# Institute of History of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

The Institute of History and Ethnology named after Abbasgulu Bakikhanov of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences is a scientific research institute affiliated with ANAS.

## History

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences of History and Ethnology Institute was established in 1935 as an independent History, Archeology and Ethnography Institute which was subject to Azerbaijani Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The institute has been operating since 1936. Within the structure of USSR Academy of Sciences’ Azerbaijani branch the institute started function as a separate scientific research institution since 1940. When the Azerbaijan SSR Academy of Sciences was organized in 1945 the History Institute was incorporated into its structure as an independent scientific institution. Later, in 1951, the Institute of History was transformed into the Institute of History and Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR and in 1956, after the creation of the Philosophy Sector affiliated with EA of Azerbaijan, it again began to function as an independent institute. In 1974, the Archeology and Ethnography Sector was established which initially operated as dependent bodies on History Institute, but since 1993, it has become a body.

## Heads of the institute

The Institute of History and Ethnology named after Abbasgulu Bakikhanov of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has been headed by the following scientists:
* Meshchaninov Ivan Ivanovich (1936 - 1937)
* Ziffeld-Simumyagi Arthur Rudolfovich (08.05.1937 - 01.06.1937)
* Ahmadov Ahmad Ali oglu (01.06.1937 - 11.07.1937)
* Hasanov Idris Meshedi Zaman oglu (19.07.1937 - 17.02.1938)
* Kozin Yakov Dmitriyevich (09.01.1940 – 28.10.1940)
* Klimov Aleksey Alekseyevich (17.02.1938 - 01.01.1939 (1)/ 29.10.1940 - 10.04.1941 (2))
* Huseynov Ismayil Abbas oglu (10.04.1941 - 25.02.1944)
* Alizadeh Abdulkarim Ali oglu (25.02.1944 - 16.06.1950)
* Sharifli Mammadali Khalil oglu (16.06.1950 – 16.02.1951)
* Quliyev Aliovset Najafqulu oglu (05.04.1953 - 16.01.1958 (1) / 06.06.1967 – 06.11.1969 (2))
* Ibrahimov Zulfali Imamali oglu (12.11.1960 - 06.06.1967)
* Sumbatzadeh Alisohbet Sumbat oglu (16.04.1970 - 24.03.1972)
* Quliyev Jamil Bahadur oglu (27.03.1972 - 17.01.1978)
* Aliyev Igrar Hebib oglu (17.01.1978 - 11.06.2004)
* Mahmudov Yagub Mikayil oglu (13.09.2004 - 22.01.2021)
* Shukurov Karim Karam oglu (28.01.2021 - onwards)

## Objectives

The History Institute affiliated with ANAS (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences) aims to analyze the history of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The institute has 4 directions; to conduct general scientific researches on history of Azerbaijan, historiography and source study on Azerbaijan history, political history of Azerbaijan, and the social and economic history of Azerbaijan.

## Structure

The structure of the Institute of History named after A.A. Bakikhanov of ANAS includes management, scientific research departments and other departments.

### Manegement

* Director
* Deputy director for scientific affairs
* Scientific Secretary
* Deputy director for general affairs

### Scientific research departments

* "Aliyev studies" department
* "Theory of history, source studies and historiography" department
* "Source studies and historiography" department
* "Ancient history" department
* "History of Atropatena and Albania (Caucasus)" department
* "History of 7th-14th centuries of Azerbaijan" department
* "History of XV-XVIII centuries of Azerbaijan" department
* "History of Northern Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 19th-20th centuries" department
* "History of the Azerbaijan People's Republic" department
* "Soviet period history of Azerbaijan" department
* "History of the Republic of Azerbaijan" department
* "History of Western Azerbaijan" department
* "History of international relations of Azerbaijan" department
* "World history" department
* "Ethnography of Turkish peoples" department
* "Historical ethnography" department
* "Modern period ethnography" department

### Other departments

* Human Resources department
* Department of education
* Department of international relations
* Public relations department
* Department of work with documents
* Supply and service department
* Department of scientific information and publishing works

## Collaborating organizations

* Chakha Akhriev Research Institute of the Humanities of the Republic of Ingushetia
* T.M.Kerashev Institute of Humanitarian Studies of the Republic of Adygea
* Maikop State Technological University of the Republic of Adygea
* Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Dagestan Scientific Center
* Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization of the RF the “Institute of History, Economics and Law”
* Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera)
* Sh. Mardzhani Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan