Alley honorary burial
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Alley honorary burial - one of the iconic sights of Baku. It is located in the mountainous part of the city next to the famous Towers Fire today, at some distance from the main part of the Upland Park.

Walk for the disposal of the most important and famous people of Azerbaijan was established in August 1948 issued after the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR orders. At the same time and started its construction. Basically, on the Mall are buried outstanding figures of science, culture, art and literature, as well as the person with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery and courage in battle during World War II, those who held high government posts in the Soviet era and working people who have distinguished themselves in the various sectors of the economy. Also, buried in the Alley of the old Bolsheviks, Soviet and Party workers, who took an active part in the establishment of Soviet power.

According to the list annexed to the decree, the Alley had to move the graves of such prominent figures of culture and literature as D. Mammadguluzadeh, Najaf bey Vezirov, Suleyman Sani Akhundov, Abdurrahim bey Ahverdiev, Hasan bey Zardabi, G. Arablinsky A. Nazmi, Jabbar Garyagdy oglu, G. Sarabsky, Mustafayev, A. Azimzade and establish their tombstones. Accordingly, the order, the tombstones were also to set MV Vidadi in Gazakh, MA Sabir and SA Shirvani in Shamakhi.

Famous people who died after the creation of the Mall as a rule, are interred. As a result, Honorary Cemetery at times became a popular place of pilgrimage. The Alley honorary burial of December 15, 2003, Heydar Aliyev was buried, and his father, wife and son. Here are buried the major and minor Muslim Magomayev, and other celebrities.

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