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administration and the Assistant Secretary at the 2nd Peace Court Precinct in Baku.
Upon his return to Guba in early 1918, A.Alibeyov was elected the head of local mu-
nicipal administration, a position he held until Azerbaijan’s takeover by the Soviet
troops in 1920. During the events of April-May 1918 in Guba, A.Alibeyov remained
in town entering into negotiations with Amazasp, the leader of the Armenian armed
units, and trying to support his fellow townsfolk wherever he could. Meanwhile,
Alibeyov was actively involved in putting up military resistance to the Armenian
squads as well. He was also very cooperative with the Ad Hoc Investigation Com-
mission dealing with the events of 1918 in Guba. Arrested almost immediately upon
the Soviet takeover, A.Alibeyov became subject to complete expropriation, however
he was released soon. In 1929, as a “former kulak” (a well-to-do peasant), he was
disfranchised; however he succeeded in gaining rehabilitation a month and a half
later. Consequently, A.Alibeyov was a practicing lawyer and a member of the Ad-
vocates’ Bar in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan. He had undergone all
clearances at the local People’s Commissariat for Justice. Nonetheless, on August
6, 1937, Alibeyov was arrested by the Guba District Department of the People’s
Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) and charged with anti-Soviet propaganda.
While in custody, Alibeyov never pled guilty. On August 26, 1937, he was found
guilty by the Special Three Judges Panel (Troyka) of the Azerbaijani NKVD and sen-
tenced to death. Acquitted posthumously.
11Khanbudagov Eyyub-bey Shirin-bey oghlu (1893-1937), born in Ganja
where he got his initial education. As a graduate of the maritime school in Baku he
was serving in a passenger vessel. During the period of the Democratic Republic
of Azerbaijan, E.Khanbudaghov was employed by the Ministry of Justice, hence he
was providing interpretation services to the AHIC in the course of investigation of
the devastation of the town of Guba and villages of Guba Uyezd. During the Soviet
period, E.Khanbudagov succeeded in making a meteoric career indeed. Since Octo-
ber 19, 1920 until February 19, 1921, he was holding the position of the Chairman
of the Azerbaijani Extraordinary Commission (Cheka). In 1921, following Nariman
Narimanov’s recommendation, he was elected the chairman of the Central Com-
mittee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party. Upon the graduation from the Moscow
Academy, he was seconded to the Soviet Federal Socialist Republic of Transcaucasia
where until 1936, he was holding the position of Deputy People’s Commissar for
Light Industry and Deputy People’s Commissar for Domestic Trade. Upon the dis-
solution of the SFSRT in 1936, Khanbudaghov was holding the post of the Deputy
Chairman of Azerittifaq (Customer Cooperation Union). On December 19, 1936, he
was arrested by the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs and charged with na-
tionalism. On July 23, 1937, following the resolution of the extraordinary meeting
at the NKVD of the USSR, Khanbudagov was sentenced first to 5 years of imprison-
ment and then to capital punishment pursuant to the resolution of the Military
Board at the USSR Supreme Court passed by an assize on October 12, 1937. On
December 26, 1957, E.Khanbudagov was acquitted following the Resolution by the
USSR Supreme Court.
12Zizikski Ali-bey Harun-bey oghlu (1876-1929), one of the activists of
the national liberation movement during the period of the Democratic Republic