expelled from the party. In 1938, he was arrested for "participation in terrorist activities" and sentenced to execution by firing squad by Military Tribunal. He was executed on April 21, 1938 at Butovo firing range. In 1959, he was posthumously rehabilitated by Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR. References 1897 births 1938 deaths Politicians from Baku People from Baku Governorate Azerbaijani atheists Azerbaijani revolutionaries Bolsheviks Deaths by firearm in Azerbaijan Executed politicians Executed Soviet people from Azerbaijan Executed Azerbaijani people Azerbaijani people executed by the Soviet Union People of the Russian Civil War People of the Russian Revolution Azerbaijani educators Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union candidate members First secretaries of the Azerbaijan Communist Party 20th-century Azerbaijani educators Members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union executed by the Soviet Union