Materıals on the Hıstory of Azerbaıjan in the Personal Archıve of the Brothers Uzeyır Hajıbeylı and Zulfugar Hajıbeyov

Abstract. The article is devoted to the study of the personal archives of prominent representatives of 20th century Azerbaijani culture Uzeyir Hajibeyli and Zulfugar Hajibeyov, preserved at the Institute of Manuscripts named after Muhammad Fuzuli of ANAS, from the point of view of historiography. Thus, the archival documents reflecting the professional and public activities of the Hajibeyovs are an important source for studying both our national musical history and cultural heritage, as well as the history of socio-political thought in Azerbaijan in the first half of the 20th century. The materials in the personal archival funds of both brothers (biographical documents, materials collected before the writing of historical musical works, initial versions of publicist articles expressing attitudes to the socio-political events of the modern era, personal letters and official correspondence on historically important topics) allow for a comprehensive study of the cultural and social processes of the period to which they belong. The extremely rich nature of the archives of U. Hajibeyli and Z. Hajibeyov in terms of document and information has created a broad factual base for research. The main goal of the research is to once again review the composition of these archives, determine the scientific value of historical documents, and show their importance for our science of source studies and historiography. The principle of initial description, systematization and analysis of materials in the funds was taken as the basis in the research process conducted at the intersection of archival and source studies. The first generalization of the personal archives of the Hajibeyov brothers in a single analytical framework, the systematization of the document-information resource in the funds in a specific thematic aspect can be considered a scientific novelty of the research. The article reveals that the personal archives of the Hajibeyovs can make a significant contribution not only to the study of the national cultural heritage, but also to the study of the history of Azerbaijan, the cultural and social processes taking place in our country, and the social life of the 20th century as a whole.