Barat Habib gizi Shakinskaya (Azerbaijani: Barat Həbib qızı
Şəkinskaya; 28 June 1914 â€" 14 January 1999) was an Azerbaijani and
Soviet stage and film actress.Barat Shakinskaya was born in Shusha
into a bey family. Her mother Aghja (née Hajiyeva) was the niece of
Azerbaijani writer and dramatist Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev. Her
father hailed from the khans of Karabakh on his mother's side and from
the khans of Shaki on his father's side. The name Barat means
'God-given', a name chosen by her grandmother Govhar, as Barat was the
first surviving child in the family following three her still-born
siblings. Later Habib and Aghja Shakinskis became parents to two more
children, Suleyman and Sariyya. Barat got primary education in Shusha.
After the Eleventh Red Army annexed Azerbaijan in 1920, her father
fled to Iran as a political immigrant, while her mother and the
children relocated to Ganja and maintained contact with Habib
Shakinski until 1928, when the Soviet-Iranian border closed and they
were compelled to cease contact with him.Shakinskaya participated in
the female drama club of Ganja at the age of 13. In 1935, she began to
play at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. Barat Shakinskaya
became the first Azerbaijani actress to play male roles. The part of
Kostya played by her at the Ganja Theatre and also Napoleon's part
played in Baku, in 1934 were particularly noteworthy. The actress
played children's roles too. Her last children's role of Nazly, a
pupil of the seventh grade from Mahammadhuseyn Tahmasib's play
Blossoming Dreams, she played while she was at the age of 37
herself.In 1935, Barat Shakinskaya began to participate at radio
programs on the initiative of Mustafa Mardanov, People's Artist of
Azerbaijan.
Şəkinskaya; 28 June 1914 â€" 14 January 1999) was an Azerbaijani and
Soviet stage and film actress.Barat Shakinskaya was born in Shusha
into a bey family. Her mother Aghja (née Hajiyeva) was the niece of
Azerbaijani writer and dramatist Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev. Her
father hailed from the khans of Karabakh on his mother's side and from
the khans of Shaki on his father's side. The name Barat means
'God-given', a name chosen by her grandmother Govhar, as Barat was the
first surviving child in the family following three her still-born
siblings. Later Habib and Aghja Shakinskis became parents to two more
children, Suleyman and Sariyya. Barat got primary education in Shusha.
After the Eleventh Red Army annexed Azerbaijan in 1920, her father
fled to Iran as a political immigrant, while her mother and the
children relocated to Ganja and maintained contact with Habib
Shakinski until 1928, when the Soviet-Iranian border closed and they
were compelled to cease contact with him.Shakinskaya participated in
the female drama club of Ganja at the age of 13. In 1935, she began to
play at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. Barat Shakinskaya
became the first Azerbaijani actress to play male roles. The part of
Kostya played by her at the Ganja Theatre and also Napoleon's part
played in Baku, in 1934 were particularly noteworthy. The actress
played children's roles too. Her last children's role of Nazly, a
pupil of the seventh grade from Mahammadhuseyn Tahmasib's play
Blossoming Dreams, she played while she was at the age of 37
herself.In 1935, Barat Shakinskaya began to participate at radio
programs on the initiative of Mustafa Mardanov, People's Artist of
Azerbaijan.
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