Shamama Mahmudali gizi Hasanova (

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, 7 November 1923 –

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, 5 September 2008; az, Şamama Mahmudəli qızı Həsənova) was an

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cotton grower and politician.

Work

Since 1942, Hasanova worked gathering cotton at a

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in the

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of the

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, where she led a

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team. In 1947, she was awarded the

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title for high crop yields, becoming the first cotton grower in the

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to receive this distinction. She was awarded the title again in 1950. In 1953 she became the chair of the 1st of May collective farm. In 1966 she graduated from the

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Politics

Hasanova was a delegate to the

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and 23rd

Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (russian: съезд КПСС) was the supreme decision-making body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Its meetings served as convention of all party delegates and their predecess ...

. She also served as a deputy of the

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from the 4th to the 11th convocations. She served as vice-chair of the Soviet of the Union between 1960 and 1974. She was a member of the Central Committee of the

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since 1955.

Awards

* Medal of the

All-Union Agricultural Exhibition Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (russian: Выставка достижений народного хозяйства, ''Vystavka dostizheniy narodnogo khozyaystva'', abbreviated as VDNKh or VDNH, russian: ВДНХ, ) is a perman ...

(2 awards: 1947 and 1950) *

Order 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 ...

(4 awards; 1947, 1948, 1949, 1976) * Medal "For Labour Valour" (1970) *

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 ...

(2 awards: 1966, 1986) *

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 ...

(2 awards: 1971, 1973)

References

External links

Shamama Hasanova
entry at the ''

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