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Afshan Gadimbeyova
Afshan Gadimbeyova (b. 1915; Erivan, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire - d. 1980, Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) was an Azerbaijani scholar and politician. She had worked as a deputy of chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and rector of Azerbaijan University of Languages. Life She was born in 1915 in the city of Erivan. Her father, Alakbar Bey Gadimbeyov, belonged to the Gadimbeyov family, which was carried by the descendants of Mirza Kadym Irevani. Afshan Gadimbeyova graduated from the Yerevan Pedagogical Technical College in 1929 and continued her education at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute (now Azerbaijan Pedagogical University) in 1931–1935. After finishing her studies there, she studied at the postgraduate level of the Pedagogical Institute located in Moscow. After completing her education in Moscow, she worked as the third secretary of the Azerbaijan Youth Union fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erivan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the capital since 1918, the fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni in 782 BCE by King Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative and religious centre, a fully royal capital." By the late ancient Armenian Kingdom, new capital cities were established and Yerevan declined in impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
