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Hanafi Teregulov
Hanafi Teregulov or Muhammed Hanafi Teregulov (b. 27 Novomber 1877, Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire - d. 18 December 1942, Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) was an Azerbaijani (Tatar origin) opera singer, choirmaster, teacher, revolutionary. Life Born on November 27, 1877, in Tiflis in the family of an impoverished honorary citizen of Tiflis Hasan Safarovich Teregulov and Rabiyya khanum Akmayeva. He studied in the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary. At the seminary, he and his brother Ali Teregulov became friends with Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885-1948) and Muslim Magomayev (future Azerbaijani composers). Uzeyir and Muslim married their sisters (Maleyka and Badiguljamal). Tsarism tried in every possible way to instill in the students of the seminary the spirit of loyalty, but nevertheless, among certain circles of seminarians, a revolutionary mood and interest in the ideas of Marxism began to appear. Among this group were the Teregulov brothers. After gradua ... [...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] |
Ashtarak
Ashtarak (Armenian language, Armenian: ), is a town and urban municipal community in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, northwest of the capital Yerevan. It is the administrative centre of the Aragatsotn province. Ashtarak is an important crossroad of routes for the Yerevan–Gyumri–Vanadzor triangle. The town plays a great role in the national economy as well as the cultural life of Armenia through several industrial enterprises and cultural institutions. It has developed as a satellite town of Yerevan. The nearby village of Mughni is part of the Ashtarak municipality. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 18,834. However, as per the 2016 official estimate, the population of Ashtarak is 18,000. The prelacy of the Diocese of Aragatsotn of the Armenian Apostolic Church is headquartered in Ashtarak. Etymology The name of "Ashtarak" is the Armenian language, Armenian word for ''tower'' or ''fortres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Agdamski
Ahmed Agdamski ( az, Əhməd Ağdamski) also known by the stage name of Ahmed Bashir oglu Badalbeyli ( az, Əhməd Bəşir oğlu Bədəlbəyli) (January 5, 1884, in Shusha, Elisabethpol Governorate (Russian Empire) – April 1, 1954, in Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR) who was an Azerbaijani opera singer, mugam singer and actor. Biography Ahmadbey Badalbeyli was born on January 5, 1884, in Shusha, Azerbaijan. He attended circles of theater-lovers and participated in national spectacles from his childhood. Scenic activity of the actor began in 1910, with attendance of a theatrical troupe of “Nijat” charity union. He was famous for his performance of women roles in various operas in the early history of Azeri Opera, when women's appearance on stage was strictly forbidden by religion and tradition. But later he began to play male parts, too. Besides all these he also was engaged in pedagogic activity. He was always persecuted because of playing women's parts. Ahmedbey changed his surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijani Opera
Opera in Azerbaijan has a history dating back to the 19th century Russian Empire. History 19th and early 20th centuries. Russian Empire The emergence of opera and ballet in Azerbaijan is associated with the Russian Empire, Imperial Russian period of Azerbaijani history when Azerbaijanis became exposed to European music traditions first-hand. The very first documented performance of an opera in Baku took place in May 1889 when Alexey Verstovsky's opera ''Askold's Grave (opera), Askold's grave'' was staged at a circus arena in Baku (on the site of the current Azerbaijan Carpet Museum building), accompanied by the folk choir of Dmitry Agrenev-Slavyanski. In the early 1900s, opera troupes toured Baku on a yearly basis (except 1901 and 1913), featuring prominent singers of the time such as Natalia Ermolenko-Yuzhina and Antonina Nezhdanova. The Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Opera Theater in Baku was built in 1911. 20th century. Azerbaijani opera The first oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
