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Boris Vannikov — People's Commissar of arms (1939–1941) and ammunition of the USSR (1942–1946), Minister of Agricultural Engineering of the USSR (1946), thrice Hero of Socialist Labor [38] Enver Alihanov — Minister of Oil Industry of Azerbaijan SSR (1958–1959), Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1961–1970) [ 39 ]
People from Baku by occupation (13 C) A. Armenians in Baku (4 P) B. Burials in Baku (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "People from Baku" The following 45 pages are in this ...
During one of their trips to France, they came across a beautiful French Gothic building. [2] Lisa, astonished by its architecture said: "How happy the tenants of this building must be." Mukhtarov did not reply but on his return to Baku, he ordered his people off to France to purchase blue prints of the building and bring them back to Baku.
As late as the turn of the 20th century, the Tat constituted about 11% of the population of the entire eastern half of Azerbaijan (see Baku Governorate, the section on Demography). They formed nearly one-fifth (18.9%) of the population of the Baku province and over one-quarter (25.3%) of the Kuba Province—both on the Caspian Sea. Either ...
Banine dedicated her later life to introducing the history and culture of Azerbaijan to France and Europe. Her most famous writings are Days in the Causasus and Parisian Days. Banine, who was the friend of the German writer Ernst Jünger and Russian Ivan Bunin, tells about her conversion to Catholicism in her books. [3]
[1] Bolsheviks captured Baku in April 1920 and soon afterwards, Azerbaijan lost its independence and became part of the Soviet Union. Jeyhun knew his life would be in jeopardy if returned to Azerbaijian, so he spent the rest of his life in France. Jeyhun brought his Motherland that he always longed for and carried in his dreams, with him to France.
Gayyur Yunus was born on March 26, 1948, in the village of Amirjan in Baku. After graduating from middle school, During the years 1967-1971 he studied at the Baku Art school named Azim Azimzade and at the Faculty of Painting at the Tbilisi Art Academy in 1971–1977. He's been attending exhibitions since 1972.
Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. [10] Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships.