Khadija Gayibova
Khadija Gayibova | |
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Georgian Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Tbilisi, Georgia) | |
Died | 27 October 1938 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union | (aged 45)
Occupation(s) | Educator |
Instrument(s) | Piano |
Khadija Osman bey qizi Gayibova (Azerbaijani: Xədicə Qayıbova) (24 May 1893 – 27 October 1938) was an Azerbaijani pianist.[1] From Georgia in the then USSR, Gayibova died in Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s.
Early life
Khadija Gayibova (née Muftizadeh) was born in the city of
Career
She became known as one of the first Azerbaijani musicians to perform
First arrest
In 1933, Gayibova was arrested and incarcerated allegedly for espionage and counter-revolutionary activity. She was released three months later and the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence. In the following year she was employed by the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire to research Azerbaijan's folk musical heritage.[4]
Second arrest and death
Outgoing and social, the Gayibovins held musical "salons" for foreign visitors, many from Turkey, and also attracting musicians, poets, writers, academics, and artists to gather there. The salons began to come to the attention of Soviet authorities who viewed them in a political context, suspecting relations with the Turkish government.[3]
On 17 March 1938, shortly after her husband's second arrest, Gayibova, now a target for spy allegations, was arrested once again and accused of maintaining links with the Musavat party. For the next five weeks, she was interrogated nine times, until found guilty on the charges of espionage. Gayibova did not plead guilty and according to her former fellow inmate Zivar Afandiyeva (wife of executed statesman Sultan Majid Afandiyev), while incarcerated, she believed that she would be exiled to Siberia at most. [citation needed]
However, on 19 October 1938, after a 15-minute final court hearing, Gayibova was sentenced to execution by firing squad.[4] The sentence was carried out at Baku.
Exoneration
In 1956, at the request of Gayibova's daughter Alangu Sultanova, Gayibova's case was reviewed, and she was officially exonerated.[4]
References
- ISBN 9780253019493. Archivedfrom the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Uzeyir Hajibeyov Electronic Encyclopædia: the Teregulovs Archived 2013-04-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Khadija Gayibova article (Xədicə Qayıbova: ağlına gəlməzdi ki, onu güllələyəcəklər...[1] Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine in Azerbaijani
- ^ a b c d e Farah Aliyeva. Khadija Gayibova: Could Not Have Imagined Being Executed Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. EL. Published by Milli.az on 21 January 2012.
- ^ Ganjali, Sabir. Woman, Beauty and Sanctity. Azerbaijan Nashriyyati. Baku: 2001; p. 154-155
External links
- Aida Huseynova. Contemporary Music Of Azerbaijan: Restructuring “Eurasian” Phenomenon[permanent dead link]. Princeton University Paper URL
- "Politically Correct Music: Stalin's Era and the Struggle of Azerbaijani Composers," by Aida Huseinova in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 14:2 (Summer 2006), pp. 56–65.