Honorary Consul of the Republic of Albania took part in the grand opening in Kharkiv of a monument to the classic of Azerbaijani poetry Nizami Ganjavi

15.09.2021

The monument to Nizami Ganjavi was installed in Kharkov on Feuerbach Square in honor of the 880th anniversary of the birth of the great medieval thinker and poet within the framework of a cooperation agreement between the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Ukraine and the Kharkov City Council.

The event was attended by the Secretary of the Kharkiv City Council Igor Terekhov and heads of departments, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Ukraine Elmira Ahundova and employees of the Embassy, ​​Representatives of the State Committee of Azerbaijan for Work with the Diaspora, representatives of the diplomatic corps of the Kharkiv region and members of the Diplomatic Club, leaders and representatives of the Azerbaijani Diaspora, the public and guests from Azerbaijan.

The author of the monument was the sculptor, People's Artist of Ukraine, Honorary Citizen of the city of Kharkov Katib Mamedov.

Reference: Abu Mohammed Ilyas ibn Yusuf, known under the pseudonym Nizami Ganjavi, is a classic of Persian poetry, a poet of the medieval East.

In honor of the 850th anniversary of the poet, 1991 was declared the year of Nizami by UNESCO.

In Azerbaijan, this year, 2021, bears the name of the poet.

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