Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
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|name=Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
Азәрбајҹан ССР әмәкдар артисти|image=File:Почётный знак АзССР.png|firstawarded=January 13, 1929|lastawarded=June 2, 1990|country=Azerbaijan SSR|total_recipients=More than 600|higher=People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR|type=Honorary title}}
Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR ({{Langx|az|Azərbaycan SSR əməkdar artisti}}; {{Langx|ru|Заслуженный артист Азербайджанской ССР}}) was an honorary title awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR) and was one of the forms of recognition by the state and society of the merits of distinguished citizens.{{Cite book |last=Kuliyev |first=Jemil |title=Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia |year=1987 |volume=X (10) |location=Baku |pages=540–541}} The awards were issued from January 13, 1929 to June 2, 1990; and there were more than 600 recipients.
List of honored artists
{{See also|Category:Honored Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR}}
- 1929, Gurban Pirimov
- 1929, Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh
- 1931, Sidgi Ruhulla
- 1939, Yaver Kelenterli{{Cite web |title=Prominent figures of Azerbaijan music |url=https://www.baku.ru/blg-list.php?id=64623&cmm_id=938 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.baku.ru (Мугам)}}{{Cite web |title=Kelenterli Yaver Ali gizi |url=http://mugam.musigi-dunya.az/ru/k/kelenterli_yaver.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Mugam Ensiklopediyasi |language=ru}}
- 1940, Ahmad Anatolly
- 1956, Fatma Mehraliyeva{{Cite web |title=Fatma Mehrəliyeva dünyasına xəyali səfər |url=http://medeniyyet.az/page/news/19269/Fatma-Mehreliyeva-dunyasina-xeyali-sefer.html |access-date= |website=medeniyyet.az |language=en}}
- 1958, Gambar Zulalov{{cite book |last=Ilham Rahimli |url= |title=Azərbaycan Teatr Ensiklopediyası |date=2016 |publisher=Azərnəşr |isbn= |volume=II |location=Bakı |page=198 |author-link=}}
- 1959, Khumar Zulfugarova{{Cite web |date=2017-11-13 |title=C.Cabbarlı adına Azərbaycan Dövlət Teatr Muzeyində Xumar Zülfüqarovanın həyat və yaradıcılığına həsr olunmuş tədbir keçiriləcəkdir - Xəbərlər |url=http://mct.gov.az/az/umumi-xeberler/c-cabbarli-adina-azerbaycan-dovlet-teatr-muzeyinde-xumar-zulfuqarovanin-heyat-ve-yaradiciligina-hesr-olunmus-tedbir-kecirilecekdir |access-date= |website=Azərbaycan Respublikası Mədəniyyət Nazirliyi |language=az}}
- 1960, Nasiba Zeynalova{{Cite web |title=Насиба Зейналова (Nəcibə Zeynalova) |url=https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/sov/17762/bio/ |website=kino-teatr.ru}}
- 1960, Sattar Bahlulzade{{Cite web |date=2017-11-15 |title=Sattar Bahlulzade: Unique and incomparable artist |url=https://www.azernews.az/culture/122226.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Azernews.Az |language=en}}
- 1961, Maria Titarenko{{Cite web |title=Prominent figures of Azerbaijan music {{!}} Мугам |url=https://www.baku.ru/blg-list.php?id=64623&cmm_id=938 |access-date= |website=www.baku.ru}}
- 1969, Osman Hajibeyov{{Cite web |date=2014-10-19 |title=Osman Hacıbəyov anılacaq - Foto |url=https://axar.az/news/gundem/32449.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Axar.Az |language=az}}
- 1974, Samandar Rzayev{{cite book |last1=İlham Rəhimli |title=Azərbaycan Teatr Ensiklopediyası |date=2017 |work=Azərnəşr |volume=III |location=Bakı |page=184 |language=az}}
- 1975, Talat Bakikhanov{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2021 |title=Bakıxanovlar nəslinin daha bir nümayəndəsi əbədiyyətə qovuşdu |trans-title=Another member of the Bakikhanov dynasty was immortalized |url=http://medeniyyet.az/page/news/55657/Bakixanovlar-neslinin-daha-bir-numayendesi-ebediyyete-qovusdu.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302041443/http://medeniyyet.az/page/news/55657/Bakixanovlar-neslinin-daha-bir-numayendesi-ebediyyete-qovusdu.html |archive-date=2021-03-02 |website=Mədəniyyət qəzeti |language=az}}