On history of development of optimal control theory in Azerbaijan

In this review paper we adduce the main scientific results in the field of mathematical theory of optimal control obtained by Azerbaijan scientists for the last 50 years. The material is grouped around the following themes: Pontryagin's maximum principle, singular control, existence of optimal controls; discrete systems; identification; computational optimization algorithms; parametrization method for constructing optimal regulator; intellectual control; determinate and stochastic optimal control problems; optimization of discrete and differential inclusions.