Statue of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Shusha)

Statue of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Azerbaijani: Üzeyir Hacıbəyovun heykəli) is a monument erected in 1985 to Uzeyir Hajibeyov, an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist-scientist, publicist, dramatist, pedagogue and public figure, founder of modern Azerbaijani professional music art and national opera, composer of the national anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan, author of the first opera in the Muslim East, in his hometown of Shusha.

[1] In 1985, on the occasion of Uzeyir Hajibeyov's 100th anniversary, a statue of the composer was erected in Shusha.

The monument, created by the sculptor Ahmad Tsalikov, was completely destroyed during the First Karabakh War in 1992.

Since there is no model of the statue, the new monument was created based on photos published in the press of that time and kept in the archive.

[1] With the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the bronze statue was erected in its former place in the city of Shusha.