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Mammad Isgandarov Mammad Isgandarov (1914–1985) was the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerba ...

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Ardabil Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...

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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 a ...

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, education = Azerbaijan Oil Institute , children = Farhad Khalilov , awards = , branch = , serviceyears = , rank = , battles = , signature = Signature of Gurban Khalilov.png Gurban Ali oghlu Khalilov ( az, Qurban Əli oğlu Xəlilov, 15 November 1906 – 20 March 2000) was an

i politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of

, Minister of Local Industry of the Azerbaijan SSR, Minister of Finance of the Azerbaijan SSR, Deputy Chairman of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (russian: Президиум Верховного Совета, Prezidium Verkhovnogo Soveta) was a body of state power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).Ardabil Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...

and moved to

in 1908 with his family. At the age of 15, he began working as a laborer at Nobel Plant in

Keshla Keşlə (; Кешлә, کشله; also Keshly, Keshlya, Kəşlə, Keşlä, Kešlæ, Kishly, Kishlya, Kishty, Kişli and Kitly) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 25,626. The Keshla area is becoming main b ...

settlement of

. He was graduated from Azerbaijan Oil Institute in 1933. In 1932–1935 and 1937 he worked as an engineer and workshop manager at the plant named after S. M. Kirov in Baku. In 1935–1936 he served in

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, in 1937–1942 he worked as a director of Lieutenant Schmidt, S. M. Kirov, F. Dzerzhinsky machine-building plants, in 1942–1945 as a secretary of Baku City Party Committee. G. Khalilov died on 20 March 2000 in

Career

Gurban Khalilov organized mass production of

Katyusha rocket launcher The Katyusha ( rus, Катю́ша, p=kɐˈtʲuʂə, a=Ru-Катюша.ogg) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area ...

during the war years when he was in charge of a number of factories. He was tasked with overseeing uninterrupted sending of weapons and ammunition to the front. In 1945–1955, Gurban Khalilov worked as Deputy Chief of "Azneft" and "Azneftkashfiyyat" Associations, Deputy Minister of State Economy, Chief of the Construction Department, and Deputy Minister of the Construction Materials Industry of the Azerbaijan SSR. Gurban Khalilov, Deputy Chairman of Baku City Executive Committee and Minister of Local Industry of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1956–1958, Minister of Finance of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1958–1969, served as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR from 1969, and simultaneously from 1970, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He has been a member of the

Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, – TsK KPSS was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, acting between sessions of Congress. According to party statutes, the committee direct ...

since 1926, a member of the Central Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

since 1971, and a deputy of the

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...

since 1970 (VIII-XI convocations). Later, he served as chairman of the Azerbaijan Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments.

Memorial

By the order of President

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...

, the memorial plaque was placed in the house where G. Khalilov lived ( Nizami St. 70), and one of the streets in Baku was named after him.

Awards

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Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...

References

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