12 Facts About Huseyn Javid

Huseyn Javid, was born Huseyn Abdulla oghlu Rasizadeh, was a prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century.

Huseyn Javid was one of the founders of progressive romanticism movement in the contemporary Azerbaijani literature.

Huseyn Javid was exiled during the Stalin purges in the USSR.

Huseyn Javid wrote during the time of Collectivization and Stalin purges in the Soviet Azerbaijan.

Huseyn Javid was arrested in 1937 on trumped-up charges of being a "founding member of a counter-revolutionary group that was plotting an overthrow of the Soviet power".

Huseyn Javid's arrest was a part of the nationwide campaign of purge against intelligentsia.

Huseyn Javid died on 5 December 1941 in the village of Shevchenko.

Huseyn Javid's repatriation came only on Javid's 100th birthday in 1982, when his remains were moved from Shevchenko back to his homeland of Nakhchivan and reburied in a mausoleum built in Javid's honor.

Monument to Huseyn Javid was built in King's Park in Podgorica in 2013.

Huseyn Javid's son was Artogrul Javid was born in Baku.

The area of the home museum in Baku is 245 m In exposition of the home museum of Huseyn Javid, there are more than 600 exhibits which includes his and his family's personal belonging, his publications and works, photos etc.

The home museum of Huseyn Javid was opened in 1984 in Alixan street, where Javid was born.