Alley of Honor

Alley of Honor

Grave of Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev
Details
Year established	27 August, 1948
Location	Baku
Country	Azerbaijan
Coordinates	40°21′42″N 49°49′15″E / 40.36167°N 49.82083°E / 40.36167; 49.82083Coordinates: 40°21′42″N 49°49′15″E / 40.36167°N 49.82083°E / 40.36167; 49.82083
Type	Public
Number of graves	242

The Alley of Honor (Azerbaijani: Fəxri Xiyaban, Honorary Alley) is a public cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists and artists. There are 242 burials in total.

The Alley was established by the order of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR on August 27, 1948.^[1]According to the list enclosed to the order, the burials of prominent Azerbaijani figures Jalil Mammadguluzade, Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev, Najaf bey Vazirov, Hasan bey Zardabi, Huseyn Arablinski, Suleyman Sani Akhundov, Ali Nazmi, Jabbar Garyagdioglu, Rustam Mustafayev, Azim Azimzade and Huseyngulu Sarabski had to be moved to the Alley of Honor and gravestones set to them.^[2][3]

Notable interments

• Vasif Adigozalov, composer
• Mahmud Aliyev, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Heydar Aliyev, President
• Alasgar Alakbarov, actor
• Shovkat Alakbarova, singer
• Fikret Amirov, composer
• Abdulla Shaig, poet
• Azim Azimzade, painter
• Valeh Barshadly, general and first Minister of Defense
• Rashid Behbudov, singer
• Bulbul, singer
• Tofig Guliyev, composer
• Jafar Jabbarly, poet
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov, composer
• Elmira Qafarova, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Speaker of National Assembly
• Muslim Magomayev, composer
• Muslim Magomayev, Soviet singer
• Tahira Tahirova, diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Rasul Rza, writer
• Khalil Rza Uluturk, poet
• Seyid Shushinski, khananda
• Ismayil Shykhly, Azerbaijani writer
• Hasan bey Zardabi, publicist

Gallery

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  Zarifa Aliyev's monument memorial.

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  Flower lane.

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  The poet Khalil Rza monument memorial.

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  The poet Ismayil Shikhli monument memorial.

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  The poet Suleyman Rustam monument memorial.

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  Memorial of the Mahmud Aliyev, first Azerbaijani diplomat.

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  The former president Abulfaz Elchibey's monument memorial.

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  Hasan bey Zardabi's memorial.

• Grave monument of Muslim Magomayev.jpg

  The singer Muslim Magomayev's memorial.

References