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House Of Mehmandarovs
, image = Շուշիի պատմաերկրագիտական թանգարանի շենքը.JPG , building_type = , architectural_style = , structural_system = , owner = Karim bey Mehmandarov , address = , location_town = Shusha , location_country = Azerbaijan , coordinates = , start_date = , completion_date = 18th century , inauguration_date = , renovation_date = , height = , diameter = , roof = , top_floor = , other_dimensions = , floor_count = , floor_area = , main_contractor = , architect = Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi The Mehmandarovs' House is a historic palace-type residential complex located in Shusha. It is one of the most interesting examples of the 18th century's civil architecture of Azerbaijan. The residential complex, which once belonged to the Mehmandarov family, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Bey Mehmandarov
Abdul Karim bey Mirza Mustafa bey oghlu Mehmandarov ( az, Əbdül Kərim bəy Mirzə Mustafa bəy oğlu Mehmandarov, 2 December 1854, Shusha–20 December 1929, Shusha) was a Russian Empire and Soviet medical doctor of Azerbaijani ethnicity. He was one of the first ethnic Azerbaijanis to graduate from the Medico-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg, one of the leaders of the Shusha educational society "Neshr Maarif", founder of the first Russian-Azerbaijani Shusha school for girls. Early life He was born in 1854 in Shusha, as a member of the Azerbaijani noble family Mehmandarovs. His father Mirza Mustafa was an Imperial Russian officer, while his grandfather Mirza Ali was a ''mehmandar'' (an official courier appointed to escort an important traveller) of Ibrahim Khalil Khan, the origin of the surname. He graduated from Baku Gymnasium (1872) and St. Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy (1877), then worked in a military hospital during Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and combated dip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shusha
/ hy, Շուշի , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg , image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar Agha MosqueShusha fortress • Shusha mountainsHouse of Mehmandarovs • City centerShusha skyline • House of Khurshidbanu Natavan , pushpin_map = Azerbaijan#Republic of Artsakh , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Azerbaijan Republic of Artsakh (claimed) , subdivision_type1 = District (Azerbaijan) , subdivision_name1 = Shusha , subdivision_type2 = Province (Artsakh, claimed) , subdivision_name2 = Shushi , established_title = Founded , leader_title1 = Mayor , leader_name1 = Bayram Safarov , leader_title2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi
Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi ( az, Kərbəlayı Səfixan Sultanhüseyn oğlu Qarabaği) (c. 1817 - 1910) was an Azerbaijani architect and one of the representatives of Karabakh architecture schools. Buildings by Kerbalai Sefikhan Karabagi included traditional and romantic elements. Designs of Karabagi, such as those for mosques in Aghdam and Barda, employ simple devices based on Azerbaijani architectural traditions. Works A characteristic feature of creativity of Karabakhi was rational and skilful use of traditional local architecture. The socket of Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque built by him in 1883, states in Arabic: "''Made by Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi. 1301.''" The constructed projects by Karabakhi include a mausoleum in Barda (1868), the Agdam Mosque, the Tatar Mosque in Odessa, the Mosque Qarabaghlar in Ashgabat and other civic buildings in Nagorno-Karabakh region. He is also responsible for creating a single type of mosques with their unique organization of internal spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usta Gambar Karabakhi
Usta Gambar Karabakhi ( az, Usta Qəmbər Qarabağı; 1830s, in Shusha – 1905, in Shusha) was an Azerbaijani ornamentalist painter, author of impressive decorative paintings with egg tempera (plant and zoomorphic motifs) in the interior of the Palace of Shaki Khans, in houses of Rustamov, Safi bey and Mehmandarov The Mehmandarovs are noble family of Azerbaijan. It may refer to the following people *Karim bey Mehmandarov (1854-1929) — Physician. One of the first Azerbaijani therapeutist and surgeon. First Azerbaijani therapeutist and surgeon graduated fr ... in Shusha and others.} Creativity National traditions of wall painting, which is the most valuable legacy of Azerbaijani art, took the main place in the creativity of Usta Gambar Karabakhi. Chased decoration and richness of compositional and color resolutions can be seen in his delicate graphic painting of a complex plant ornament. The painter drew pictures of animals and fantastic beings upon branched ornaments of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zohrabbayovs' House
, image = Zöhrabbəyovun evi (4).jpg , building_type = , architectural_style = , structural_system = , owner = , address = Ojaggulu Musayev street , location_town = Shusha , location_country = Azerbaijan , coordinates = , start_date = , completion_date = 19th century , inauguration_date = , renovation_date = , height = , diameter = , roof = , top_floor = , other_dimensions = , floor_count = , floor_area = , main_contractor = , architect = Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi The Zohrabbayovs' house is a 19th century building that belonged to the representative of the noble Shusha family of the Zohrabbayovs, to Abbasgulu bey Zohrabbayov. History The owner of the house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Khurshidbanu Natavan
, native_name_lang = az , image = Palace of Khurshidbanu Natavan, 2021.jpg , image_size = 250px , caption = The house in 2021 , map_type = Azerbaijan , map_size = 250px , coordinates = , former_name = , established = 18th–19th centuries , dissolved = , location = Shusha, Azerbaijan , type = House-museum , architect = Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi , owner = Government of Azerbaijan , website = The House of Khurshidbanu Natavan ( az, Xurşidbanu Natəvanın evi), also known as the Palace of Natavan, Daughter of the Khan ( az, Xan qızı Natəvanın sarayı), is an 18th or 19-thcentury historical and architectural monument, and a museum in Shusha, Azerbaijan. The three-storey house, being one of the first residential houses in Shusha, belonged to the 19th-century Azerbaijani poet Khurshidbanu Natavan. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House-Museum Of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Shusha)
House-Museum of Uzeyir Hajibeyov ( az, Üzeyir Hacıbəyovun ev-muzeyi) is the museum located in Shusha of Uzeyir Hajibeyov – an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist, publicist, playwright, teacher and public figure, founder of the professional musical art of the modern Azerbaijan and of the national opera. The museum functioned between 1959 and 1992. After the occupation of Shusha by the Armenian armed forces, it ceased its activities. The museum building was destroyed and the exhibits were looted. Only 136 items out of 1700 were saved. After the liberation of the city of Shusha by the Azerbaijani army on 7 November 2020, the restoration works of the museum began. History and description After the death of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (23 November 1948), the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR adopted a resolution to perpetuate his memory (16 February 1949). The Paragraph 4 of the ordinance stated: The house where the composer spent his childhood and youth was built in the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elturan Avalov
Elturan Veli oglu Avalov ( az, Elturan Vəli oğlu Avalov; born August 20, 1940) is an Azerbaijani artist, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan (1991), professor (2003). He is a full member of the Eastern Countries International Academy of Architecture, the International Academy of Ecoenergetics, the Union of Azerbaijan Architects and the Union of Azerbaijan Artists. Biography Elturan Avalov was born in Baku in 1940. In 1963, he graduated from the architecture faculty of the Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute. In 1973, he defended it by writing a dissertation on "Architecture of the city of Shusha and preservation of its historical face". Later, in the graphic series called "Shusha" he described Panahali Khan's castle, Ganja Gate, Garaboyuk Khanim's Palace, Ibrahim Khalil Khan's Palace, Khan's Palace, Saatli Mosque, House of Mehmandarovs, Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque, Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque, House of Khurshidbanu Natavan, Khurshidbanu Natevan's caravanserai, the Khan Gizi spri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the town of Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, away from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, along with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulvahab Salamzadeh
Abdul Vahab Rahim oglu Salamzadeh ( az, Əbdülvahab Rəhim oğlu Salamzadə, russian: Абдул Вагаб Рагим оглы Саламзаде; born 1916), was a Soviet-Azerbaijani art critic, architect, doctor of art history, and academician. He had served as the deputy director of the Institute of Architecture and Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijani SSR, and head of the department of history and theory of architecture in the same institute, and received the title of Honoured Builder of the Azerbaijani SSR. Early life Abdul Vahab Rahim oglu Salamzadeh was born on 16 February 1916, in the city of Shamakhi in Azerbaijan, which was then part of the Russian Empire. From an early age, he was interested in art and construction, and showed great interest in historical and architectural monuments in Azerbaijan. Career Abdul Salamzadeh was one of the first people to study the architectural history of Azerbaijan. He was instrumental in the study of Nakhchivan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monuments And Memorials In Shusha
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance. Some of the first monuments were dolmens or menhirs, megalithic constructions built for religious or funerary purposes. Examples of monuments include statues, (war) memorials, historical buildings, archaeological sites, and cultural assets. If there is a public interest in its preservation, a monument can for example be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Etymology It is believed that the origin of the word "monument" comes from the Greek ''mnemosynon'' and the Latin ''moneo'', ''monere'', which means 'to remind', 'to advise' or 'to warn', however, it is also believed that the word monument originates from an Albanian word 'mani men' which in Albanian language means 'rememb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
