Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people numbering, according to various estimates, from 30 to 40 million people, of which only 8.2 million live in Azerbaijan and from 18 to 30 million in Iran. Significant communities of Azerbaijanis exist in Turkey (800 thousand people), Russia (600 thousand), USA, Georgia and other countries.
Anthropologically, the majority of Azerbaijanis belong to the Caspian type of the Caucasian race.
This rating presents the most beautiful, in my opinion, famous Azerbaijani women.
24th place: Azeri Gunel / Gunel Zeynalova(born October 25, 1985, Azerbaijan) - Turkish singer. Official website - http://www.gunel.tv/
23rd place: Najiba Melikova(October 25, 1921, Baku - July 27, 1992) - Soviet actress, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
22nd place: Leyla Bedirbeyli/ Badirbekova (January 8, 1920, Baku - November 23, 1999) - Soviet actress, People's Artist Azerbaijan SSR.
Leyla Bedirbeyli in the film "Arshin mal-alan" (1945)
21st place: (born December 19, 1969, Baku) - jazz performer and composer. Currently lives permanently in Germany. Official website - azizamustafazadeh.de
20th place: (born 1982) - artist, niece of the first lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva.
18th place: (born October 14, 1938) - Empress of Iran, widow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, overthrown by the Islamic revolution in 1979. Farah Pahlavi is an Iranian Azerbaijani by nationality.
17th place: - Azerbaijani athlete. In 2007, she found herself at the center of a scandal: she was fired from the Neftchi club after participating in a photo shoot that appeared on the Azerisport website.
16th place: Leila Shikhlinskaya- Soviet actress, People's Artist of Azerbaijan. Founder and director of the first private multidisciplinary clinic in Azerbaijan, “Leyla Shikhlinskaya Clinic”.
Leila Shikhlinskaya in the film "Arshin Mal-Alan" (1965)
15th place: - fashion model from Novorossiysk.
14th place: (born April 25, 1989) - singer. Together with singer Arash, she represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, where she took third place.
13th place: Leyla Aliyeva(born July 3, 1986, Moscow) - editor-in-chief magazine "Baku", the eldest daughter of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the First Lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva.
12th place: Hamida Omarova(born April 25, 1957, Baku) - actress, TV presenter, president of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan, People's Artist of Azerbaijan.
11th place: (born December 2, 1979, Baku) - singer, representative of Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
10th place: Paniz Yousefzadeh/ Paniz Yousefzadeh - Canadian model, finalist of Miss Universe Canada 2010. Born in Tehran, at the age of 10 she moved with her family to Vancouver.
9th place: Bahareh Kian Afshar/ Bahareh Kian Afshar - Iranian actress. Judging by his surname, he belongs to the Afshars, which are considered a subethnic group of Azerbaijanis.
8th place: / Sarah Shahi (born January 10, 1980, Oles, USA) - American actress and fashion model. Father is Iranian Azerbaijani, mother is Spanish. Official website - sarahshahi.org
7th place: / Andreea Kerimli (Mantea) (born September 20, 1986, Bucharest) - Romanian fashion model of Azerbaijani origin. Height 167 cm.
6th place: Javidan Gurbanova(born November 1, 1990) - winner of the Miss Bahar 2014 and Miss Azerbaijan 2014 competitions. VKontakte page -
ROYA AYKHAN- in addition to music, the singer is well versed in law, as she is a graduate of the Faculty of International Law of Baku state university. By the way, Roya took part in the torch relay of the First European Games. And recently, Roya performed the composition in Russian “Mama” with her son Gusein.
SABINA BABAYEVA– the singer took fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song “When The Music Dies”. Sabina's father is a military man, and her mother is a pianist. Sabina Babayeva, together with Farid Mammadov, opened the closing ceremony of the First European Games by performing the Anthem of Azerbaijan. Sabina Babaeva and her husband, director Javidan Sharifov, are expecting their first child.
AYGUN KYAZIMOVA- People's Artist, one of the most popular singers Azerbaijan, which even performed at the Bolshoi Kremlin hall in Moscow. Aygun is often compared to the world famous singer Beyonce. By the way, the star spares no expense on lavish birthday celebrations. Aygun is a regular participant television shows and guest of fashion shows.
NURA SURI-singer and TV presenter, composes her own songs and is well educated. Nura Suri was born into a military family, the singer’s father and mother are veterans of the Karabakh war. Two books have even been published about the life and exploits of the singer’s parents. Recently, the children of the Azerbaijani singer became the country's champions in jiu-jitsu among children and youth. IN lately Noura took up boxing seriously. According to the mother of three children, boxing is a familiar sport for her.
DIAMOND DADASHEV- pop singer and TV presenter was born into the family of an architect. After the collapse of the USSR and Azerbaijan gaining independence, Brilliant became the first singer to represent Azerbaijan in Russia, performing with solo concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Recently, the singer released another album of her songs, calling it “My World.”
Nigar Jamal- winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Nigar is a certified specialist in the field of “economics and management”. At the opening ceremony of the First European Games in Baku, Nigar sang in the choir in the main sports arena when the Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan was performed. And recently the singer presented new clip“Broken Dreams”, dedicated to the Khojaly tragedy.
SEVDA YAHYAEVA- the singer admits that her childhood was not easy, she had to earn money and help her family. From the age of 15, the singer worked in one of the restaurants in the show program and did not even imagine that she would become famous. However, all these events are still early childhood forced her to think like an adult and toughened her up.
IRADA IBRAGIMOVA– the singer will become a mother for the second time. “Being a mother for a woman is the most bright feeling. I am grateful to God that I experienced this feeling,” Irada shares her opinion. The singer today lives with her husband in Istanbul and is raising a daughter.
BAKU, April 28 - News-Azerbaijan, Ali Mamedov. AMI News-Azerbaijan offers the top 11 greatest Azerbaijanis of the 20th century:
1. Heydar Aliyev- Soviet and Azerbaijani state, party and political figure. President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. Twice Hero Socialist Labor. Founder of modern Azerbaijani statehood.
2. Mammad Emin Rasulzade- Outstanding writer, political and public figure. Founder of the Azerbaijan Republic.
3. Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev- Azerbaijani millionaire and philanthropist, active state councilor. In some works of historians and biographers, he is mainly referred to as the "great benefactor". He has made donations to charities almost all over the world.
4. Rashid Behbudov- Soviet Azerbaijani pop and opera singer(lyric tenor), actor. Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in the family of a famous folk singer-khanende from Shusha. People's Artist USSR. Hero of Socialist Labor.
5. Lotfi Zadeh- Azerbaijani mathematician and logician, founder of the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, professor at the University of California (Berkeley). Born on February 4, 1921 in the village of Novkhany, Azerbaijan.
6. Muslim Magomaev- Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and crooner(baritone), composer. People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan. Born in Baku. Grandson of Abdul-Muslim Magomayev, an Azerbaijani composer who is one of the founders of the Azerbaijani music classical music, whose name is the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic.
7. Mustafa Topchibashev- Soviet surgeon, academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. Author of more than 160 scientific works, which are still used by world surgery. He was awarded four Orders of Lenin during his lifetime.
8. Azi Aslanov- Soviet military leader, guard major general, twice Hero Soviet Union. Streets, schools, and higher educational institutions are named in his honor in the CIS countries.
9. Kerim Kerimov- founders of the Soviet space program, who made a significant contribution to space exploration. For many years he was central figure in Soviet cosmonautics. But despite important role, his identity was kept secret from the public for most of his career. Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the Stalin, Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.
10. Bulbul- folk and opera singer (tenor), one of the founders of the Azerbaijani national musical theater, People's Artist of the USSR.
11. Kara Karaev- composer and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate Stalin Prizes, holder of the Order of Lenin, October Revolution, Red Banner of Labor. One of the largest figures of Azerbaijani culture of the post-war period.
BAKU /Trend Life/ - Today, August 2, Azerbaijan celebrates National Cinema Day, Trend Life reports. National Cinema Day is a professional holiday for all cinema workers. For recent years domestic filmmakers have shot a lot interesting films V different genres, in which the main roles were played by young talented actors. Meanwhile, along with professional actors, young performers are also involved in filming films, who have conquered musical Olympus trying their hand at cinema. Trend Life invites readers to familiarize themselves with the works of young domestic performers in cinema.
Natavan Habibi
In mid-April, the comedy film "Hozu" directed by Ilham Yasaroglu was released in domestic cinemas. Home female role Popular Azerbaijani singer Natavan Habibi performed in the film project.
According to the singer herself, initially, having received an offer to star in the film, she did not dare to agree, but after reading the script and getting acquainted with creative group, decided to take part in the filming.
Emil Badalov
In 2014, director Samir Kerimoglu made the film “Mən evə qayıdıram” (“I’m coming home”). The role of the hero Tarlan Seyidzade was played by popular singer Emil Badalov.
“It was my childhood dream to play in the film, but I could not even dream that I would play along with such luminaries as Yashar Nuri and Fuad Poladov. I was chosen for the main role in the film based on the results of a casting of 25 actors. It became my debut in cinema and, of course, it was very difficult, but I think I coped with the role,” Emil Badalov noted earlier.
Oksana Rasulova and Elshad Jose
In September, the melodrama “Mələyin öpüşü” (“Kiss of an Angel”) will be released on domestic movie screens. The main roles are ex-spouses, dancer Oksana Rasulova and rapper Elshad Jose.
“Angel’s Kiss” is not Oksana Rasulova’s first experience - in 2016 the film “Şər qarışanda (“When Evil Interferes”) was presented, in which the dancer also played the main role. By the way, the film was produced by OKSI media production, the director of which is Rasulova.
Ilham Gasimov
A close friend of Oksana Rasulova, popular performer Ilhama Gasimov, was also involved in the film “When Evil Interferes.” When working, the singer was required to have composure, because the film tells about teenagers who were brutally killed by a maniac...
Gunay Ibrahimli
The singer played the main role in the film "Sadəcə sev" ("Just Love"), which premiered in April 2016. The performer's partner was the popular actor Jovdat Shukurov.
Sevda Yakhyaeva
Popular singer Sevda Yakhyaeva starred in leading role series "Sən olmasaydin". The singer plays the role of a girl who has achieved success in her career, but is unhappy in her personal life. Yakhyaeva’s partner in the series is famous actor Anar Geybatov, who probably revealed several professional secrets to the singer.
Miri Yusif
In 2015, the film “Yarımdünya” by Turkish director Osman Albayrak was released, one of the roles in which was played by the popular singer Miri Yusif. By the way, the title of the film is taken from Miri Yusif's song "Yarımdünya". It was this song that inspired Osman Albayrak to shoot the film.
“I wrote the song “Yarımdünya” after the death of my friend Vugar Abdulrahmanov, who passed away in September 2014, dedicating this song to him, so it occupies an important place in my work. It’s very difficult for me to talk about this now. I can barely hold back my tears. It was all incredible. When I was offered to star in the film, I simply could not refuse,” Miri Yusif said earlier, sharing his impressions of the work. Let us note that Miri Yusif played himself in the film, that is, a romantic musician and singer.
BAKU, April 28 - News-Azerbaijan, Ali Mamedov. AMI News-Azerbaijan offers the top 11 greatest Azerbaijanis of the 20th century:
1. Heydar Aliyev- Soviet and Azerbaijani state, party and political figure. President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. Twice Hero of Socialist Labor. Founder of modern Azerbaijani statehood.
2. Mammad Emin Rasulzade- An outstanding writer, political and public figure. Founder of the Azerbaijan Republic.
3. Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev- Azerbaijani millionaire and philanthropist, active state councilor. In some works of historians and biographers, he is mainly referred to as the "great benefactor". He has made donations to charities almost all over the world.
4. Rashid Behbudov- Soviet Azerbaijani pop and opera singer (lyric tenor), actor. Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) in the family of a famous folk singer-khanende from Shusha. People's Artist of the USSR. Hero of Socialist Labor.
5. Lotfi Zadeh- Azerbaijani mathematician and logician, founder of the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, professor at the University of California (Berkeley). Born on February 4, 1921 in the village of Novkhany, Azerbaijan.
6. Muslim Magomaev- Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian opera and pop singer (baritone), composer. People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan. Born in Baku. Grandson of Abdul-Muslim Magomayev, an Azerbaijani composer who is one of the founders of Azerbaijani classical music, whose name is given to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic.
7. Mustafa Topchibashev- Soviet surgeon, academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. Author of more than 160 scientific papers, which are still used by world surgery. He was awarded four Orders of Lenin during his lifetime.
8. Azi Aslanov- Soviet military leader, guard major general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Streets, schools, and higher educational institutions are named in his honor in the CIS countries.
9. Kerim Kerimov- founders of the Soviet space program, who made a significant contribution to space exploration. For many years he was a central figure in Soviet cosmonautics. But despite his important role, his identity was kept secret from the public for most of his career. Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the Stalin, Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.
10. Bulbul- folk and opera singer (tenor), one of the founders of the Azerbaijani national musical theater, People's Artist of the USSR.
11. Kara Karaev- composer and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the Stalin Prize, holder of the Order of Lenin, the October Revolution, and the Red Banner of Labor. One of the largest figures of Azerbaijani culture of the post-war period.
