Ashig Huseyn Javan

Ashig Huseyn Javan or Huseyn Aliyev (1916, Uti village, East Azerbaijan Province – November 14, 1985), was a poet, ashig, and participant in the 21 Azar movement. Member of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party, the Azerbaijan Writers' Union, and Honored Cultural Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR.

In 1946, for his participation in the national-democratic movement, he was awarded the "21 Azar" medal by the National Government of Azerbaijan, and for his work in the field of art, he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour by the USSR.

Life Early years Huseyn Aliyev was born in 1916 in the village of Uti, Karadagh region. After his father's death, he moved to Northern Azerbaijan with his mother, Zohra. For a time, they lived in the village of Sharafkhanly in Aghjabadi, and later in the city of Delimammadli.

Beginning in 1927, he studied under Ashig Musa, the nephew of Ashig Alasgar. In 1938, he was exiled from the USSR and settled in Tabriz.

Although he began writing poetry in 1934, his main poetic activity started in 1941. He took the pen name "Javan." His first poems, such as "Smile, Azerbaijan," "Awaken, My Citizen," "Motherland," "October," and others, were published in the "Vatan yolunda" newspaper in Tabriz. On December 21, 1945, the National Government of Azerbaijan was established. In March 1946, for his role in the national-democratic movement, he was awarded the “21 Azar” medal. In the same month, the Tabriz State Philharmonic was established in Tabriz. Ashig Huseyn Javan was appointed deputy director of the Philharmonic. After that, people from various regions of Azerbaijan began appealing to the National Government to arm themselves and fight against the Shah's forces. As a result, under the leadership of Mir Jafar Pishevari, a Defense Committee was established. The committee's first action was to declare martial law in Tabriz and to form volunteer units called "Babak." In the first stage, these volunteer units had 600 members. After that, Pishevari once again appealed to the Soviet Union for military support. However, this request also remained unanswered.

On December 11, 1946, the Azerbaijani Provincial Assembly, in order to prevent bloodshed, decided that the Qizilbash People's Forces and the fedai forces should not resist the Shah's forces and should leave the battlefields. From that day on, before the Iranian army entered major cities, bandit groups of landlords and plainclothes gendarmes began massacres in these cities. These groups were called "Iranian patriots" by Tehran radio. The main goal of these groups was to destroy the democrats and ensure the entry of the Shah's forces into the cities. Tabriz and other cities of Azerbaijan were subjected to plunder and massacres. The National Government of Azerbaijan collapsed. On December 14, 1946, the Iranian army, supported by the United States and Great Britain, entered Tabriz. After that, the massacres and looting continued. The film is about the Azerbaijan National Government, which existed in 1945–1946, and the events that took place leading up to the establishment of the government.