Alley of Honor

Cemetery in Baku, Azerbaijan

40°21′42″N 49°49′15″E / 40.36167°N 49.82083°E / 40.36167; 49.82083TypePublicNo. of graves280+Find a GraveAlley of Honor

The Alley of Honor (Azerbaijani: Fəxri Xiyaban, Honorary Allée) 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 over 280 burials in total.

History

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^[4]
Alasgar Alakbarov, actor
Shovkat Alakbarova, singer
Fikret Amirov, composer
Azim Azimzade, painter
Leyla Badirbeyli, actress
Abulfaz Elchibey, President^[5]
Valeh Barshadly, general and first Minister of Defense
Rashid Behbudov, singer
Bulbul, singer
Vugar Gashimov, chess grandmaster
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
Tofig Safaraliyev, statesman, Minister of Industrial Construction of the Azerbaijan SSR
Abdulla Shaig, poet
Seyid Shushinski, khananda
Ismayil Shykhly, Azerbaijani writer
Hasan bey Zardabi, publicist

Gallery

Tomb of Yusif Gasimov in the Alley of Honors
Tomb of Ibrahim Abilov in the Alley of Honors
Tomb of Huseyn Arablinski in the Alley of Honors
Tomb of Salahaddin Kazimov in the Alley of Honors
Tomb of Fariz Safarov in the Alley of Honors
Tomb of Najafgulu Rafiyev in the Alley of Honors
Tomb of Ilya Safonov in the Alley of Honors

References

^ FƏXRI XİYABAN Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
^ "The Honorary Cemetery". Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
^ Аллея Почетного захоронения. Справка Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
^ "Heydar Aliyev's grave". Archived from the original on 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
^ "12 years passed since Abulfaz Elchibey's death". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-20.