Bakhtiyar Bahabzade’s 90th Jubilee was marked by the Department of “The Russian Language”
On December 3 a literary and artistic event was marked to the People’s Poet Bakhtiyar Vahabzade’s 90th Jubilee by the Department “the Russian Language” of Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC). Head of the Department “The Russian Language” Gulnare Rzayeva spoke about the outstanding poet, public figure and academician Bakhtiyar Vahabzade’s life and activity. She said the Poet’s extensive and effective way of artistic creativity, scientific, educational activity wrote the most valuable and unforgettable pages in the history of the Azerbaijani intelligentsia of active citizenship position. Dean of the Faculty International Economic Relations Masur Barkhudarov, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration Zulfugar Ibrahimli highlighted the poet’s creativity of poetic and philosophical content played an important role in strengthening civic spirit of national poetry and enriching of public opinion with literacy ideas of independence. They stressed that the people’s poet had realized himself the entire and great Azerbaijan’s national poet and was proud of carrying this mission.
A senior teaching staff member of the Department “The Russian Language” Konul Ismayilova pointed that Bakhtiyar Bahabzade made important contributions to the development of Azerbaijani literature with his multifaceted creativity and had reached the top of modern classic of national poetry.
A video reflecting Bakhtiyar Vahabzade’s life and activity was featured during the event; poems in his own performance were also featured. Students of the Faculty of Commerce have sounded extracts of poems by the poet as well.