Azerbaijan XX Women in Art – Women and the Transfer of Knowledge in the Black Sea Region

Shovket Hasan qizi Mamedova

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Shovket Hasan qizi Mamedova (April 18, 1897, Tiflis – June 8, 1981, Baku) – the first Azerbaijani opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano), teacher, musician. People’s Artist of the USSR (1938).

Gevkhar Ahmad qizi Gaziyeva (1887, Tiflis – 1960, Iranian Azerbaijan)

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Gevkhar Ahmad qizi Gaziyeva (1887, Tiflis – 1960, Iranian Azerbaijan) – the first professional Azerbaijani actress (her first role was played in 1906). Performed under the pseudonym Geyarcin ( Dove).