Elmira Shahtakhtinskaya

Elmira Shahtakhtinskaya (; 25 October 1930 – 13 October 1996) was a painter, Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR, and the People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Biography Elmira Shahtakhtinskaya was born on 25 October 1930 in Baku. Her first education was in Baku. She then graduated from Painting School named after Azim Azimzade in 1950. Later, she studied at Surikov Moscow Art Institute in 1951–1956. Her personal exhibitions were demonstrated in Moscow (1957), Kaunas (1967), Baku (1967, 1989), Nakhchivan (city) (1979). Elmira Shahtakhtinskaya was awarded the "Order of Honor".

The artist died on 13 October 1996 in Moscow and was buried in the Alley of Honor in Baku. The documentary movie about the artist "Elmira Shahtakhtinskaya" was filmed in 2010.