Gazakh Teachers' Seminary Explained

Gazakh Teachers' Seminary
Native Name:	Qazax müəllimlər seminariyası
City:	Qazax
Country:	Azerbaijan
Mapframe-Coord:	41.0933°N 45.3594°W
Campus:	Urban
Language:	Azerbaijani, Russian

The Gazakh Teachers Seminary (Azerbaijani: Qazax müəllimlər seminariyası) is a teachers seminary that functioned from 1918 to 1959^[1] in the Azerbaijani city of Gazakh.^{[2] [3]} It was created on the initiative of the Azerbaijani enlightener Firudin-bek Kocharli^[4] and Husein Efendi Gaibov.^[5]

History

In 1895, a graduate of the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary, and the teacher of the Erivan Gymnasium, Firudin-bek Kocharli, was appointed as teacher at the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary in Gori, where from 1910^[6] he became the head of the Azerbaijani branch.^[7]

In early May 1918, the population of the city of Gazakh and the representatives of some rural communities of the Gazakh district filed a petition towards the educational district for the transfer of the Azerbaijani branch of the Transcaucasian Seminary from Gori to the city of Gazakh. The government has resolved this issue positively.^[8] In the same year, the Azerbaijani branch of the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary was relocated to the city of Gazakh. Firudin-bek Kocharli was appointed the director of the Gazakh Teachers Seminary. Theteaching staff of the seminary was recruited among the former graduates of the Gori Seminary.

In creating his own teachers seminary in Azerbaijan, Kocharli saw an opportunity to enroll a much larger number of children in education. Considering that time conditions of thetransportation development of vehicles, not every family dared to let their son to go to Gori.^[9]

Nowadays, the building of the seminary hosts the secondary school No. 4 of the city of Gazakh.

Famous teachers

• Firidun bey Kocharli - a graduate of the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary (1885), the first director of the seminary. Along with acting as director of the seminary, he taught a course in pedagogy, the Azerbaijani language and literature.
• Mirza Mehdi Velizadeh - a graduate of the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary (1890s), since 1 September 1919 - primary school teacher in the seminary.
• Alai-bek Shikhlinsky - a graduate of the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary (1902), until 1924 taught mathematics at the seminary.
• Akhmed-Agha Gulmamedov - a graduate of the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary (1902), taught at the seminary in 1918-1920 and in 1923-1927.
• Ali Huseynov is the father of Mehdi Husein, the Peoples Writer of Azerbaijan. Seminary director since 1920.

Famous graduates

• Samed Vurgun - Peoples Poet of Azerbaijan. Graduated from the Seminary in 1924.
• Mehdihan Vekilov - Writer and teacher, Honoured Scientist of Azerbaijan, Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR, brother of Samed Vurgun. Graduated from the Seminary in 1924.
• Osman Saryveli - Peoples Poet of Azerbaijan. Graduated from the Seminary in 1926.
• Ismayil Shykhly - Peoples Writer of Azerbaijan, Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. Graduated from the Seminary in 1936.
• Mehdi Huseyn - Peoples Writer of Azerbaijan.
• Seyfulla Shamilov - writer, publicist and interpreter, Chairman of the Writers Council of Azerbaijan.

Notes and References

1. Web site: İlk milli seminariya: Qazax Müəllimlər Seminariyası – III hissə . https://web.archive.org/web/20181218192905/http://www.imm.az/exp/2018/12/14/ilk-milli-seminariya-qazax-muəllimlər-seminariyasi-iii-hissə/ . December 18, 2018 . Misir Mardanov . December 14, 2018 . imm.az . July 19, 2021 . az .
2. Web site: Gazakh Teachers' Seminary. https://archive.today/20210717114723/http://www.qazax.net/en/mn_seminariya.htm. dead. July 17, 2021. Faig Nasibov. 2010 . qazax.net. July 17, 2021. az.
3. Web site: Qazax Müəllimlər Seminariyası: milli təhsilimizin başlanğıc dövrü . https://web.archive.org/web/20180424175148/http://www.anl.az/down/meqale/medeniyyet/medeniyyet_oktyabr2009/91789.htm . April 24, 2018 . Elchin Galiboghlu . October 7, 2009 . anl.az . July 19, 2021 . az .
4. Book: А. Атакишиев, Р. Сулейманов, С. Керимов . Развитие среднего специального образования в Азербайджане. 1990 . . Maarif . 14 .
5. Web site: Qazax Müəllimlər Seminariyasının yaranması tarixindən . https://web.archive.org/web/20210719104838/https://www.muallim.edu.az/news.php?id=3022 . July 19, 2021 . Askar Guliyev . November 9, 2018 . muallim.edu.az . July 19, 2021 . az .
6. Book: Rahim bey Vakilov . Azərbaycan Cümhuriyyətinin yaranma tarixi / History of the establishment of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 1998 . . Elm . 29 . 5-8066-0889-1.
7. Book: А. Ю. Сеидов. . Педагогические взгляды Ф. А. Кочарлинского . 1964 . . Советская педагогика : журнал . 105.
8. Book: Известия Академии наук Азербайджанской ССР. — Баку: Издательство Академии наук Азербайджанской ССР, 1990. — С. 29.. Известия Академии наук Азербайджанской ССР. 1990. . Издательство Академии наук Азербайджанской ССР . 29.
9. Web site: Фиридунбек Кочарли: народный учитель и замечательный литературовед . https://web.archive.org/web/20130302022039/http://www.azeri.ru/papers/azerizv_az/20102 . March 2, 2013 . Галина Микеладзе . June 9, 2008 . azeri.ru . July 19, 2021 . ru.