Khadija Gayibova

Victims of the Great Purge (16 person items)

" In 1933, Gayibova was arrested and incarcerated allegedly for espionage and counter-revolutionary activity. She was released three months later and the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence. In the following year she was employed by the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire to research Azerbaijan's folk musical heritage. Outgoing and social, the Gayibovins held musical "salons" for foreign visitors many from Turkey, also attracting musicians, poets, writers, academics, and artists to gather th"