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Basti Bagirova
Bəsti Məsim qızı Bağırova
Bagirova in 1940
Born	(1906-04-10)10 April 1906 Bağçakürd, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	27 February 1962(1962-02-27) (aged 55) Bağçakürd, Goranboy District, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Azerbaijan State Agricultural University
Known for	Cotton production in Azerbaijan
Political party	CPSU (1937–1962)[1]
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour (twice)

Basti Masim gizi Bagirova (Azerbaijani: Bəsti Məsim qızı Bağırova; 10 April 1906 – 27 February 1962) was an Azerbaijani cotton grower and politician. She is known as one of the first Stakhanovites in the Azerbaijan SSR.^[2]

In 1930, Bagirova started working at the Voroshilov agricultural artel, which would later become a kolkhoz (collective farm). This farm would eventually be named after Bagirova.^{[citation needed]} In 1953, Bagirova was elected as chair of the collective farm. She held this position until her death in 1962.^[2]

Basi Bagirova was a member of the Communist Party since 1937.^[1] She was a member the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from the 1st to the 3rd convocations. She was also member of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR during 4th and 5th convocations, and member of the Presidium during the 5th convocation. She was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. She was a delegate to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the XXIII, XXIV and XXV congresses of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.^[2]

• Twice Hero of Socialist Labour (19 March 1947 and 17 June 1950)
• Three Orders of Lenin (19 March 1947, 10 March 1948, 17 March 1950)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (27 January 1936)
• Medal "For Labour Valour" (7 March 1960)
• Medal of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition

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A bronze bust was erected at Bağçakürd in her honour.^[2] There is also a street named after her in Baku.^[3][4]

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