Lieutenant-General Huseyn khan Kalbali khan oglu Nakhchivanski was born on June 28, 1863, in Nakhchivan. He was the son of Kalbali khan Nakhchivanski and the grandson of Ehsan khan Kangarli.  His father was a major general of the Russian army. Therefore, he sent his son - fifteen-year-old Huseyn khan - to study at the Paj Corps school in Petersburg. This school was under the personal patronage of the emperor. Huseyn khan graduated from that school in 1881 with honours and served in the tsar's special cavalry.

From March 1885 through May 1886, second lieutenant Khan Nakhchivanski was sent to the 43rd Tver Dragoon Regiment, on August 30, 1887, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.

On November 8, 1890, he was awarded the Order of the Lion and Sun, type 4, for his excellent convoying and reception of the delegation of the Shah of Iran. During his service in the regiment, Huseyn khan was repeatedly assigned to convoy the Shah of Iran when he passed through Russian territory and received the awards of the Iranian state for the impeccable performance of his duties. From July 26, 1893, through August 19, 1894, Lieutenant Khan Nakhchivanski commanded the regiment of the training group. On April 17, 1894, he was promoted to the rank of chief of staff.  
 
From August 13 through October 6, 1896, he temporarily headed the 3rd squadron. From June 13 to December 15, 1897, he became a member of the military court. From June 12 to 9, 1897, he temporarily headed the 3rd squadron, and on April 9, 1898, he was appointed the commander of the 3rd squadron. On May 6, 1898, Huseyn khan was appointed chief of staff. From August 15 to 22, 1898, he temporarily held the position of assistant to the regimental commander. He was a member of the military court from November 1898 through May 1899 and from November 1899 to May 1900. On December 6, 1899, he was awarded the Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class, for 15 years of distinguished service in the Cavalry Division. 

During his stay in Russia from September 25 to November 6, 1900, he worked with Muzaffaraddin Shah Qajar, the adviser of the Persian shah. On April 6, 1903, Khan Nakhchivansky was promoted to the rank of colonel. From April 12, 1903, he served as the assistant regimental commander in the combat unit. From May 7, 1903, to January 1, 1904, he was the assistant to the regimental commander in combat units. From May 29, 1903, to March 3, 1904, he was the chairman of the military court. From January to February 1904, he served as the assistant of the regimental commander for economic affairs. 
  
During the Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905), he commanded the 2nd Dagestan Cavalry regiment of Caucasians. The famous Russian journalist A. Kvitka's "Diary of the Transbaikal Cossack officer" also mentions the valour of Nakhchivanski's regiment in the war. In 1906, he became the regimental commander of the Guards, and in 1907 he was awarded the rank of major general.
     
In 1912, Nakhchivanski was appointed the commander of the first detached cavalry brigade. Khan Nakhchivanski distinguished himself in breaking through the German front when he was the commander of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions in World War I. Russian writer A. Solzhenitsyn wrote in his novel "August 14": "General Huseyn khan Nakhchivanski was commander of the cavalry guards consisting of representatives of the St. Petersburg’s nobility." In 1916, Nakhchivanski was conferred the rank of General of the Cavalry for his victories on the fronts of the First World War and his leadership qualities. Later, he was appointed the commander of the South Caucasian Front, after the February Revolution (1917) he left the military service. 
  
He was decorated with orders of four classes of the Order of Saint George, Saint Vladimir, Saint Alexander, 2nd class, Saint Anna, "For Bravery", 2nd and 4th class Shiro-Khorshid medal of Iran, the Star of Romania, conferred to officers, the Iron Cross for Merit of Austria, Order of Military Merit of Bulgaria, the 4th class, and an inscribed golden weapon. He was the first and only Muslim to be conferred the rank of Adjutant General in the Russian army. Huseyn khan Nakhchivanski, a descendant of a noble family, was an irreplaceable commander. He was devoted to the Russian people and its ruler Nicholai II. After the collapse of the imperial power, Huseyn khan Nakhchivanski resolutely refused to submit to the provisional government. Even though Nicholas II himself advised Huseyn khan Nakhchivanski to submit to the provisional government, he did not change his convictions and declared that he was ready to die for the monarchical power and its ruler. That is why Huseyn khan Nakhchivanski was arrested by the Bolsheviks in January 1919 and after being severely tortured, he was executed. The book "Adjutant General of His Majesty" authored by well-known Russian scholar, writer and historian Professor Rudolf Ivanov about Huseyn khan Nakhchivanski was published in Moscow in 2006.    

Recommended literature:

1. Nəzirli, Şəmistan Əmiraslan oğlu. Güllələnmiş Azərbaycan generalları : hekayələr, portretlər, oçerklər, məqalələr / Ş. Ə. Nəzirli ; red. M. S. Süleymanov. - Bakı : Kooperasiya nəşriyyatı, 2006. - 624 s.
2. İvanov, Rudolf Nikolayeviç. Əlahəzrətin general-adyutantı : Hüseyn xan Naxçıvanski haqqında hekayət / R. N. İvanov ; rus dilindən tərc. Q. Qurbanlı ; ön sözün müəl. İ. Ə. Həbibbəyli ; Heydər Əliyev Fondu. - Əlavələr olunmuş, təkmilləşmiş II nəşri. - Naxçıvan : Əcəmi NPB, 2008. - 367 s.
3. Nəzirli, Şəmistan Əmiraslan oğlu. Güllələnmiş Azərbaycan generalları : portretlər, oçerklər, məqalələr, hekayələr / Ş. Ə. Nəzirli ; red. M. S. Süleymanov. - Bakı : Qələm, 2016. - 704 s.
4. Назирли, Шамистан Амраслан оглы. Трагические судьбы Азербайджанских генералов / Ш. А. Назирли ; пер. Мираббаса ; ред.: И. Гусейнов, Ш. Рустамов. - Баку : ОКА Офсет, 2012. - 216 с.
5. Назирли, Шамистан Амраслан оглы. Расстрелянные генералы Азербайджана / Ш. А. Назирли ; пер.: Р. Бабаева, М. Мамедова, Э. Шарифова-Сейшельского ; авт. предисл. Ч. Мамедов ; ред. Ш. Рустамов. - Баку : Bizim kitab, 2015. - 576 с.