14 Facts About Mashadi Azizbeyov

Soviet sources claimed that he was born into the family of bricklayers, but according to the Mashadi Azizbeyov's grandson, he was born into a family of noblemen.

Mashadi Azizbeyov's father was close friends with Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, but he was executed during the rule of the Russian Empire.

Mashadi Azizbeyov finished secondary school in Baku in 1896 and moved to St Petersburg to enter civil engineering school.

Mashadi Azizbeyov joined the Russian Social Democratic Party in 1898 and took part in student movements.

Mashadi Azizbeyov took part in the protest of Saint Petersburg factory workers in 1902, for which he was persecuted, and in the Russian Revolution of 1905, as well as the famous "Mazut" constitution movement in Azerbaijan.

Mashadi Azizbeyov was an organizer of the Baku Oil Workers Union.

Mashadi Azizbeyov was a member of the Ictimaiyyun-amiyyun party in Iran.

Mashadi Azizbeyov was elected to the State Duma as a representative from Baku.

Mashadi Azizbeyov was invited to Rasht and Anzali to participate in revolutionary activities.

Mashadi Azizbeyov became the co-head of the cultural-educative society of Nijat and opened a new place to help the poor population of Baku.

Mashadi Azizbeyov continued these activities for the rest of the year.

Mashadi Azizbeyov was friends with Mammad Amin Rasulzade in the early 1900s when he was a member of the Hummet organization.

Mashadi Azizbeyov had four children; Aslan, Beyimkhanum, Safura and Aziz, who later became a major-general of the Soviet intendant service.

The grandson of his uncle's son Janibek Mashadi Azizbeyov was killed during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.