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26 Baku Commissars Memorial

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26 Baku Commissars Memorial, 1987
26 Baku Commissars Memorial, 1987

The 26 Baku Commissars Memorial was a Soviet-era monument located in Baku, Azerbaijan, that paid tribute to the 26 Baku Commissars from the Baku commune. The commune was overthrown in 1918 and the commissars later executed near Krasnovodsk (now Türkmenbaşy). The monument was constructed by sculptors I. Zeynalov and N. Mamedov, and architects G. Aleskerov and Alesker Huseynov, who eventually became a prominent politician in Azerbaijan. The remains of the Commissars were buried at the site of the memorial.

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26 Baku Commissars Memorial
Uzeir Hajibeyov, Baku City

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