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Abbasgulu bey Khanbaba oglu Shadlinsky, was born on February 24, 1886 in the village of Upper Vedi of Yerevan province. Having great prestige among the people and heading a volunteer detachment of 200 people in early 1918, Shadlinsky had special services in preventing genocides committed by Dashnak-Armenian armed formations against Azerbaijanis in Nakhichevan, Iravan, Darelayaz, Zangezur and other areas. After the proclamation of Soviet power in Nakhichevan on July 28, 1920, accepting the proposal of the Military Revolutionary Committee and Nariman Narimanov, Shadlinsky united his military units with the Red Guards. Shadlinsky’s detachment defeated the executioner Dron’s Dashnak forces in the battles towards Zangezur, ending the Anglo-Dashnak occupation. A. Shadlinsky remained in Nakhijevan until the end of 1922 and was in charge of guarding its borders.
It should be noted that based on the novel “The Snowy Pass” by Farman Karimzada and its plot about the life and activities of Shadlinsky is told in the feature film “The Last Pass” directed by Kamil Rustambekov filmed at the “Azerbaijanfilm” film studio.
Source: Encyclopedia of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan: Volume II.
