Chingiz Abdullayev's work highlighted in Baku

The video provides insight into life and work of Chingiz Abdullayev, an author of more than 86 works.

Copies of his books exceed 20 million copies, mostly detective novels and short stories in the Russian language.

His detective stories Blue Angels, The Law of Scoundrels, Better to Be Holy, The Shadow of Herod, and Three Colors of Blood have been included into the Golden Fund of World Detective Literature. 

In May, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Secretary of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union Chingiz Abdullayev with the Order of Friendship.

The writer received this honorable order for his service in strengthening friendship and cooperation between the two countries.