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Ministry of Culture commissioned to prepare proposals on monument of Farman Salmanov

31 July 2019 16:41 (UTC +04:00)

Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan will prepare proposals regarding the erection of monument of Farman Salmanov in Shamkir city, APA reports.

Prime Minister Novruz Mammadov signed the relevant order regarding this.

According to the order, Ministry of Culture, in compliance with the Ministry of Finance and other relevant state organization (public legal entities) must present proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers regarding the erection of monument of Farman Salmanov in the city of Shamkir.

Remind that according to the decree of President Ilham Aliyev "On perpetuation of Farman Salmanov's memory" dated on July 9, 2019, the statue of Farman Salmanov has to be erected in Shamkir city.

Farman Salmanov is a famous Azerbaijani geologist invented giant oil and gas fields in Tyumen region of Western Siberia, an outstanding scientist, doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the hero of Socialist Labor.