Samad aga Agamalioglu ( az, Səməd ağa Ağamalıoğlu; russian: Самед ага Агамалыоглы; 27 December 1867 – 6 October 1930) was a

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statesman and socialist revolutionary, and a participant in the

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in the

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. Agamalioglu (real name Samad Hasan oghlu Aliyev) was born in the village of Kyrah Kesemen of

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Elisabethpol Governorate The Elizavetpol Governorate, also known after 1918 as the Ganja Governorate, was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yelisavetpol (present-day Ganja). The area of the governorate st ...

to peasant parents. He graduated from Vladikavkaz military school, trained as a surveyor. In 1887 he entered the military service of

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, and later he started to read about

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and became a socialist revolutionary and active member of

Muslim Social Democratic Party The Muslim Social Democratic Party, usually referred to as Hummet ( az, Hümmət) ("Endeavor"), was a political party in South Caucasus. In 1920, it merged with "Adalat" ( az, Ədalət) ("Justice") communist cell in Baku, forming the first Communi ...

. After the

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, he became a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in Ganja, actively participating in the Hummet activities. Beginning at the end of 1918, he worked in Baku. He was chosen as a deputy to the Muslim Socialist Bloc in the

Azerbaijani National Council Azerbaijani National Council ( az, Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti Milli Şurası) was the first delegated legislative body of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) from 27 May 1918 to 17 June 1918 and again from 16 November 1918 to 3 December 1 ...

of the

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. Soon after the overthrow of Musavat rule, Agamalioglu became a member of the

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of Azerbaijan SSR and in 1922-29, he served as the CEC Chairman and as one of the chairmen of the CEC of the

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. At the 1st Congress of Soviets of the USSR (1922), he was elected a member of the CEC of the USSR, then a member of the Presidium of the USSR Central Executive Committee. He led the introduction of romanized alphabet to the republics of the Soviet East. Agamalioglu is also author of several works on the revolutionary movement, the Cultural Revolution in the eastern parts of the

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. He was also the first preparer and the publisher of the famous ''Kamaluddovle Mektublari'' by the celebrated Azerbaijani playwright

Mirza Fatali Akhundov Mirza Fatali Akhundov ( az, Mirzə Fətəli Axundov; fa, میرزا فتحعلی آخوندزاده), also known as Mirza Fatali Akhundzade, or Mirza Fath-Ali Akhundzadeh (12 July 1812 – 9 March 1878), was a celebrated Azerbaijani author, play ...

. The cultural icon of the era,

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

, called Agamalioglu a "marvelous man" and highly appreciated his works on the newly reformed alphabet.M. Isayev. ''Yazikovoe stroitelstovo v SSSR'', 1979. p. 67 He died in

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in 1930. There are streets named after him in the

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. The villages of Ağamalıoğlu in Goranboy region and (until 2011) Ağamalı in

Gadabay Gadabay District ( az, Gədəbəy rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Gazakh-Tovuz Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Dashkasan, Shamkir, Tovuz, and t ...

region were named in his honour.

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Краткая биография Агамали Оглы Самед-Аги

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