Shukriyya Akhundzada
Wife of Azerbaijani poet Ahmad Javad (1902–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shukriyya Akhundzada (Azerbaijani: Şükriyyə Axundzadə; 1902 – October 1993), also known as Shukriyya Javad (Azerbaijani: Şükriyyə Cavad) was the wife of the Azerbaijani poet Ahmad Javad and a victim of the Stalinist repressions in Azerbaijan.
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Shukriyya Akhundzada | |
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Born | 1902 |
Died | October 1993(1993-10-00) (aged 90–91) Çinarlı, Shamkir, Azerbaijan |
Other names | Shukriyya Javad |
Spouse | Ahmad Javad |
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In 1937, she was arrested along with her husband. Shukriyya was sentenced to eight years of exile at the Akmolinsk Camp of Wives of Traitors to the Motherland in modern-day northern Kazakhstan. She was released in 1945 and acquitted in 1955 after being found innocent. Her life inspired several plays, books, and songs, as well as numerous theater performances.