At present, there are more than a dozen statues of the late Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev in cities around the world. The latest one was unveiled in Mexico city on August 23.
Heydar Aliyev: Immortalized In Stone Around The World
![A statue of Heydar Aliyev was unveiled in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2004. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/12e92960-72db-4533-b1c2-8b86322a9ab5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A statue of Heydar Aliyev was unveiled in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2004.
![There's also a Heydar Aliyev statue in Istanbul, Turkey.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ad2845f0-6374-4829-8d8d-13cff995da5b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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There's also a Heydar Aliyev statue in Istanbul, Turkey.
![Heydar Aliyev's son and current Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, on September 27, 2010. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/b23e20fd-4f46-479f-9c0f-5d80cb05daff_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Heydar Aliyev's son and current Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, on September 27, 2010.
![A Heydar Aliyev statue in Bucharest, Romania. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/2e3107b5-a4c4-4203-bd81-fcb1ae434098_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Heydar Aliyev statue in Bucharest, Romania.
![A monument to Aliyev has also been erected in Astrakhan, Russia. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/45add2d6-5c43-48d8-b02d-59e120f1f655_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A monument to Aliyev has also been erected in Astrakhan, Russia.
![Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (left) and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili (right) in front of the Heydar Aliyev statue in Tbilisi. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/f9d2c463-7eff-45d9-b26b-9ce4f8eeaf31_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (left) and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili (right) in front of the Heydar Aliyev statue in Tbilisi.
![This statue of Heydar Aliyev was unveiled in Belgrade, Serbia, in June 2011. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/cbfaac1f-8664-407f-a8e1-e85756510fa9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This statue of Heydar Aliyev was unveiled in Belgrade, Serbia, in June 2011.
![Heydar Aliyev's latest statue was unveiled in Mexico City on August 23, 2012. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/39df600b-dfc8-4b4e-a6a0-698d4adee041_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Heydar Aliyev's latest statue was unveiled in Mexico City on August 23, 2012.