Gjuvara Dzjachangir kizi Noerieva

Gjuvara Dzjachangir kizi Noerieva (28 April 1912 – 30 April 1945) was a Soviet metallurgical engineer, the first Azerbaijani woman to be a professional metallurgist, and the first Azerbaijani woman to work in the metallurgical industry.

She has an entry in the Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia.

Biography Early life Gjuvara Noerieva was born on 28 April 1912 in the city of Elizavetpol, Elizavetpol Governorate (now the city of Ganja in Azerbaijan) in the family of Dzjachangirkhana Noerieva, who was the son of Boyuk-beka Nuribekova and Rahshand-Sultan Khanum,

Education In 1935, Noerieva graduated from the Metallurgical Faculty of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute.

Career Subsequently, she worked at the Krasny Putilovets Plant in Leningrad (now the Kirov Plant), in the open-hearth shop. She held the positions of process engineer, master metallurgist, senior engineer, head of the shop, etc.