Rza Khalil oghlu Valibeyov (, ; 1903–1974) was an Azerbaijani Soviet state-party figure, editor-in-chief of ''
Sovet Ermenistani'' newspaper.
Biography
Rza Valibeyov was born in 1903 in the village of
Akarak. After studying at the Transcaucasia Communist University in 1924–1928, he worked as the secretary of the
Basarkechar District Party Committee, and then for a short time as the editor of ''Gyzyl Shafaq''.
After Rza Valibeyov worked as a department head in the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Armenia, People's Commissar of Justice of the Armenian SSR, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, in 1947–1949, he again worked as the editor of the ''
Sovet Ermenistani'' newspaper, and in 1949–1962, he worked as the First Deputy Minister of Education of the Armenian SSR, and was a Deputy of the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...
and the
Armenian SSR
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
.
Despite some sources claiming that he is the only Azerbaijani buried in Yerevan's Alley of Honor (Pantheon), this is not true. In fact, Valibeyov is buried in the Central City Cemetery of Tokhmakh. His tombstone bears the Russified version of his name—Riza Khalilovich Velibekov.
Valibeyov's tombstone at Tokhmakh Cemetery.
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References
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1903 births
1974 deaths
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
Azerbaijani newspaper editors