President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva have attended a ceremony to unveil the statue of national hero Koroglu in Baku.
The Azerbaijan State Symphonic Orchestra conducted by People's Artist Rauf Abdullayev played the overture to the “Koroglu” opera by brilliant composer Uzeyir Hajibayli.
The head of state unveiled the statue. The President of Azerbaijan laid a wreath at the statue.
The author of the statue - People's Artist of Azerbaijan, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts, the laureate of State Prizes of the USSR and the Republic of Azerbaijan, Professor Tokay Mammadov.
President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva were informed in detail about the Koroglu statue and the park in which it has been erected.
It was noted that the height of the statue together with the pedestal is 23 meters. The pedestal is made of granite pieces weighing 20-35 tons each. In general, 480 tons of granite were used in the construction of the pedestal. Fully cast in bronze, the statue was made in Ukraine.