, father of Afrasiyab Badalbeyli and Shamsi Badalbeyli, grandfather of Farhad Badalbeyli.

Afrasiyab Badalbeyli

Composer

(1907 - 1976) — Azerbaijani classical composer, conductor, librettist, People's Artist of Azerbaijan. He conducted operas and ballets by Azerbaijani, Russian and Western European composers. He is the author of the first Azerbaijani ballet - "Maiden's Castle" (1940), operas "Nizami", "Willows do not cry", a symphonic poem and a solemn march.

Shamsi Badalbeyli

Actor and film director

A well-known Azerbaijani actor and director, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. (February 23, 1911, Shusha - May 23, 1987, Baku).

Farhad Badalbeyli

Pianist

(born: December 27, 1947) — pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR, rector of the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibeyli.

Ahmad Aghdamski

Opera singer

Azerbaijani opera singer, Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. He is the son of Uzeyir Hajibeyli's aunt. (January 5, 1884 - April 1, 1954).

Latif Karimov

Carpet expert

Azerbaijani carpet designer, carpet expert, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. (1906, Shusha - 8 September 1991, Baku).

Mirza Salah bey Zohrabbayov

Prominent educator

Mirza Salah bey Haji Najaf bey oglu Zohrabbeyov (1859, Shusha - 1940) was a prominent educator, an intellectual who studied in France and Russia.

Majid Behbudov

Singer

Azerbaijani singer. Father of Rashid Behbudov. (April 18, 1873, Shusha - September 6, 1945, Gazakh).

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