Biography of Oqtay Şıxəliyev

Oqtay Şıxəliyev (* 3. September 1931 in Baku; † 31. January 2012 in Baku) was an azerbaijani painter. He was 80 years old. He studied at Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design. His awards include Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" and Honored painter of Azerbaijan SSR.