In the recent history of Azerbaijan, the Karabakh war left a big mark - it claimed thousands of lives and turned as many people on the run. People still cannot recover from the pain associated with the loss of their near and dear lands. One of such families is the Mustafayevs, where Chingiz Mustafayev was born, a television journalist who, until the last minute of his life, covered the course of the war.
Biography
On August 29, 1960, a son, Chingiz Mustafayev, was born into the family of Fuad and Nakhyshgiz Mustafayev. The biography of his life is short, but bright. At this time, the family lived in the Astrakhan region and in 1964 moved to Baku. Before the start of his career, a TV journalist studied at the military school named after Jumshud Nakhchivansky, and then completed his studies at school No. 167 of the Yasamal district. He graduated from the Azerbaijan Medical University. He worked as a doctor in the Devechi district, and later as head doctor of the sanatorium at the Institute of Construction Engineers.
In addition to work, Chingiz Mustafayev was interested in art - he created the Disco music center, was a member of the Ozan folk group and the Impromptu youth studio.
But the reporter’s activity turned out to be more important for him than the profession of a doctor and hobbies - the future reporter made several important stories of Bloody January in 1990. In 1991 he opened the studio "215 KL", an important mission of which was to transmit the latest front-line news. The TV journalist quickly fell in love with the Azerbaijani public thanks to the programs “215 CL represents”, “Face to face”, “Nobody will be forgotten”. The reporter’s talent also allowed him to meet with people known in the Soviet Union: M. Gorbachev, A. Mutalibov, B. Yeltsin, N. Nazarbayev. This is not a complete list of people with whom Chingiz Mustafayev spoke.
The beginning of the Karabakh war was the starting point in the career of Chingiz Mustafayev as a television journalist - he traveled to the war zone, talked with soldiers and interviewed, shot a shoot-out between the warring parties. Videotapes have been preserved in the archives, on which he encourages Azerbaijani soldiers and calls for returning to Shusha occupied by the Armenians.
On the night of February 25-26, 1992, the most bloody and cruel event of the Karabakh war took place - the Khojaly genocide. On February 28, Chingiz Mustafayev and a group of journalists in two helicopters were able to fly to the scene of the tragic events, but due to shelling of the helicopter by the Armenian side, they could not take anyone apart from 4 bodies. On March 2, a group of foreign journalists flew to the scene of the tragedy. With them was Chingiz Mustafayev, who also filmed the consequences of the tragedy - the bodies of women, children, the elderly, who were shot point blank and with goggled eyes. Perhaps the shooting of the Khojaly massacre - the massacre of Azerbaijanis by the Armenian armed forces, is the most important contribution of Chingiz Mustafayev to the chronology of the history of his native country. According to an investigation by the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 613 people died on the night of February 25-26. The fate of 150 people is still unknown.
Tragic demise
On June 15, 1992, fierce battles were fought in the village of Nakhichevanik. Chingiz Mustafayev filmed the advance of Azerbaijani troops when he was mortally wounded by a fragment of a mine. An unchecked camera continued to shoot …
The famous television journalist was posthumously given the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan and buried on the Walk of Fame in Baku.
Was the fate of Genghis predetermined?
Perhaps the fate of the military television journalist was already predetermined. Why? He was born into a military family, his maternal grandfather returned from war as an invalid, and uncle, unfortunately, did not return. It is worth mentioning separately about the paternal uncle, Chingiz Mustafayev, in whose honor the journalist was named. During the repressions of the 30s of the last century, he was among 17 detainees. 16 of them pleaded guilty, but Chingiz Mustafayev (senior) did not. Tortured, he returned to Goychay and soon died. He was only 20 years old.
Living memory
They say that the memory of a person is alive as long as the people who remember him are alive. Of course, his family knew best of all the deceased. Mother Nakhyshgiz Mustafaeva still cannot believe in the loss of her son and everyone expects him to knock on the door. Of course, these are thoughts that are no longer destined to come true … She notes that her sons and grandchildren can support her as much as possible. Wahid and Seyfulla Mustafaevs are co-founders of one of the large ANS group of companies, which bears the name of Chingiz Mustafayev. The AND group of companies includes ANS radio, a film studio, a press center, a publishing house, and an advertising company. ANS successfully collaborates with well-known European media and film companies.
The son of Chingiz Mustafayev - Fuad, is studying in Germany at the Faculty of Economics. When a young man arrives in Baku, he, like his father, along with military journalists shoots the events of the current, not yet abated conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Fuad only knows his father according to his relatives - he was only 9 months old when Chingiz Mustafayev died. The photo below shows how father and son look alike.
