Huseyn Musayev, an active fighter who fought in the local resistance movement against the Armenian Dashnaks in 1918
Huseyn Mammad oglu Musayev was born in 1879 in Shamakhi. He was a living witness of the genocide committed by the Armenian Dashnaks in Guba area in 1917-1918. He was one of the heroic fighters against Hamazasp’s bandits in “Bloody Valley”.
Huseyn Musayev, who lived and worked in Gusar district of Guba area in 1911-1921, built two-class schools in Ukur and Hazra villages of the district and worked as a teacher in that school together with famous intellectuals such as Alimammad Mustafayev and Javad Akhundzadeh. Also he headed the Public Education Department of the Guba Accident in 1921-1924, played an important role in organizing a network of schools and courses to eradicate illiteracy here. Huseyn Musayev, who was received by V.I. Lenin as one of the representatives of the Guba area in 1921, gave detailed information to the Bolshevik leader about the genocides committed by the Armenian Dashnaks in Guba in 1918. Gasim Ismayilov and his comrades were impressed by Huseyn Musayev’s courage. (Source: Muzaffar Malikmammadov’s book “Bloody Valley”. P. 242)
