Military doctor and partisan, a native of Shusha: Aliya Rustambayova
Aliya Fatulla gizi Rustambayova, a doctor and member of the partisan movement during World War II, was born in 1907 in Shusha in an oil engineer’s family. Her father was one of the founders of the Azerbaijani oil industry, the former chief of the firm of the Azerbaijani millionaire Musa Nagjiyev. He held the position of chief technical director after the occupation of Azerbaijan by Soviet Russia (1920) and was the deputy chief as well as a member of the board of directors of Azneft (The State Union of Azerbaijan Oil Industry in Baku). Her mother was Azerbaijani doctor, a daughter of Karim bey Mehmandarov who was a native of Shusha. He was one of the first leaders of “Difai” in Karabakh (“protection” from the Azerbaijani), a secret anti-terrorist organization which was created in 1906 in order to fight against the Armenian “Dashnaktsutyun” party.
Sheykh Babi Yagub Mausoleum
Sheykh Babi Yagub Mausoleum is located near the Araks River in the cemetery of Babi village in the Fuzuli district of Azerbaijan.
An Azerbaijani, who was born in Shusha and served as chief surgeon of the Tajik SSR: Khanlar Hajiyev
Azerbaijani surgeon, Doctor of Medicine, Major General of the medical service, professor Khanlar Javad oglu Hajiyev was born on November 27, 1903 in a working-class family in Shusha.
Haji Alakbar Mosque in Fuzuli
The mosque was built by Azerbaijani architect Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi in 1889-1890.
One of the first People’s Artists of Azerbaijan: Gurban Primov
Qarabag.com has prepared material about the successor of the school of tar playing of Sadigjan, connoisseur of Azerbaijani folk music folklore, associate of Azerbaijani composers Uzeyir Hajibeyov and Muslim Magomayev – the tar player Gurban Primov
A musician from Shusha who could simultaneously play two accordions: Karbalai Latif
An accordionist Karbalai Latif (full name: Latif Huseyn oglu Aliyev) was born in 1876 in the city of Shusha in the family of a shoemaker.
Shikh baba Mausoleum
The mausoleum Shikh Baba is located in the cemetery of Shykhlar village in Jabrayil region of Azerbaijan on the old trade and caravan route of the Silk Road. Among the local residents, the monument is known as the “Tomb of Shikh Baba” .
An actress who has devoted more than 60 years of her life to the Azerbaijani theater, a native of Shusha: Mahluga Sadigova
Actress Mahluga Alesker kizi Sadigova was born on April 28, 1917 in the city of Shusha in the family of a baker.