Western Azerbaijan Community
Among the descendants of Mirza Kadym Iravani who bore the surname Kadymbayov, there were many bright personalities. Among them, Afshan Khanim, who was born in 1915 in the city of Iravan, stands out. After graduating from the Iravan Pedagogical Technical College in 1929, she continued her education at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute (now Azerbaijan Pedagogical University) in 1931–1935. Afshan khanum, who was fluent in Russian and English in addition to her mother tongue, returned to Baku after two years of postgraduate studies at the Pedagogical Institute in Moscow, was elected the third secretary of the Azerbaijan Youth Union in 1942, and worked in that position for four years.
Later, A. Kadymbayova, who worked as the secretary of the party committee of the Azerbaijan State Medical University named after N. Narimanov, as the deputy head of the department at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, and worked as the rector of the Azerbaijan State Institute of Foreign Languages in 1949–1956. In 1953, Afshan khanum was also elected the deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR.
A. Kadymbayova was repeatedly elected deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan. In 1965, she defended her candidacy thesis “On the development of preschool education in Azerbaijan in 1920–1941”. From 1968 to 1978, she worked as a head of department at the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute and died in 1980.
Among the descendants of Mirza Kadym Iravani who bore the surname Kadymbayov, there were many bright personalities. Among them, Afshan Khanim, who was born in 1915 in the city of Iravan, stands out. After graduating from the Iravan Pedagogical Technical College in 1929, she continued her education at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute (now Azerbaijan Pedagogical University) in 1931–1935. Afshan khanum, who was fluent in Russian and English in addition to her mother tongue, returned to Baku after two years of postgraduate studies at the Pedagogical Institute in Moscow, was elected the third secretary of the Azerbaijan Youth Union in 1942, and worked in that position for four years.
Later, A.Kadymbayova, who worked as the secretary of the party committee of the Azerbaijan State Medical University named after N. Narimanov, as the deputy head of the department at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, and worked as the rector of the Azerbaijan State Institute of Foreign Languages in 1949–1956. In 1953, Afshan khanum was also elected the deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR.
A.Kadymbayova was repeatedly elected deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan. In 1965, she defended her candidacy thesis “On the development of preschool education in Azerbaijan in 1920–1941”. From 1968 to 1978, she worked as a head of department at the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute and died in 1980.