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Background: Azerbaijan

19 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Nariman Najaf oglu Narimanov Нариман Наджаф оглы Нариманов From Azerbaijani Enlightener to a Head of the Soviet State Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1870–1925
Mammad Amin Rasulzade Məhəmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə Musavat leader who headed the Azerbaijani National Council that declared the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918 Political and party leadership 1884–1955
Mir Jafar Abbasovich Bagirov Мир Аббасович Джафар Багиров Stalin-era party boss who ruled Azerbaijan for two decades Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1956
Boris Lvovich Vannikov Борис Львович Ванников Ammunition and atomic administrator under Beria Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1962
Olga Grigoryevna Shatunovskaya Ольга Григорьевна Шатуновская Khrushchev's chief investigator who traced Stalin's crimes to the end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1990
Ivan Fyodorovich Tevosian Иван Фёдорович Тевосян Metallurgy administrator of Stalinist industrialization Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1958
Lev Davidovich Landau Лев Давидович Ландау Soviet theoretical physics titan who founded the 'Landau school' and pioneered quantum fluid dynamics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–1968
Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov Николай Константинович Байбаков Long-serving Gosplan chairman of the stagnation era Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–2008
Sabit Atayevich Orudzhev Сабит Атаевич Оруджев The Azeri engineer who built the Soviet gas industry into the world's largest Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1981
Kerim Aliyevich Kerimov Керим Алиевич Керимов The long-hidden manager of crewed spaceflight Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2003
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev The KGB general who rose from Baku to the Kremlin and founded independent Azerbaijan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1923–2003
Abdurrahman Khalil oglu Vezirov Əbdürrəhman Xəlil oğlu Vəzirov Gorbachev's man for the Karabakh crisis who fled Baku as Black January consumed Soviet Azerbaijan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2022
Kamran Mammad oglu Baghirov Kamran Məmməd oğlu Bağırov Heydar Aliyev's successor who crumbled before the Karabakh crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2000
Elmira Mikayil qızı Kafarova Elmira Qafarova A Soviet republican leader who asserted institutional authority in crisis Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1993
Abulfaz Gadirgulu oghlu Elchibey Əbülfəz Qədirqulu oğlu Elçibəy The pan-Turkist dissident who became Azerbaijan's first democratically elected president Political and party leadership · Azerbaijan state institutions 1938–2000
Fuad Enver oglu Musayev Fuad Ənvər oğlu Musayev First Secretary of the Baku Party Committee who blocked buses from entering Baku, shifting the violence to Sumgait Social movements and organizing · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2017
Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutalibov Ајаз Нијази оғлу Мүтәллибов The last Soviet leader caught between a renewed union and independence Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2022
Jahangir Movsum oglu Muslimzade Cahangir Mövsüm oğlu Müslümzadə The Sumgait party boss handed a flag and photographed at the head of the mob Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Etibar Salidar oglu Mammadov Etibar Səlidar oğlu Məmmədov Deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani Popular Front who warned Primakov there would be resistance Political and party leadership 1955–