The Monument to Rashid Behbudov ( az, Rəşid Behbudovun heykəli) is a monument to the Azerbaijani singer

Rashid Behbudov Rashid Behbudov ( az, Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, Azerbaijani Cyrillic: Рашид Бейбутов; 14 December 1915 – 9 June 1989) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer and actor. Rashid Behbudov was born in Tbilisi in 1915. His father, ...

. It is located 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 ...

, the capital of

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 th ...

, on Rashid Behbudov Street, in the front of the State Theatre of Song named in Rashid Behbudov's honour. The

Azerbaijan National Library The Mirza Fatali Akhundov National Library of Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani: ''Mirzə Fətəli Axundov adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası'') is the national library of the Republic of Azerbaijan, located in Baku and founded in 1922. It is named afte ...

is located on the opposite side of Rashid Behbudov Street. The sculpture is Fuad Salayev, the

People's Artist of Azerbaijan People's Artist of Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani: ''Xalq rəssamı'') is the honorary title and award granted for contribution to the development of Azerbaijani culture. History The People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR (1931–1990) was a precurso ...

. The monument was raised on 11 June 2016. The unveiling took place on 4 October of the same year. The opening ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.

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{{coord missing, Azerbaijan 2016 establishments Monuments and memorials in Baku