Ismayil Daghistanli

Ismayil Yusif oghlu Hajiyev (Azerbaijani: İsmayıl Yusif oğlu Hacıyev), commonly known as Ismayil Daghistanli^[1][2] (Azerbaijani: İsmayıl Dağıstanlı; 6 January 1907 – 1 April 1980) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet stage and film actor and pedagogue. He was awarded People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1949), and People's Artist of the USSR (1974).

Ismayil Daghistanli
Azerbaijani: İsmayıl Dağıstanlı
Born	Ismayil Hajiyev (1907-01-06)6 January 1907 Zərnə, Qakh, Zakatal Okrug, Russian Empire
Died	1 April 1980(1980-04-01) (aged 73) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Resting place	Alley of Honor
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Citizenship	Russian Empire  Azerbaijan Democratic Republic  Soviet Union
Education	Baku State University
Occupation(s)	Actor, pedagogue
Awards

Biography

Ismayil Daghistanli was born on 6 January 1907 in Zərnə village of Qakh District. He began his stage career in 1925 in the drama society under the Nukha Central Workers 'and Peasants' Club. He studied at Baku Theater College from 1926 to 1930. From 1927 he also performed on the stage of the Drama Theater as an practitioner actor. From 1930 he worked intermittently at Azerbaijan National Drama Theatre, in 1936–1937 at Yerevan Drama Theater, and was a director and actor of the Azerbaijani theater he organized in Derbent in 1932–1933.^[3]

Since 1938, he had created a series of classic characters on the stage of Azerbaijan National Drama Theatre. He became famous on the Azerbaijani stage as the first performer of the roles of V. I. Lenin. In the last years of his life he worked as the head of the department at Azerbaijan Institute of Arts. He had published several books about actors and theater.

Ismayil Hajiyev died on 1 April 1980 in Baku.

Awards

• People's Artist of the USSR — 11 July 1974^[4]
• People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — 21 July 1949^[5]
• Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — 23 April 1940^[6]
• Stalin Prize — 1948
• State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR — 1972^[7]
• Two Orders of Lenin — 22 July 1949;^[8] 1967
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour — 1959
• Order of Friendship of Peoples — 1977
• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" — 1946
• Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus" — 1944

Filmography

• Aghasadig Geraybeyli (film, 1974)
• Evening concert (film, 1948)
• Boyuk Dayag (film, 1962)
• Koroghlu (film, 1960)
• The shadows creep (film, 1958)
• Black stones (film, 1956)
• Gatir Mammad (film, 1974)
• Sabuhi (film, 1941)
• Soviet wrestler (film, 1942)
• Submarine "T-9" (film, 1943)

References

1. "Memorial House Museum of Ismayil Daghistanli".
2. "Academic National Drama Theatre will mark anniversary of Ismayil Daghistanli". report.az. 2017-01-24.
3. Rahimli, Ilham (2017). Azərbaycan Teatr Ensiklopediyası. Baku: Azərnəşr. p. 144. ISBN 978-9952-8021-9-1.
4. "İ.Y.Dağıstanlıya (Hacıyevə) SSRİ xalq artisti fəxri adı verilməsi haqqında SSRİ Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 11 iyul 1974-cü il tarixli Fərmanı" (PDF). anl.az. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
5. "М. Әзизбәйов адына Азәрбайҹан Дөвләт Драм Театры артистләринә Азәрбайҹан ССР фәхри адларынын верилмәси һаггында Азәрбайҹан ССР Али Совети Рәясәт Һей'әтинин Фәрманы". № 143 (8099). Коммунист. 23 July 1949: 1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. "Сәнае вә кәнд тәсәррүфаты габагҹылларынын, элм, маариф, сәһиййә вә инҹәсәнәт ишчиләринин, Фәһлә-Кәндли Гызыл Ордусу командирләринин, сияси ишчиләринин вә гызыл әскәрләринин, совет ишчиләринин вә башга ишчиләрин тәлтиф эдилмәләри һаггында фәрман". Азәрбайҹан Совет Социалист Республикасы Баш Советинин Ведомостлары. Vol. № 2 (6 ed.). Baku: Азполиграф. 1940. pp. 10–11.
7. "Ədəbiyyat, incəsənət və arxitektura sahəsində 1972-ci il Azərbaycan SSR Dövlət mükafatlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan KP MK-nın və Azərbaycan SSR Nazirlər Sovetinin 1972-ci il tarixli Qərarı" (PDF). anl.az. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
8. "Әзизбәйов адына Азәрбайҹан Дөвләт Драм Театры ишчиләринин орден вә медалларла тәлтиф эдилмәси һаггында ССРИ Али Совети Рәясәт Һей'әтинин Фәрманы". № 143 (8099). Коммунист. 23 July 1949: 1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)