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Vidadi Babanli
Vidadi Yusif oglu Babanli ( az, Babanlı Yusif oğlu Vidadi, born 5 January 1927 in Qazakh Rayon, Qazakh) is an Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, translator and Merited Artist of Azerbaijan. Life Babanli was born in Shikhly village of Qazakh Rayon which is now renamed to Muğanlı, Agstafa, Mughanly and is under administration of Agstafa Rayon. His father Yusif Babanli was a history teacher and school headmaster. After he completed school in the village, he went to Baku State University, Azerbaijan State University in Baku in 1944 and completed his degree in 1949. He then worked at a local school in Sabirabad Rayon, Sabirabad but soon returned to Baku to work at Azerbaycan muellimi (Azerbaijani Teacher) magazine. Even though he entered doctoral studies department and went to study at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow, he had to return to Azerbaijan soon due to his health problems. In Baku he worked at Adabiyyat Qazeti (Literature Newspaper) as literature expert and then beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazakh
Qazax (; ) is a city in and the capital of the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 20,900. Gazakh is a city and administrative district in the west of Azerbaijan, the "western gate" of Azerbaijan. History Early history In the 17–18th century, Gazakh was the capital of the Kazakh Sultanate. During the Russian Empire, the city was the administrative center of the Kazakh uezd of the Elizavetpol Governorate. It is situated 10 km from the Aghstafa station of the Transcaucasus Railway. Conflicts and disputes with Armenia From 1905 to 1906, during the Armenian–Tatar massacres, many Armenian homes were burned and looted by Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis), as well as the Armenian school and church. Many Armenian inhabitants as a result fled to Tbilisi and other nearby Armenian-populated areas. From an Armenian perspective, these territories were historical Armenian provinces—which had been, factually, incorporated in various Armenian states—a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
