Bust of Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski unveiled in Tambov

Aceremony to unveil a bust of Russian Cavalry General of Azerbaijani origin, GeneralAdjutant Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski has been held in the Russian city of Tambov.

The event was initiated by Rahim Huseynov, head of the Tambov regional branch of the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress, the State Committee for Work with Diaspora reported.

Huseynov , addressing the ceremony, highlighted Huseyn Khan's services and friendship between Azerbaijani and Russian peoples.

In his remarks, the ataman of Tambov Cossack Society Vladimir Veklenko said that Nakhchivanski remained as an honorable knight in the history.

The official representative of the Russian President in the Central Federal District Alexander Beglov's congratulatory message was read out.

Nakhchivanski was born on July 28, 1863 in Nakhchivan City. His paternal grandfather Ehsan Nakhchivanski was the last ruler of the Nakhchivan Khanate

During the Russo-Japanese War, he was the commander of the second Dagestani cavalry regiment, and held the command of the second Cavalry Corps in the World War I.

In 1874, Nakhchivanski was admitted to the Page Corps and graduated with honors in 1883. He received the rank of cornet and was assigned to the elite Leib Guard cavalry regiment. Nakhchivanski served there for twenty years and ascended positions from cornet to Colonel of the Leib Guard.

He was the commander of the 44th Nizhegorodski Dragoon regiment from November 1905, and in 1906, he was made Fliegel-Adjutant of H. I. M. Retinue and appointed the commander of Leib Guard cavalry regiment, where he started his military career. In 1907, he attained the rank of major-general.

In 1912, the general was appointed as the commander of the 1st detached cavalry brigade, in 1914 he was conferred the rank of lieutenantgeneral and became the commander of 2nd cavalry division entering World War I with this position.

Nakhchivanski married Sophia Taube, daughter of the Russian poet and translator Nikolai Gerbel. Together they had three children: Nicholas (died in 1912), Tatiana and Georges. After the October Revolution, the Nakhchivanskis emigrated.

Their descendants lived (and some continue to live) in France, Lebanon, Egypt, and the United States.

He was supposedly executed by the Bolsheviks in January 1919.