- Meshadi Azizbekov
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Meshadi Azimbey oghlu (Azimbekovich) Azizbekov, also spelled Azizbeyov (Azerbaijani: Məşədi Əzim bəy oğlu Əzizbəyov; Russian: Мешади Азим-бек оглы Азизбеков) (January 6, 1876, Baku - September 20, 1918, nowadays Azerbijan), was a famous Azerbaijani revolutionary.
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Early life
He was born into the family of bricklayers. He finished secondary school in Baku in 1896 and moved to St. Petersburg to enter civil engineering school. He joined the Russian Social Democratic Party in 1898, and took part in student movements. In 1899 he entered the St. Petersburg Technological Institute. He Graduated in 1908 as an Electrical Engineer.
Revolutionary
He took part in the Russian Revolution of 1905. After that, he was an organizer of the Baku oil workers union. During World War I, he was one of the members of Baku city government and helped war refugees and wounded.
After the 1917 revolution, he was elected to the Baku Soviet. In March, he began participation in Tummet and then Gummet organizations. In April, he became part of the bureau of the Muslim Social Party in Baku. He continued similar activities for the rest of the year. He was one of the 26 Baku Commissars of the Soviet Commune that was established in the city after the October Revolution. When the Commune was toppled by the Centro Caspian Dictatorship, a British-backed coalition of Dashnaks, SRs and Mensheviks, Azizbekov and his comrades were captured by British troops and executed by firing squad between the stations of Pereval and Akhcha-Kuyma of the Transcaucasian Railroad.
Legacy
A district in greater Baku and a metro station in Baku are named after him. A city in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic is named after him too.
Also, the town of Vayk in Armenia was officially called Azizbekov until 1994; the towns of Aregnadem and Zarritap, both in Armenia were also called Azizbekov.
References
- Encyclopaedia / People at www.bakupages.com
- Bio
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