Shamama Mahmudali gizi Hasanova (Arayatlı, 7 November 1923 – Baku, 5 September 2008; ) was an Azerbaijani cotton grower and politician, twice Hero of Socialist Labor. She was chairman of the "1 May" collective farm in the Fuzuli District of the Azerbaijan SSR.
Early life She was born on November 7, 1923, into a shepherd's family in the village of Arayatlı, Karyaginsky Uyezd, Azerbaijan SSR (now Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan).
Work Since 1942, Hasanova worked gathering cotton at the "1 May" collective farm of Karyaginsky District, where she led a Komsomol team. In 1947, she was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labour title for high crop yields, becoming the first cotton grower in the Soviet Union to receive this distinction. She was awarded the title again in 1950.
In 1953 she became the chair of the 1st of May collective farm.
In 1966 she graduated from the Azerbaijan State Agricultural University.
Politics Hasanova was a delegate to the 20th and 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. She also served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from the 4th to the 11th convocations. She served as vice-chair of the Soviet of the Union between 1960 and 1974. She was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan since 1955.
Awards Medal of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition Hero of Socialist Labour (2 awards: 1947 and 1950) Order of Lenin (4 awards; 1947, 1948, 1949, 1976) Medal "For Labour Valour" (1970) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (2 awards: 1966, 1986) Order of the October Revolution (2 awards: 1971, 1973)
See also List of twice Heroes of Socialist Labour Basti Bagirova
References
External links Shamama Hasanova entry at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979)