Aydin Balayev

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Aydin Balayev
Born(1956-11-19)19 November 1956
Died8 December 2021(2021-12-08) (aged 65)
Alma materAzerbaijan State University,
Moscow State University
Occupation(s)Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Ethnography in Caucasus
Notable work
  • Azerbaijani National Democratic Movement,
  • Mammad Emin Rasulzade (1884-1955),
  • History of the American People,
  • March 1918: A Defining Moment For Azerbaijan

Aydin Balayev Huseynaga oglu (Azerbaijani: Aydın Balayev Hüseynağa oğlu; 19 November 1956 – 8 December 2021) was an Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and professor.

Biography[change | change source]

Balayev was born on November 19, 1956 in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. In 1980, he graduated from the Department of History of the Azerbaijan State University and in 1982 he started working at the Archeology and Ethnography Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. In 1983-1985, Balayev was a researcher at the Ethnography Department of Moscow State University. From 1985 he continued his doctoral studies at the Ethnography Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow, graduating with a PhD in History in 1988.[1]

Balayev wrote and published many articles on the history of the Azerbaijani independence movement in the 1980s and 1990s, and the Karabakh conflict, in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada, Denmark and Russia.[1] In total, Balayev wrote 72 books, 16 of which were published abroad, and 6 monographs.[2]

Publications[change | change source]

Books[change | change source]

  • The Azerbaijani National Movement: From Müsavat to the National Front (Baku, 1992)
  • Azerbaijani Independence Movement in 1917-1918 (Baku, 1998)
  • Ethnolinguistic processes in the 19th-20th centuries (Baku, 2005)
  • February Revolution and National Achievements (Moscow, 2008)
  • March 1918: A Defining Moment For Azerbaijan (Tbilisi, 2009)
  • Mammad Emin Rasulzade (1884-1955) (Moscow, 2009)[3]
  • Azerbaijani Turks: National Awareness Processes (Baku, 2010)[1][4]

Monographs[change | change source]

  • History of Azerbaijan. From Ancient Times to the Beginning of the 20th Century (Baku, 1993)
  • Azerbaijanis. Historical ethnographic overview (Baku, 1998)
  • Azeris (Baku, 2005)[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "People's biography bank. Aydın Balayev". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  2. "Azerbaijan National Sciences Academy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  3. "Aydın Balayev Demokratik Respublika ilə bağlı daha bir kitab ortaya qoydu" [Aydin Balayev published another book on Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]. Baki Xeber. Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  4. Javid Turan (2010-06-21). "AYDIN BALAYEV AZƏRBAYCAN TÜRKLƏRİ HAQDA KİTAB YAZIB" [Aydin Balayev authored a book about Azerbaijani Turks]. Musavat. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2011-10-17.