Nariman Narimanov
Soviet Azerbaijani revolutionary and statesman (1870–1925) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nariman Karbalayi Najaf oghlu Narimanov (Azerbaijani: Nəriman Kərbəlayi Nəcəf oğlu Nərimanov, Russian: Нарима́н Кербелаи Наджа́ф оглы Нарима́нов; 14 April [O.S. 2 April] 1870 – 19 March 1925) was an Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. For just over one year beginning in May 1920, Narimanov headed the government of Soviet Azerbaijan. He was subsequently elected chairman of the Union Council of the Transcaucasian SFSR. He was also Party Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union from 30 December 1922 until the day of his death.
Nariman Narimanov Nəriman Nərimanov | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR | |
In office May 1920 – 2 May 1921[1] | |
President | Grigory Kaminsky (First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party) |
Preceded by | Fatali Khan Khoyski (ADR) |
Succeeded by | Mirza Davud Huseynov |
Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars | |
In office May 1921 – April 1922 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Gazanfar Musabekov |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 April [O.S. 2 April] 1870 Tiflis, Russian Empire |
Died | 19 March 1925(1925-03-19) (aged 54) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Mosocw |
Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918) CPSU (1918–1925) |
Signature | |
In the realm of literature, Narimanov translated into Turkic Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector and wrote many plays, stories and novels, such as Bahadur and Sona (1896). He was also the author of the historical trilogy, Nadir-Shah (1899).
One of the central districts and one of the busiest metro stations in Baku, together with a number of streets, parks and halls all over Azerbaijan, as well as Azerbaijan Medical University, are named after him. In the Lankaran region, there is a town named Narimanabad in his honor. There are also towns named after him in other post-Soviet states, mainly in Russia.