Famous People

Latif Imanov

Physicist

Physicist, full member of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, pedagogue, Honoured scientist of the Azerbaijan SSR. (September 15, 1922, Shusha - March 12, 1980, Baku).

Munavvar Rzayeva

Sculptor

Azerbaijani sculptor and the first monumental female sculptor. Honoured artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan. (June 6, 1929, Shusha, - June 6, 2004, Baku).

Jafargulu khan Javanshir

Major general

Well-known Azerbaijani poet and statesman of his time, major general (1765 - 1867).

Yagub Guliyev

Major General

Major General of the Soviet Army, a participant in the Second World War

Zakir Baghirov

Minister

Prominent cultural and scientific figure, Minister of Culture of the Azerbaijan SSR (1971-1988), deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. (November 27, 1929, Shusha - March 30, 1989, Baku).

Amir Rustamov

Major-general

Great Patriotic War participant. (1909, Shusha - 1979, Baku)

Baba bey Behbud

Officer

Emigrant, officer of the Republic of Azerbaijan, colonel of the Turkish Armed Forces. He fought a battle of Asgeran and the Karabakh uprising against the occupation after the April invasion. He participated in the War of Independence of Turkiye. He served in the Turkish Armed Forces for 35 years. (1897, Shusha - July 10, 1970, Istanbul).

Mashadi Mammad Farzaliyev

Singer

(1872, Shusha – 1962, Istanbul) — Azerbaijani singer.

Ali Zulalov

Opera singer

Azerbaijani opera singer, Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. (September 13, 1893, Shusha - February 18, 1963, Baku).

Aslan Garasharov

Military serviceman

Hero of the Great Patriotic War, senior sergeant.

Gumru Teymurova

Military doctor

Lieutenant colonel of the medical service, military doctor, participant of the Second World War. 102 years old. (Born: December 24, 1920, Shusha)

Behbud khan Javanshir

Statesman

Azerbaijani statesman, politician, Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918), Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, descendant of Panahali Khan, founder of the Karabakh Khanate, son of Azad Khan. (1878 – July 18, 1921, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire)

Abulfat khan Javanshir

Statesman

Statesman, poet, son of Ibrahimkhalil Khan Javanshir. (1766, Shusha – 1839, Tabriz)

Haji Bashir Rzayev

Merchant

A famous merchant from the noble Rzayev family of Karabakh, Shusha, also known as the "King of Merchants" of the city. Hasanali, the great-grandfather of this dynasty, lived in the Galmalar neighbourhood of Shusha in the second half of the 18th century and was mostly engaged in trade. (1868, Shusha - ?,?)

Tagi bey Shirinbayov

Philantropist

Remembered by great services to the people and nation of Azerbaijan, fighting against the tsarist government and Armenian bandits. (b. 1840-1906)

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