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In 1905
1905 - A play written by Azerbaijani playwright Jafar Jabbarli in 1931 on the love story of Azerbaijani Bakhshi and Armenian Sona during the Armenian-Azerbaijani war in the Caucasus.

The play was first performed on the stage in 1931 in Baku. The work begins with the performance of the folk song "Yellow Bride" accompanied by a field. The work was translated into Russian by Igor Pechenev.

Origin History
The decisive factor that led Jafar Jabbarli to cover the very sharp and complex political theme of the Armenian-Azerbaijani war in 1905 was the Azerbaijani playwright's meeting with Maxim Gorky and his deep interest in Gorky's book On the Soviet Union.

Jafar Jabbarli admitted that when he wrote the play "In 1905", he did not set himself the task of covering "all the revolutionary events that took place in Baku in 1905." According to him, "this topic is still awaiting an artistic solution." In 1929, Jabbarli visited Georgia and Armenia during the month of the Transcaucasian Cultural Union. After this visit, he wrote the play "In 1905". Jafar Jabbarli wrote about the history of the play in the May 30, 1934 issue of the Adabiyyat newspaper:

''While in Georgia, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, I met different nationalities. They were engaged in peaceful socialist construction. I once met nomads. Along with the herd, only one Azerbaijani woman was walking. He was uncovered. Then I met another woman. She was Armenian and dressed the same as the first woman. At first glance, it was difficult to separate them. The house of these peoples was the same for brushing, agricultural tools, customs, songs and dances. In fact, these two nations are one people. If so, what prompted these nations to engage in bloody conflicts? I thought deeply about this subject, began to study life, and thus began to work on a play about the colonial policy of the Russian autocracy, about the confrontation of the two fraternal peoples to divert the attention of the masses from the revolution. I chose the groundwork for the 1905 genocide and wrote the play "In 1905."''

Date of staging
The play was first performed on the Azerbaijani stage in October 1931 (the 1931-1932 season). The first director of the play was V.V. Lyutse, who was invited by Leningrad and artist P. Ryabchikov designed the play. The performance was held with the participation of the author's founding director. The music for the play was written by composer Afrasiyab Badalbeyli. There were many elements of constructivism and formalism in the artistic design of the play: the main platforms were located in the vertical part of the three-part village house, where certain parts were illuminated. The image of the Bolshevik Eyvaz in the play was created by the honored artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan Abbas Mirza Sharifzade.

Analysis of the work
On October 6, 1931, Khalil Ibrahim wrote in the Communist newspaper about Jafar Jabbarli's new work with an international spirit, such as "In 1905." Despite the objections of the newspaper's staff, the administration found it necessary to add the following words to the end of the article: "Our office shares the author's opinion."

People's playwright Jafar Jabbarli's plays "In 1905" and "Yashar" won the love of Azerbaijani workers, "said the Baku proletariat and Azerbaijani workers. He called it a counterrevolutionary work and demanded that it be removed from the stage.