Fəxri Xiyaban
Fəxri Xiyaban ( Azerbaijani : Avenue of Honor ) is a cemetery in the Azerbaijani capital Baku , in which only deserving Azerbaijanis and residents of Azerbaijan are buried after their death .
The establishment of the Cemetery of Honor was decided on August 27, 1948 by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijani Soviet Republic . The remains of several previously buried prominent personalities were transferred to the Fəxri Xiyaban.
Individual references and sources
- ^ FƏXRI XİYABAN. Heydar Aliyev Foundation, accessed January 15, 2014 (Azerbaijani).
Coordinates: 40 ° 21 ′ 42 ″ N , 49 ° 49 ′ 15 ″ E