Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov (March 6, 1911, village of Sabunchi, Baku province - March 31, 2008, Moscow) - Soviet statesman, Hero of Socialist Labor (1981). Winner of the Lenin Prize (1963).
Vitaly Yakovlevich Wulf (born May 23, 1930, Baku) - art critic, theater critic, literary critic, translator, television presenter.
Yuliy Solomonovich Gusman (b. 1943, Baku) - Soviet and Russian actor and film director, founder and artistic director National Award Russian Academy cinematic arts - Nika Prize.
Larisa Aleksandrovna Dolina, nee Kudelman, in her first marriage Mionchinskaya (born September 10, 1955 in Baku) - Soviet and Russian pop singer, jazz singer, actress, Honored Artist of Russia (1993), People's Artist of Russia (1998).
Sergo Aleksandrovich Zakariadze (07/01/1909, Baku - 04/12/1971), Soviet and Georgian actor, Stalin Prize laureate, People's Artist of the USSR (1958).
Richard Sorge (German: Richard Sorge, agent pseudonym Ramsay, October 4, 1895, Baku, Russian Empire- November 7, 1944, Tokyo, Japan) - an outstanding Soviet intelligence officer during World War II, Hero Soviet Union.
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Weinstein; April 13, 1963, Baku) is a Soviet and Russian chess player, writer and politician.
Lev Davidovich Landau (January 9 (22), 1908, Baku - April 1, 1968, Moscow) - Soviet physicist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (elected in 1946).
Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov (September 17, 1939, Baku) - Soviet and Russian actor, director, screenwriter, producer, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist Russia.
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (March 27, 1927, Baku - April 27, 2007, Moscow) - an outstanding Russian cellist and conductor.
Ivan Khristoforovich (Hovhannes Khachaturovich) Bagramyan (November 20 (December 2), 1897, Chardakhlu village (AzSSR) - September 21, 1982, Moscow) - Soviet military leader, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, holder of seven Orders of Lenin, Marshal of the Soviet Union, member of the CPSU Central Committee.
Veronika Borisovna Dudarova (December 5, 1916, Baku - January 15, 2009, Moscow) - Russian conductor. Representative of the Ossetian aristocratic family of the Dudarovs.
Ossetian by nationality.
Vsevolod Nikolaevich Merkulov (October 25, 1895, Zakatali, Azerbaijan - December 23, 1953) - Soviet politician.
Abram Solomonovich Gurvich (January 30 (February 11) 1897, Baku - November 18, 1962, Moscow) is a famous Soviet chess composer. Main profession: literary critic and theater critic.
Jewish by nationality.
Musa Khiramanovich Manarov (March 22, 1951, Baku, AzSSR) - USSR pilot-cosmonaut, reserve colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Lak by nationality.
BAKU, April 28 - News-Azerbaijan, Ali Mamedov. AMI News-Azerbaijan offers the top 11 greatest Azerbaijanis of the 20th century:
1. Heydar Aliyev- Soviet and Azerbaijani state, party and political figure. President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. Twice Hero of Socialist Labor. Founder of modern Azerbaijani statehood.
2. Mammad Emin Rasulzade - Outstanding Writer, political and public figure. Founder of the Azerbaijan Republic.
3. Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev- Azerbaijani millionaire and philanthropist, active state councilor. In some works of historians and biographers, he is mainly referred to as the "great benefactor". He has made donations to charities almost all over the world.
4. Rashid Behbudov- Soviet Azerbaijani pop and opera singer(lyric tenor), actor. Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in the family of a famous folk singer-khanende from Shusha. People's Artist of the USSR. Hero of Socialist Labor.
5. Lotfi Zadeh- Azerbaijani mathematician and logician, founder of the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, professor at the University of California (Berkeley). Born on February 4, 1921 in the village of Novkhany, Azerbaijan.
6. Muslim Magomaev- Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and crooner(baritone), composer. People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan. Born in Baku. Grandson of Abdul-Muslim Magomayev, an Azerbaijani composer who is one of the founders of the Azerbaijani music classical music, whose name is the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic.
7. Mustafa Topchibashev- Soviet surgeon, academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. Author of more than 160 scientific works, which are still used in world surgery. He was awarded four Orders of Lenin during his lifetime.
8. Azi Aslanov- Soviet military leader, guard major general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Streets, schools, and higher educational institutions are named in his honor in the CIS countries.
9. Kerim Kerimov- founders of the Soviet space program, who made a significant contribution to space exploration. For many years he was a central figure in Soviet cosmonautics. But despite his important role, his identity was kept secret from the public for most of his career. Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the Stalin, Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.
10. Bulbul- folk and opera singer (tenor), one of the founders of the Azerbaijani national musical theater, People's Artist of the USSR.
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11. Kara Karaev- composer and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of Stalin Prizes, holder of the Order of Lenin, October Revolution, Red Banner of Labor. One of the largest figures of Azerbaijani culture of the post-war period.
ROYA AYKHAN- in addition to music, the singer is well versed in law, as she is a graduate of the Faculty of International Law of Baku state university. By the way, Roya took part in the torch relay of the First European Games. And recently, Roya performed the composition in Russian “Mama” with her son Gusein.
SABINA BABAYEVA– the singer took fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song “When The Music Dies”. Sabina's father is a military man, and her mother is a pianist. Sabina Babayeva, together with Farid Mammadov, opened the closing ceremony of the First European Games by performing the Anthem of Azerbaijan. Sabina Babaeva and her husband, director Javidan Sharifov, are expecting their first child.
AYGUN KYAZIMOVA- People's Artist, one of the most popular singers Azerbaijan, which even performed in the Great Kremlin Hall in Moscow. Aygun is often compared to the world famous singer Beyonce. By the way, the star spares no expense on lavish birthday celebrations. Aygun is a regular participant television shows and guest of fashion shows.
NURA SURI-singer and TV presenter, composes her own songs and is well educated. Nura Suri was born into a military family, the singer’s father and mother are veterans of the Karabakh war. Two books have even been published about the life and exploits of the singer’s parents. Recently, the children of the Azerbaijani singer became the country's champions in jiu-jitsu among children and youth. IN lately Noura took up boxing seriously. According to the mother of three children, boxing is a familiar sport for her.
DIAMOND DADASHEV- pop singer and TV presenter was born into the family of an architect. After the collapse of the USSR and Azerbaijan gaining independence, Brilliant became the first singer to represent Azerbaijan in Russia, performing with solo concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Recently, the singer released another album of her songs, calling it “My World.”
Nigar Jamal- winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Nigar is a certified specialist in the field of “economics and management”. At the opening ceremony of the First European Games in Baku, Nigar sang in the choir in the main sports arena when the Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan was performed. And recently the singer presented new clip“Broken Dreams”, dedicated to the Khojaly tragedy.
SEVDA YAHYAEVA- the singer admits that her childhood was not easy, she had to earn money and help her family. From the age of 15, the singer worked in one of the restaurants in the show program and did not even imagine that she would become famous. However, all these events are still early childhood forced her to think like an adult and toughened her up.
IRADA IBRAGIMOVA– the singer will become a mother for the second time. “Being a mother is the brightest feeling for a woman. I am grateful to God that I experienced this feeling,” Irada shares her opinion. The singer and her husband now live in Istanbul and are raising their daughter.
39th place: Namig Garachukhurlu- singer, actor, performs meykhana (Azerbaijani folk musical and poetic creativity, original recitative improvisations, rhythmic poetry, similar to modern rap). Born on November 8, 1978 in Baku.
38th place: Rovshan Askerov- journalist, player of the television game “What? Where? When?" (winner of the main prize of this game - a crystal owl), former sports columnist for the Sport-Express newspaper. Since July 2009 - PR Director of Baku magazine. Born on May 4, 1972 in Baku. The first winner of the IAC Prize “What? Where? When?" in the category “Person of the Year” (2003) for his participation in organizing the world championships.
37th place: Ruslan Abyshev- Azerbaijani football player. Born on October 10, 1987 in Baku. Player of the Azerbaijani national team. He played in such clubs as “Neftchi”, “Khazar-Lenkoran”, “Denizlispor” and “Rubin”. Now he plays in the Gabala club. Height 187 cm.
35th place: Farid Mamedov- singer. Born on August 30, 1991 in Baku. He represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song “Hold Me” and took 2nd place with 234 points. In addition to music, Farid Mamedov is also interested in sports. He is a serious practitioner of Greco-Roman wrestling, which is the national sport of Azerbaijan, as well as the Brazilian martial art of capoeira (he has even taught this sport). Farida's mother, Maya Mamedova, is a silver medalist at the USSR gymnastics championship, and her father, Asif Mamedov, is a master of sports in judo.
34th place: Alexander Samedov- Russian footballer, midfielder for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russian national team. Master of Sports of Russia. Born on July 19, 1984 in Moscow. Father is Azerbaijani, mother is Russian. Height 177 cm.
33rd place: Farid Hasanov- singer. Born on April 9, 1994 in Baku. Winner of the song competition “Türkvision -2013”.
32nd place: Emin Garibov- Russian gymnast, captain of the Russian national team artistic gymnastics. Specialist in high bar and uneven bars performances. Honored Master of Sports of Russia. Born on September 8, 1990 in Moscow.
31st place: Ilkin Gasani- popular TV and radio host, actor. Born October 21, 1983.
29th place: Elnur Huseynov- singer. Born on March 7, 1987 in Ashgabat in the family of a military man (father) and a musician-theorist (mother). In 2003 he won the television competition “Sing Your Song”. Elnur represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade with the song “Day after Day” in a duet with another performer Samir Javadzade.
28th place: Zabit Samedov- Belarusian kickboxer of Azerbaijani origin, fighting for the Patriot club (Minsk, Belarus) under the nickname “Mowgli”. Born on June 21, 1984 in the village. Jandari, Georgia. Height 183 cm.
26th place: Eldar Gasimov(sometimes his last name is indicated as Kasimov) - Azerbaijani singer, actor, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 (in a duet with). Born on June 4, 1989 in Baku. On his father’s side, he is a descendant of famous Azerbaijani Soviet actors: his great-grandmother is Tatar by birth, Marziya Davudova, People’s Artist of the USSR, his great-grandfather is a theater actor and one of the first Azerbaijani film directors, Abbas-Mirza Sharifzade, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, and his grandmother is Firangiz Sharifova, a people’s artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
Nigar Jamal and Eldar Gasimov
25th place: Azer Atakishiev- model and actor. Born on December 6, 1990 in Baku. Height is 190 cm. In 2008 he became the champion of Azerbaijan in wrestling “Pankration”. Winner of the competition “The Best Model Of Azerbaijan 2010”. Currently working with the brand "Louisa Models" in Germany.
24th place: Emin Agalarov- Russian entrepreneur, vice-president of the Crocus Group of companies, singer, musician, organizer of the Miss Universe 2013 competition in Moscow (participated in this competition for the first time in history). Emin Agalarov is better known by his stage name - Emin. Born on December 12, 1979 in Baku.
23rd place: Enver Sadigov- musician and harmonica player. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan. Born on April 30, 1966 in Baku.
22nd place: Balash Kasumov- player of the television game “What? Where? When?". Owner of a crystal and diamond owl. Born on October 20, 1978 in Baku. Currently he is the host and general producer of the TV game “What? Where? When?" in Azerbaijan, head of the production center GameTV.az.
20th place: Garagan- musician, rapper, writer, journalist. Real name Elkhan Zeynalli. Member of the Azerbaijan Writers Union. Born on April 3, 1986 in Baku. At first he sang as part of the group H.O.S.T, and since 2012 he has continued his solo career.
19th place: Elnur Abbasov- actor, model. An artist by training.
18th place: Chingiz Mustafayev- Azerbaijani singer, guitarist. Winner of the music show "Yeni Ulduz 7" (" New star", 2007, Baku). He composes his own songs, mainly on the guitar, as well as the words to them. He is interested in the Spanish school of guitar playing.
17th place: Timur Rodriguez (real name - Kerimov) - Russian showman, singer, television and radio presenter, actor, participant in KVN television projects, Comedy Club, One to One, ShoumaStgowan and “Yuzhnoe Butovo”, host of the programs “Crocodile”, “Sexy Chart”, “Dancing Without Rules”, “National Geographic”. Born in Penza on October 14, 1979, in the family of an actor puppet theater Mikail Kerimov, Azerbaijani and Zlata Efimovna Levina, translator, teacher of German and English.
16th place: Sami Yusif / Sami Yusuf - British singer, composer, instrumentalist, performer of Islamic religious songs. Born in July 1980 in Tehran. His parents are ethnic Azerbaijanis. Sami Yusuf became the second singer in the world in terms of the number of albums sold and views of videos on YouTube.
15th place: Timur Badalbeyli- Russian theater and film actor, Honored Artist of Russia. Born July 5, 1973. By nationality - Azerbaijani. Timur's father, Azerbaijani poet and translator Ilham Badalbeyli.
14th place: Elchin Safarli- writer, journalist. Born on March 12, 1984 in Baku. He writes in Russian, talking about Eastern traditions, culture and life, love.
13th place: Firdovsi Atakishiev- presenter, theater and film actor. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan, Artist of the Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theater. Born June 7, 1970.
12th place: Shamil Suleymanov- actor. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan. Born on May 1, 1955 in Baku.
11th place: Telman Adygozalov- Soviet and Azerbaijani actor theater and cinema, presenter, People's Artist of Azerbaijan. Born on July 17, 1953 in Balakan (Azerbaijan), died on April 15, 2010 in Baku.
10th place: Rafael Dadashev- actor, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, People's Artist of Azerbaijan. Born on January 4, 1946 in Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan). His father Melik Dadashev was famous actor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
9th place: Behrouz Vosugi- famous Iranian actor of Azerbaijani origin. Born March 10, 1937 in Khoy, Iran.
8th place: Siyavush Shafiev- actor. Born on September 1, 1937 in Fuzuli, died on November 24, 2001.
7th place: Rustam Dzhabrailov- actor and model. Born on June 8, 1986 in the city of Lugansk, in a family of Azerbaijanis. Winner of the competition “The Best Model Of Azerbaijan 2006”. Held in Istanbul international competition male models in December 2007, Rustam won the championship title as the best male model “The Best Model of the World 2007” among 90 participants from all over the world. After this, Rustam was offered to act in films and TV series in Turkey. Worked with such companies as Nissan, Samsung, Brioni, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, D&G, Marc Ecko, Çinici Collection, Century 21, etc. covers of “Viral fashion magazine”, “Time Out magazine”, “New York magazine”, “Psychology Today”, “Wedding magazine”, “Details magazine”, “Dew magazine”, “New york magazine”, “Vouge magazine” . Height 193 cm.
6th place: Polad Bulbul ogly- Soviet and Azerbaijani pop singer, composer and actor. Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan (1988-2006), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Azerbaijan Republic to Russian Federation(since 2006), professor specializing in music, doctor of art history at the National Creative Academy of the Azerbaijan Republic. Polad Bul-Bul Ogly was born on February 4, 1945 in Baku in the family of People's Artist of the USSR singer Murtuza Mamedov, who received the nickname Bulbul (“nightingale”).
5th place: Robert Hossein- French theater and film actor, director, producer, artistic director of the Marigny Theater (Paris). Hossein had his greatest success as an actor in the role of Geoffrey de Peyrac in the film adaptations of Anne and Serge Golon's novels about Angelique, where his partner was Michelle Mercier. Born December 30, 1927 in Paris. His father, violinist and composer André Hossein (nee Aminulla Husseynov, 1905-1983), of Azerbaijani (paternal) and (maternal) origin, was from Samarkand. Before World War I, Andre Hossein lived for some time in Moscow, then went to Germany, where he met the pianist and comedic theater actress of Jewish origin, Anna Minevskaya, whose family left Russia after the October Revolution of 1917. Together the couple settled in Paris.
4th place: Rashid Beybudov- Soviet, Azerbaijani pop and opera singer (lyric tenor), actor. People's Artist of the USSR. Hero of Socialist Labor. Rashid Behbudov was born on December 1, 1915 in Tbilisi. His father, Majid Behbudov, was a famous folk singer-khanende from Shushi. Mother - Firuza Vekilova - was a teacher of the Russian language, as well as the head of a drama club at the Tiflis club.
3rd place: Muslim Magomaev(August 17, 1944, Baku - October 25, 2008, Moscow) - an outstanding Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and pop singer (baritone), composer, actor. People's Artist of the USSR. His father, Magomet Magomayev, a theater artist, died at the front, his mother, Aishet Magomayeva ( stage name- Kinzhalova), dramatic actress, Stalinist scholarship recipient. Paternal grandfather - Abdul Muslim Magomayev, an Azerbaijani composer, whose name is the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic, is one of the founders of Azerbaijani classical music. About the origin of his mother, Muslim Magomayev wrote that she was born in Maykop, her father was Turkish by nationality, and her mother was half Adyghe, half Russian. About his father’s origins, he said that his mother was (his grandmother Bagdagul-Jamal was sister Ali and Hanafi Teregulovs), and it is unknown who the ancestors on his father’s side were. Journalist Said-Khamzat Gerikhanov writes in one of his articles that his father’s ancestors were from the Vashendora teip of the Chechen tukhum Shotoy. Muslim Magomayev himself always considered himself an Azerbaijani, and about his citizenship he said: “ Azerbaijan is my father, Russia is my mother».
From an interview with Muslim Magomayev:
"It is unknown what nationality my father is. According to family legend, his grandfather, the blacksmith Mohammed, was kidnapped as a foolish child by the famous Shamil, who rode through the mountains and believed that the problems of the Caucasus could be solved only by mixing it numerous nations. To do this, he took small children and transported them from one village to another. As a result, my great-grandfather ended up in Grozny, and where he was brought from remains a mystery. (...) In the Kremlin Palace of Congresses there was a government concert dedicated to some regular anniversary, and now I see, before going on stage, where the dressing room is and the ballerinas are warming up, Makhmud [Esambaev] is standing, enthusiastically telling something, and there are a lot of people crowding around. He saw me and was delighted: “Here comes Muslim. Tell me, what is your nationality?” I answered: “Azerbaijani,” and everyone said in unison: “Wow!” He flared up: “Aren’t you proud of being a Chechen?” - “Hmm, where did you get that from? - I ask. - Do you know where my great-grandfather is from, where his roots are? This is firstly, and secondly, forgive me, my grandmother is a Tatar, my mother has God knows how many bloodlines, so who should I consider myself?"(http://www.bulvar.com.ua/arch/2008/44/4910d04a1a624/
2nd place: Gunduz Abbasov(November 20, 1930, Baku - 1995) - actor, writer, artist and translator. Son of the famous playwright Shamsaddin Abbasov. He was married to actress Ophelia Mammedzadeh.
1st place: Rasim Balaev- Soviet and Azerbaijani actor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. Rasim Balayev was born on August 8, 1948 in the city of Akhsu (Azerbaijan). Known for his charismatic roles in the films “Nasimi” and “Babek”.
BAKU, April 28 - News-Azerbaijan, Ali Mamedov. AMI News-Azerbaijan offers the top 11 greatest Azerbaijanis of the 20th century:
1. Heydar Aliyev- Soviet and Azerbaijani state, party and political figure. President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. Twice Hero of Socialist Labor. Founder of modern Azerbaijani statehood.
2. Mammad Emin Rasulzade- An outstanding writer, political and public figure. Founder of the Azerbaijan Republic.
3. Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev- Azerbaijani millionaire and philanthropist, active state councilor. In some works of historians and biographers, he is mainly referred to as the "great benefactor". He has made donations to charities almost all over the world.
4. Rashid Behbudov- Soviet Azerbaijani pop and opera singer (lyric tenor), actor. Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in the family of a famous folk singer-khanende from Shusha. People's Artist of the USSR. Hero of Socialist Labor.
5. Lotfi Zadeh- Azerbaijani mathematician and logician, founder of the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, professor at the University of California (Berkeley). Born on February 4, 1921 in the village of Novkhany, Azerbaijan.
6. Muslim Magomaev- Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and pop singer (baritone), composer. People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan. Born in Baku. Grandson of Abdul-Muslim Magomayev, an Azerbaijani composer who is one of the founders of Azerbaijani classical music, whose name is given to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic.
7. Mustafa Topchibashev- Soviet surgeon, academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. Author of more than 160 scientific papers, which are still used by world surgery. He was awarded four Orders of Lenin during his lifetime.
8. Azi Aslanov- Soviet military leader, guard major general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Streets, schools, and higher educational institutions are named in his honor in the CIS countries.
9. Kerim Kerimov- founders of the Soviet space program, who made a significant contribution to space exploration. For many years he was a central figure in Soviet cosmonautics. But despite his important role, his identity was kept secret from the public for most of his career. Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the Stalin, Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.
10. Bulbul- folk and opera singer (tenor), one of the founders of the Azerbaijani national musical theater, People's Artist of the USSR.
11. Kara Karaev- composer and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the Stalin Prize, holder of the Order of Lenin, the October Revolution, and the Red Banner of Labor. One of the largest figures of Azerbaijani culture of the post-war period.