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Chingiz Mustafayev (Çingiz Mustafayev in Azerbaijani) (August 29 1960- July 15 1992) is a national hero of Azerbaijan, he was one of Azerbaijan's most noted journalists, even though the corpus of his work spans less than a year. With no formal journalistic training, he created a video anthology of the Karabakh war - documenting the brutality of a war that ultimately costed his own life.

He was the man behind the TV camera, who dared to film the brutal killings in Khojaly in 1992. Chingiz's footage was taken from an army helicopter, he managed to film the evidence of the Khojaly Massacre showing hundreds of dead bodies strewn across snow-covered fields - innocent victims who had tried to run away from the surprise attack. Azerbaijan's official media had covered up the fact that the town had been wiped out and women, children and the elderly had been ruthlessly slaughtered. But with his film, the evidence was irrefutable. There had been a full-scale massacre.

In the course of eight months, Chingiz shot 18 documentaries about the war in Karabakh, leaving behind a substantial historical archive. Today Chingiz is known for his patriotic work, he is considered to have risked everything to expose the truth.

In 15 July 1992 Chingiz was filming the war in Agdam region were he was shot in his back. He fell down and with his last breath he said "The bastard got me". His last moments were captured on his own camera.

ANS CM 102 FM the first Radio Broadcasting Company in the Caucasus was called in his honor and the slogan of this station is “We are fated to struggle”. Many organizations and foundations were named after him. A foundation has been established in honour of Chingiz Mustafayev by ANS for the purposes of arranging journalist contests in various nominations, its called; Chingiz Mustafayev Foundation (Çingiz Mustafayev adına Fond in Azerbaijani).

Background

His family is described as a rather average and ordinary Azerbaijani family. His father was a military man involved with missiles and rockets in the USSR. His mother was from the city of Shaki; they were married when she was 19. Chingiz was the oldest child, born in 1960, in 1962 they had another child Seyfulla Mustafayev. Six years later in 1968 the third child was born, Vahid Mustafayev.

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-'''Chingiz Mustafayev''' (Çingiz Mustafayev in [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]) ([[August 29]] [[1960]]- [[July 15]] [[1992]]) was one of [[Azerbaijan]]'s most noted journalists, even though the corpus of his work spans less than a year. With no formal journalistic training, he created a video anthology of the Karabakh war - documenting the brutality of a war that ultimately costed his own life.
+'''Chingiz Mustafayev''' (Çingiz Mustafayev in [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]) ([[August 29]] [[1960]]- [[July 15]] [[1992]]) is a national hero of [[Azeris|Azerbaijan]], he was one of [[Azerbaijan]]'s most noted journalists, even though the corpus of his work spans less than a year. With no formal journalistic training, he created a video anthology of the Karabakh war - documenting the brutality of a war that ultimately costed his own life.
 He was the man behind the TV camera, who dared to film the brutal killings in [[Khojaly Massacre|Khojaly]] in [[1992]]. Chingiz's footage was taken from an army helicopter, he managed to film the evidence of the Khojaly Massacre showing hundreds of dead bodies strewn across snow-covered fields - innocent victims who had tried to run away from the surprise attack. Azerbaijan's official media had covered up the fact that the town had been wiped out and women, children and the elderly had been ruthlessly slaughtered. But with his film, the evidence was irrefutable. There had been a full-scale massacre.
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 In [[15 July]] [[1992]] Chingiz was filming the war in [[Agdam]] region were he was shot in his back. He fell down and with his last breath he said "The bastard got me". His last moments were captured on his own camera.
-ANS CM 102 FM the first Radio Broadcasting Company in the [[Caucasus]] was called in his honor and the slogan of this station is “We are fated to struggle”. Many organizations and foundations were also named after him.
+ANS CM 102 FM the first Radio Broadcasting Company in the [[Caucasus]] was called in his honor and the slogan of this station is “We are fated to struggle”. Many organizations and foundations were named after him.
 A foundation has been established in honour of Chingiz Mustafayev by ANS for the purposes of arranging journalist contests in various nominations, its called; [[Chingiz Mustafayev Foundation]] (Çingiz Mustafayev adına Fond in [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]).