page_title: Samad bey Mehmandarov
section_title: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
hierarchical_section_title: Samad bey Mehmandarov / Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Кабинет министров Азербайджанской Республики IV-го правительственного состава. Cлева направо: сидят: А. Сафикурдский, Х. Мелик-Асланов , С. Мехмандаров, Н. Усуббеков, М.Ю. Джафаров, А. Гасанов и А.Н. Достакян; стоят: X. Амаспюр, Р.З. Капланов, А. Аминов, М. Дж. Гаджинский, В.В. Кленовский, Н. Нариманбеков.
context_page_description: Samadbey Sadykhbey oglu Mehmandarov was an Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Imperial Russian Army and served as Minister of Defense of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
context_section_description: After the February Revolution in Russia Mehmandarov resigned and left for Baku. With the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918, Samedbey Mehmandarov became the third and last Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan. He held this position until 11th Red Army troops invaded Azerbaijan in 1920. After the fall of the national government and establishment of Soviet rule in Azerbaijan Mehmandarov was arrested, but he was released two months later. He taught in military schools and was an advisor to the Commissariat of Military and Naval Forces of the Azerbaijan SSR until his retirement in 1928.
  Samedbey Mehmandarov died on February 12, 1931 in Baku.
caption: S. Mehmandarov (sitting, 3rd from the left) with the members of the 4th Cabinet of Ministers of ADR. December 1919
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