Talysh National Academy ( tal. ''Tolışi Milliyә Akademiyә'') is a group of Talysh researchers registered in

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

in 2010 in order to preserve and develop

Talysh Talysh may refer to: *Talysh people, an ethnic group of Iran and Azerbaijan **Talysh language, the West Iranian language of these people ** Talysh, a historical region on the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea, inhabited by the Talysh people *T ...

literature and culture.

The purpose of the academy

The purpose of the Talysh National Academy (TNA) is to study and research Talysh in socio-economic, historical-ethnographic, archaeological, literary and linguistic terms. To achieve the set goals, the academy equips scientific expeditions to Talysh, convenes congresses, conferences, arranges excursions, public lectures, promotes the creation of scientific works on Talysh studies. The head office of the Talysh National Academy is located in

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

. Elnur Agayev, Doctor of Historical Sciences, is the President of the Talysh National Academy.

Organization

The Talysh National Academy consists of two sections (Talysh Academy of Sciences, Talysh Academy of Arts) and 5 bureaus (socio-economic, historical and ethnographic, language and literature, folklore and songs, editorial). The Academy consists of honorary and full members and corresponding members. Scientists known for their works on the study of Talysh can be elected as honorary members. The printed organ of the Talysh National Academy is "Bulletin of the Talysh National Academy" . In 2011, the first issue of the "Bulletin of the Talysh National Academy", the first international scientific publication dedicated to the comprehensive study of Talysh, was published. The working languages are

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

and English. The chief editor of the Bulletin of the Talish National Academy is Igbal Abilov. The bulletin publishes samples of Talysh folklore, unpublished historical documents related to Talysh, and previously unpublished works of early researchers.''Асатрян Гарник.'' Армения, Иран и регион: Популярные статьи, очерки, эссе, научная и общественно-политическая публицистика.. — Ереван: Асогик, 2014. — С. 395. — 516 с. — .

Notes

{{Talysh people The National Talysh Movement