Ismat Ismayil oglu Gayibov ( az, Ismət Qayıbov Ismail oğlu) (born in 1942 in

Ganja Ganja (, ; ) is one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for marijuana. Its usage in English dates to before 1689. Etymology ''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi/Urdu ( hi, गांजा, links=no, ur, , links=no, IPA: �aːɲd� ...

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) was the Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan. He was killed in a helicopter which was shot down by Armenian forces near the

Karakend Berdashen ( hy, Բերդաշեն, translation=village of the fortress) or Karakend ( hy, Քարաքենդ; az, Qarakənd, translation=black village) is a village ''de facto'' in the Martuni Province of the breakaway‎ Republic of Artsakh, ''d ...

village of Khojavend district in

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, Azerbaijan. There were no survivors of the crash. Gayibov's official burial was done at the '' Avenue of the Honored Ones Cemetery'' in

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 ...

. A

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in Baku, an oil tanker, many schools and streets were named after him.

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1942 births 1991 deaths Political office-holders in Azerbaijan Prosecutors General of Azerbaijan Prosecutors of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic 20th-century Azerbaijani lawyers Victims of aircraft shootdowns Jurists from Ganja, Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-bio-stub

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