Tahir Salahov
Born November 29, 1928 in Baku, Azerbaijan;
1950 – Graduated from A. Azimzade State Art College in Baku;
1957 – Graduated from the Faculty of Painting of V.I. Surikov’s Moscow State Academic Art Institute;
1963-1973 – Teaching at M.A. Aliyev’s Azerbaijan State Institute of Art and Culture;
1967 – Awarded the honorary title of the People’s Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR;
1973 – Elected as First Secretary of the Artists Union of USSR From 1975 onwards – Professor at V.I. Surikov’s Moscow State Academic Art Institute;
1984-1992 – Head of a Chair for Painting and Composition at V.I. Surikov’s Moscow State Academic Art Institute From 1979 onwards – Secretary Academician of the Painting Unit of Russian Academy of Arts;
1992 – Vice President of UNESCO’s International Artists Federation;
1996 – Awarded with the honorary title of People’s Artist of Russian Federation;
1997 – Elected Vice President of the Russian Academy of Arts;
1998/2003 – Awarded with Russian orders of second and third degrees “For services to the Motherland”;
2008 – Awarded with Heydar Aliyev’s order;
2009 – Awarded with France’s honorary order “Arts and Literature” for a significant contribution into development of cultural relations between Azerbaijan and France;
2010 – Awarded with Honor and Fame orders of the third degree;
Received highest honors and orders of the Soviet Union, including Hero of Socialist Labor;
Awarded with Azerbaijan’s highest honor of “Freedom”.