Baku / 03.10.18 / Turan: Eldar Ismailov"s book" Azerbaijanis in a convoy of Russian emperors" was published in Moscow. The monograph tells about the history, traditions, deployment, principles of selection and personnel of one of the units of His own Imperial Majesty of the convoy - a team of Muslims, formed in 1839 and reformed in 1856 in the 4th platoon (Muslims) of the Life Guard Caucasian Squadron .
For 42 years, until the abolition of the Life Guards of the Caucasian squadron in 1881, Azerbaijanis served in this division of the Russian Guard.
A significant part of the book is the publication of biographical essays of officers, as well as all lower ranks who served in the team and a platoon of Muslims. From the ranks of this unit in the officers of the Russian army were released more than 200 lower ranks. The new historical book contains about 100 unique illustrations found in the archives and museums of Russia and Azerbaijan. Many of them are published for the first time. The book was published in the historical series "The Library of the "Old Zeughgauz." Circulation is 1000 copies.
E.E.Ismailov, who lives in Moscow wrote the book "Persian Princes from the House of Qajars in the Russian Empire", published in Moscow in 2010, and the book "Cavaliers-Azerbaijanis" (2005) .- 0-
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