Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Azeri nurse
Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1871
Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia
Date of Death: 15-Aug-1931
Profession: nurse
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Nigar Shikhlinskaya
- Nigar Huseyn Afandi gizi Shikhlinskaya, née Gayibova (Azerbaijani: Nigar Hüseyn ?f?ndi qizi Sixlinskaya; October 10, 1871 or March 21, 1878 in Tbilisi – August 15, 1931 in Baku) was the first Azerbaijani nurse.
- She was fluent in several languages, including Russian and French and served on the Western Front of World War I, where she opened the Red Cross hospital.On August 1, 1914 her appeal to women was published in the Russkiy Invalid newspaper.
- Shikhlinskaya co-ran the Red Cross community, established by officers' wives, until 1918.
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