Shusha District is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojaly, Lachin, and Khojavend. Its capital and largest city is Shusha. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 34,700.
Samad bey Sadykh bey oghlu Mehmandarov was an Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Imperial Russian Army and served as Minister of Defense of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Samad or Samed is an Arabic male given name.
The military history of Azerbaijan is framed within thousands of years of armed actions of many other states in the territory encompassing modern Azerbaijan, as well as the shorter history of interventions by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in conflicts abroad. The Azerbaijanis are the inheritors of the lands of various ancient civilizations and peoples including the indigenous Caucasian Albanians, Iranian tribes such as Scythians and Alans, and Oghuz Turks among others.
Abdul Karim bey Mirza Mustafa bey oghlu Mehmandarov was a Russian Empire and Soviet medical doctor of Azerbaijani ethnicity. He was one of the first ethnic Azerbaijanis to graduate from the Medico-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg, one of the leaders of the Shusha educational society "Neshr Maarif", founder of the first Russian-Azerbaijani Shusha school for girls.
Hajinski is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Habib bey Haji Yusif oglu Salimov was the first Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Usta Gambar Karabakhi was an Azerbaijani ornamentalist painter, author of impressive decorative paintings with egg tempera in the interior of the Palace of Shaki Khans, in houses of Rustamov, Safi bey and Mehmandarov in Shusha and others.}
Mammadbeyov is a masculine surname, of Azerbaijani origin. The feminine counterpart name is Mammadbeyova. The name consists of three elements: Mammad, a reduced form of the male name Mahammad; bey, a title of a chief or a landowner; and the Russian ending -ov. It is the name of a noble family of Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) is the first independent Republic, proclaimed on May 28, 1918 in the territory of the present Azerbaijan Republic. The republic collapsed on 28 April 1920, after the 11th Red Army entered Baku. On 28 May is celebrated as the Republic Day in Azerbaijan since 1990.
Eldar Aziz oghlu Azizov is the head of the Baku City Executive Power since November 15, 2018.
Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the legislative branch of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. It was the parliament of the first parliamentary republic in the Caucasus Region of Central Asia.
Jahangir Bey Kazimbeyli, also known as Jahangir Bey Kazimbeyov, was an Azerbaijani military officer who had served in the Russian, Azerbaijani and Polish armies. He is known as one of the leaders of the Ganja revolt in 1920.
Tarlan Abdullah oglu Aliyarbayov, also known as Tarlan bey Abdullah bey oglu Aliyarbeyov, nicknamed the Tarlan of Shamakhi, was a Soviet military officer who served as a major general in the Red Army, a military educator and a politician of Azerbaijani origin. He previously served in the Imperial Russian and Azerbaijani armies, and served in World War I, for which he was awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus and the Order of Saint Anna, as well as the Russian Civil War and the Armenian–Azerbaijani War. Aliyarbayov was one of three Azerbaijanis who fought in both World Wars and the Russian Civil War; the others were Ali-Agha Shikhlinski and Samad bey Mehmandarov.
The Mehmandarovs' House is a historic palace-type residential complex located in Shusha. It is one of the most interesting examples of the 18th century's civil architecture of Azerbaijan. The residential complex, which once belonged to the Mehmandarov family, includes the Large Residential Building, the Small Residential Building and the Family Mosque. The complex is fenced with stone walls. During the Soviet time, the Shusha city hospital was located in the Large Residential Building. After coming under the control of the Armenian forces, the building was completely destroyed. During the Soviet period, the Museum of Shusha History was located in the Small Residential Building. During the years of occupation, the building was used by the Armenians as well as the Museum of city's history. The mosque located on the territory of the complex also served as the neighbourhood's mosque. During the years of the Armenian occupation, it was turned into the Museum of Geology. After the establishment of the control over the city by the Azerbaijani armed forces in 2020, the complex is undergoing repair and restoration work.
Irza-bey Hajibeylinsky is an Azerbaijani military leader, colonel, who descended from “the nobility of the city of Erivan”.
Safi bey’s house is a historical and architectural monument of the 18th century being located in Shusha.
Abdul-Chalig Achundow,Abdul-Chalig Achundoff or Abdul Khalik Akhundof, was an Azerbaijani physician, researcher in ophthalmology and pharmacology; publisher, writer and translator. He was the founder of Zanbur, a satirical magazine published in Baku from 1909 to 1910.
Mashadi Zeynal Hagverdiyev was an Azerbaijani musician and one of the first tar players in Azerbaijani music.
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