ZAKIEV Roman

December 14, 1936 – September 22, 2008

Place of Birth: Baku, Azerbaijan

Education/Major:

1955-1959 S. M. Kirov Azerbaijani State University; journalist

1959-1961 USSR Center organizing public lectures in journalism; photo reporter

Career:

1990 – September 22, 2008 head of illustration department of “Respublika Armenia” newspaper

1980-1990 head of illustration department of “Communist” newspaper (Azerbaijan)

1969-1980 photo correspondent of “Communist” Republican newspaper (Azerbaijan)

1965-1969 photo correspondent of “Communist” newspaper (in Azerbaijani language)

1960-1965 photo correspondent of “Zheleznodorozhnik Azerbaijana “ newspaper

1955-1960 free-lance photo correspondent

Membership in Journalistic Associations and Their Governing Bodies:

1960-1992 USSR Journalists Union

1994-2008 Journalists Union of Armenia

1970-1980 board member and chairman of photo department of Journalists Union of Azerbaijani SSR

Membership in Parties and Their Governing Bodies:

1968-1988 member of CPSU

Prizes/Awards:

1986 medal “Veteran of Labor”

1970 diploma of USSR Journalists Union

1997 “Marshal Baghramian” medal

Publications: “Novosti” printing agency, State Television of Azerbaijan, “Ogonek” magazine (Russia), “Trud” (Russia), “Nedelya” (Russia), “Medicinskiy Rabotnik” (Russia), “Pravda Armenii”

1972 “Mountainous Karabagh” photo book, “Mountainous Karabagh” series of photo cards (booklet) “Mountainous Karabagh”

Hobbies: photo art

Languages: Armenian, Russian, Azerbaijani

Marital status: married, two children