Uzeyir Hajibeyov
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Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music.
Hajibeyov in 1945
Huseyngulu Sarabski as the first Majnun in the opera Leyli and Majnun (Baku, 1908).
Uzeyir Hajibeyov's manuscript of Arshin Mal Alan, written in 1913.
A poster of "Arshin Mal Alan" at Femina theatre of Paris in 1925.
Shusha
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Shusha or Shushi is a city in Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Situated at an altitude of 1,400–1,800 metres (4,600–5,900 ft) in the Karabakh mountains, the city was a mountain resort in the Soviet era.
Landmarks of Shusha, from top left: Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque Shusha fortress • Shusha mountains House of Mehmandarovs • City center Shusha skyline • House of Khurshidbanu Natavan
Saint John the Baptist Church (Kanach Zham), built in 1818.
Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque, completed in 1885.
The Palace of Khurshidbanu Natavan, the daughter of the last ruler of Karabakh Khanate, late 19th-early 20th centuries