Tahir Salahov

Tahir Salahov (Russian: Таир Теймур Салахов; born 29 November 1928, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR – died 21 May 2021) was a Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian painter and draughtsman. He was First Secretary of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1973–1992), Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of over 20 academies and other creative organizations throughout the world, including academies of art of France, Spain, Germany and Austria.