Khanlar Safaraliyev ( az, Xanlar Səfərəliyev) (c.1878 – 26 September 1907) was an Azerbaijani oil field worker, labor organizer, and Moslem

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. In 1907, he helped lead a successful strike at the Baku oil fields. Subsequently, he was shot by an assassin, Jafar (a foreman in the oil fields), and died several days later. The Bibi Eybat District Committee of the

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declared a general two-day strike and unsuccessfully demanded that the Baku Oil & Gas Producers Association cease protecting Khanlar's murderer, and also the manager, Abuzarbek, who allegedly assisted in the assassination. 20,000 workers demonstrated at Khanlar's funeral. Later, 29 September 1907,

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delivered a speech at Khanlar's graveside. In 1938, the city of Helenendorf and the surrounding district in the

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were renamed Khanlar in honor of Khanlar Safaraliyev, though in 2008 the city was once more renamed to Goygol. Likewise, the Safaraliyev Rayon region of Azerbaijan and its main town both bore his name but the region was later abolished, and the town is now known as

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References

* Suny, Ronald Grigor (Jan. 1972) "A Journeyman for the Revolution: Stalin and the Labour Movement in Baku, June 1907-May 1908" ''

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'' 23(3): pp. 373–394; * Smith, Michael G. (June 2003) "Stalin's Martyrs:The Tragic Romance of the Russian Revolution" ''Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions'' 4(1): pp. 95 – 126; * Stalin, Joseph V. (1908) "The Oil Owners on Economic Terrorism" the newspaper ''Gudok'', Nos. 28, 30 and 32, (April 21, May 4 and 18, 1908), Reprinted from the newspaper in Stalin, J.V. (1953) '' Works '' Volume 2, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow 1953.
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