| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing the  | ||
| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1978 Mexico City | 74 kg |
Arif Niftullayev (Azerbaijani : Arif Niftullayev) was a wrestler from Baku, Azerbaijan. He was a gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1978 World Wrestling Championship, competing for the Soviet Union. [1]
Neftçi Peşəkar Futbol Klubu, simply known as Neftçi or Neftchi Baku in English media, is an Azerbaijani football club based in the capital, Baku, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Namig Abdullayev is a retired Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals at European championships and three silver medals at world championships.
Arif Malikov was an Azerbaijani composer. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958. He shot to fame in 1961 when his first major composition "Legend of Love" was staged at the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad and received nationwide acclaim. The ballet has been staged in several countries in Europe and is regarded as one of the finest works emerging from the former Soviet Union. The ballet "Legend of Love", is based upon the legend of "Farhad and Shirin", a story of unrequited love that was immortalized by Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet. Malikov went on to write music for two more ballets, including "Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet)" Yer üzündə iki nəfər (balet) (1967) and "Poem of Two Hearts" (1981), five symphonies & eight symphony poems. He also wrote scores for a large number of films and plays and was familiar with practically all genres of music composition.
Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts was founded in 1923 on the basis of the Baku Theatrical College. It is Azerbaijan's main state-funded institution of higher education in performing arts.
Əliqasımlı is a village and municipality in the Jalilabad Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,533.
Arif Asadov is an Azerbaijani professional football coach and a former player.
Whole Azerbaijan is an irredentist concept of uniting Azerbaijani-inhabited territories into Azerbaijan.
Sport in Azerbaijan has ancient roots, and even now, both traditional and modern sports are still practiced. Freestyle wrestling has been traditionally regarded as Azerbaijan's national sport, however today, the most popular sports in Azerbaijan are football and chess. Other popular sports are gymnastics, judo, futsal, weightlifting, and boxing. Azerbaijan's mountainous terrain provides great opportunities for the practice of sports like skiing and rock climbing. Water sports are practiced on the Caspian Sea and in inland waters. Competitively, Azerbaijan has been very successful at chess, weightlifting, and wrestling at the international level. Azerbaijan is also an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), European Athletics Association (EAA), International Olympic Committee (IOC), among many others. It has also hosted the first European Games and 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games. Azerbaijan has recently employed a number of top Iranian athletes and coaches to its national teams by granting them Azerbaijani nationalities. These include Saman Tahmasebi, Sabah Shariati and Jamshid Kheyrabadi in wrestling; and Reza Mehmandoost and Milad Beigi in Taekwando.
The State Anthem of the Azerbaijan SSR was the anthem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in the former Soviet Union. It was created in 1944 and was used from 1945 to 1992.
Arif Dashdemirov is an Azerbaijani football defender who last played for Sumgayit FK in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
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Arif Haji oglu Babayev was an Azerbaijani film director and Honorary Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1964).
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Arif Aziz is an artist from Azerbaijan, living and teaching in its capital, Baku. He is one of Azerbaijan's internationally known contemporary artists and serves as his country's Ambassador For Peace.
Arif Yunusov, also known as Arif Yunus, is an Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist. He is the head of the Department of Conflict and Migration of the Institute of Peace and Democracy. Arif Yunusov along with his wife Leyla are supporters of a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. On 28 April 2014, Arif Yunusov and his wife Leyla were jailed on charges of extortion and treason for allegedly spying for Armenia. After being detained, Arif Yunusov was sentenced to 7 years in jail; his wife, Leyla Yunus, was sentenced to 8.5 years in jail. Their sentences were suspended 15 months later and the couple was allowed to leave for the Netherlands.
Heydarov, Haidarov, Haydarov, Geydarov, Gaidarov or Gaydarov and Heydarova, Haidarova, Haydarova, Geydarova, Gaidarova or Gaydarova (feminine) is an Azerbaijani surname. It may refer to:
Arif Ələsgər was a painter and Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan.
Murad Arif oglu Shukur is an Azerbaijani singer, composer, record producer, showman and journalist. As an author of the most loved songs, in Azerbaijanian press he is presented as “Hitmaker”. He is the author and presenter of Youtube project “Popumuz Var!”. He was chosen as coach in the international project “The Voice“.
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