The article covers the questions connected with life and activity of a certain circle of known people, many of which were born in Turkmenistan, at will of destiny at children's age were brought up out of the primary native land. The Mamed-khan Tekinsky (1880?–1938) was one of those which description of destiny became the primary goal for the author of given article. Basiing on the historical and biographical method, the main milestones in the life and work of celebrities of the first decades of the twentieth century, who bore surnames uncharacteristic for the Turkmen, were identified, in particular, Mamed Khan Tekinsky. During the study it was revealed that information about him can be found in the state archive of the Odessa region of Ukraine, many materials can be found in the works of Azerbaijani scientists, at the same time, his fate after April 1920 is unknown. The conclusions emphasize the need to continue the study of the biography of Mamed Khan Tekinsky, namely his Turkmen period, in order to fully present the biography and biography of Mamed Khan Tekinsky – a lawyer, statesman, an outstanding diplomat of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic – the first state of the Turkic peoples of the European type.