Shusha, Russian Empire

1. Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832)

Azerbaijani Writer

Azerbaijani and Persian-language poet best known for her relationship-themed ghazals. She is widely regarded as one of the most important lyrical poets in Azerbaijani history.

2. Barat Shakinskaya (1914)

Azerbaijani Actor

Barat Habib gizi Shakinskaya was an Azerbaijani and Soviet stage and film actress.

3. Firidun bey Kocharli (1863)

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un bey Ahmad bey oglu Kocharli or Kocharlinski was a prominent Azerbaijani writer philologist and literary critic.

4. Sarkis Kasyan (1876)

Armenian Politician

Sarkis Hovhannesi Kasyan or Kasian was a Soviet Armenian statesman politician and journalist. Kasyan graduated from Leipzig commercial institute and Berlin University in 1904. PhD on commercial and philosophical sciences....

5. Alexander Bekzadyan (1879)

Soviet Politician Of Armenian Or

Alexander Harutyuni Bekzadyan was a Soviet statesman of Armenian descent. He studied at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute and Zurich University. He was arrested in Russia as a Communist party Baku...

6. Khudadat bey Malik-Aslanov (1879)

Azerbaijani Academic

Khudadat bey Aghabey oglu Malik-Aslanov was an Azerbaijani politician and university professor.

7. Nariman bey Narimanbeyov (1889)

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Not to be confused with: Nariman Narimanov. Nariman bey Hashim oglu Narimanbeyov also known as Nariman bey Narimanbeyli was an Azerbaijani lawyer and statesman who served as State Controller in...

8. Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev (1870)

Azerbaijani Playwright Stage Dir

Abdurrahim bey Asad bey oglu Hagverdiyev was an Azerbaijani playwright stage director politician and public figure.

9. Nizami Bahmanov (1948)

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Nizami Bahmanov was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Head of the Executive Power of Shusha and the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh in Exile.

10. Ibrahim Khalil Khan (Unknow)

Khan Of Karabakh

Ibrahim Khalil khan Javanshir was the Azeri Turkic khan of Karabakh from the Javanshir family who succeeded his father Panah-Ali khan Javanshir as the ruler of Karabakh khanate. In the...

11. Sargis Hаmbardzumyan (1880)

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12. Seyran Ohanyan (1962)

Armenian Politician And General

Seyran Ohanyan is the current Defence Minister of Armenia and former Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh. He has held this position since 14 April 2008.

13. Bayram Safarov (Unknow)

Azerbaijani Politician

Bayram Safarov is an Azerbaijani politician who is serving as the Head of the Executive Power of Shusha and the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh in Exile.

14. Vagharsh Vagharshian (1894)

Soviet Actor

Vagharsh Bogdani Vagharshian was a Soviet Armenian actor director playwright public figure People's Artist of USSR a great master of stage. Professor of Yerevan Theatral Institute.

15. Artashes Babalian (1886)

Armenian Politician

Artashes Babalian was an Armenian doctor politician a member of government of the Democratic Republic of Armenia and a prominent public figure among Armenians. Babalian was born in 1886...

16. Gabriel Kafian (1860)

Armenian Polititician

Gabriel Gerasimi Kafian was an Armenian political and public activist one of the founders of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party.

17. Kamran Baghirov (1933)

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Kamran Baghirov Mammad oglu was the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party. From December 3 1982 through May 21 1988 Baghirov served as the First Secretary of the Central...

18. Ashot Hovhannisyan (1887)

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Ashot Garegini Hovhannisyan was a Soviet Armenian statesman historian academic of Science Academy of Armenia. From 1922 to 1926 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of...

19. Ivan Tevosian (Unknow)

Soviet Diplomat

Tevosian Ivan Fyodorovich 1902 Shusha – 1958 Moscow) was a Soviet statesman and politician of Armenian descent. Hero of Socialist Labor. Since 1919 Tevosian was the secretary of Russian...

20. Yeghishe Ishkhanian (1886)

Prime Minister Of Nagorno-karaba

Yeghishe Ishkhanian was a prominent Armenian politician and statesman who held high offices in the Nagorno-Karabakh in the beginning of the 20th century. From July 27 1918 to February 20...

21. Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli (1887)

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Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli also spelled Chemenzeminli born Yusif Mirbaba oghlu Vazirov was an Azerbaijani statesman and writer known for his novels short stories essays and diaries.

22. Mir Hasan Vazirov (1889)

Azerbaijani Politician

Mir-Hasan Kazim oglu Vazirov also spelled Vezirov was an Azerbaijani socialist revolutionary. Vazirov participated in revolutionary movements in the Russian Empire from his youth for which he was persecuted by...

23. Ahmet Ağaoğlu (Unknow)

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24. Mehdigulu Khan Vafa (Unknow)

Azerbaijani Poet

Mehdigulu Khan Khasay Khan oglu Utsmiyev was a lyrical poet of Azerbaijan a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Army and the son of Karabakh poet Khurshidbanu Natavan.

25. Gurgen Boryan (1915)

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Gurgen Mikayeli Boryan was an Armenian poet and playwright. He started his career of writer in 1930 and published his first collection of poems in 1937.

26. Jafargulu agha Javanshir (1787)

Poet Public Figure And Major Gen

Jafargulu agha Javanshir was an Azerbaijani poet and public figure and was a major-general of the Russian Army.

27. Gasim bey Zakir (1784)

Azerbaijani Poet

Gasim bey Zakir was Azerbaijani poet of 19th century and one of the founders of the critical realism and satirical genre in Azerbaijani literature.

28. Khoren Sargsian (1891)

Armenian Philosopher

Khoren Sargsian was an Armenian writer critic doctor of philology and professor. He graduated from Saint Petersburg University and later went on to become the director of the Literature Institute...

29. Hayk Gyulikekhvyan (1886)

Armenian Philosopher

Hayk Gyulikekhvyan was an Armenian literary critic and philosopher Professor of Yerevan State University. He was one of the establishers of Soviet Armenian literary criticism. He studied at Leipzig and...

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