Well-known educator, playwright and ethnographer Rashid bey Efendiyev
Rashid bey Ismail oglu Efendiyev (Efendizade) was born in 1863 in the city of Sheki into a religious family. He received his primary education from a teacher named Abdurrazzak Takhirzade at a mollakhana (divinity school) located in the Juma Mosque. Rashid bey Efendiyev graduated from the school at the mosque in 1873 and continued his education in Russian, first in the county and then in the city school. In these schools he studied arithmetic, geography, history, physics, chemistry, got acquainted with the works of Russian and European writers. In 1879, Rashid-bek Efendiyev went to work at the newly opened Azerbaijan branch of the Transcaucasian (Gori) teacher's seminary.
Independence Day
The establishment of Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan on May 28, 1918 was a historic event and one of the glorious pages in our history. This significant date is celebrated as Independence Day in Azerbaijan anniversarily. In February 1917, monarchic regime in Russia was overthrown. The Provisional Government that replaced the monarchy held elections to the Constituent Assembly. However the Provisional Government was quite short-lived. In October 1917 coup d'etat occurred. As a result the members of parliament to the Russian Constituent Assembly from the Southern Caucasus could not go to Russia.
International Day for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
According to the decision of the UN General Assembly, since 1992 May 5 has been celebrated worldwide as the “International Day for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. The purpose of this date is to promote the rights of persons with disabilities in all spheres of public life, as well as to attract the attention of the general public to the problems of people with disabilities. It was Heydar Aliyev who, after returning to power in Azerbaijan for the second time, has taken measures to protect the rights of disabled people and their health. This created a rich legislative base in this sphere.
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
May 8th is observed worldwide as International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. This day is dedicated to the founder of the organization, Swiss writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Henri Dunant. Dunant was profoundly influenced by the horrors he witnessed at the Battle of Solferino in 1859 between France and Austria, where he assisted 40,000 wounded alongside local residents. Upon returning to Switzerland in 1862, Henri Dunant detailed the severe aftermath of this battle in his book «A Memory of Solferino».
Khosrov bey Sultanov is a prominent statesman and political figure of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Khosrov Pasha bey Sultanov was born on May 10, 1879 in Kurdhaji village of Zangazur district. He studied at the Ganja Gymnasium and graduated from the Medical Faculty of Novorossiysk University (1903). He was preparing medicine from the rich herbs he was gathering in Garabagh and disinterested treated the sick people in the villages. Khosrov Bey, one of the intellectuals who loved the history, literature and culture of his homeland called one of his houses in Shusha called the Eastern Library and lectured on the history and culture of the East peoples. Khosrov bey Sultanov was a member of the Musavat party in 1917 and was elected a member of the Russian Entrepreneurship Assembly.