Statue of Uzeyir Hajibeyov

Shusha, Azerbaijan · built 1985

Statue of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Azerbaijani: Üzeyir Hacıbəyovun heykəli) is a monument erected in 1985 to Uzeyir Hajibeyov, an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist-scientist, publicist, dramatist, pedagogue and public figure, founder of modern Azerbaijani professional music art and national opera, composer of the national anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan, author of the first opera in the Muslim East, in his hometown of Shusha. The statue became a victim of vandalism after the city of Shusha came under Armenian control. After the liberation of the city, it was restored in 2021, and its official opening took place on August 29.

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