Nigar Shikhlinskaya
Nurse, Deceased Person
– 1931
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Who was Nigar Shikhlinskaya?
Nigar Huseyn Afandi gizi Shikhlinskaya, née Gayibova was the first Azerbaijani nurse. She was fluent in several languages, including Russian and French and served on the Western Front of World War I, where she opened the Red Cross hospital.
On August 1, 1914 her appeal to women was published in the Russkiy Invalid newspaper. Shikhlinskaya co-ran the Red Cross community, established by officer's wives, until 1918.
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