for the division: “Not a step further!” (to Surkov’s lyrics), “Tender hand”(to Dorizo’s lyrics), “About a Russian girl”, “Fighter’s song”. In 1943, the ensemble was divided into two groups. One of them, called Red Naval, was managed by Tofig Guliyev. The ensemble often performed at the front, at the Caucasian front, in Crimea, went to concerts for parts of the Army in Iran. After the end of the war, Tofig Guliyev began his composer activity at Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre named after Samad Vurgun, Azerbaijan State Theatre for Young Spectators named after Maxim Gorky. During some years with theatres, he wrote songs for spectacles “The twelfth night” of W. Shakespeare, “A young guard” of Fadeyev, “Aydin” of Jafar Jabbarly, “On the distant shores” of H.Seyidbeyli and I.Gasimov, “Brothers” of Rasul Rza, “Strange man” of N. Hikmat, “Shirvan’s beauty” of A. Mamedkhanly. 1940-1950s In the 1940s, Tofig Guliyev began to work also in cinema, actively continuing it in subsequent decades. During that time he wrote a lot of songs dedicated to the Motherland – “A song about the Motherland”, “Azerbaijan”, “Ala Dag”. Tofig Guliyev began creative collaboration with the eminent singer Rashid Behbudov, one of the best performers of the composer’s songs. Creative duet had concert tours in cities of the Soviet Union, which were followed by great success. A collection “National dances of Azerbaijan”(1951), “15 National dances of Azerbaijan” (1955) and two-volume edition “Azerbaijani songs” (1956–1958) released under the great singer Bulbul’s edition, was the result of his expeditions in the regions of Azerbaijan. In subsequent years the composer continued his recording and processing work of folklore materials. In the 1950s-1960s, he handled Arabian, Indian, Bulgarian and Chinese songs. Tofig Guliyev’s work on recording and publication of mughams had a great importance for national musical culture. In spite of the great creative and rendering achievements, Tofig Guliyev preferred to continue his education and in 1948, renewed his education at the Moscow Conservatory in conductor class of professor A.Ginsburg and in composition class of professor K.Golubyev. Graduating from the conservatory in 1951, Tofig Guliyev entered graduate course of the Moscow Conservatory, where he ended his education under the guidance of the great conductor Alexander Gauk. In 1954, returning to Baku, he began to teach at the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov. There he led student orchestra, opera and orchestra classes, taught instrumentation. In 1958, the composer began