Andrey VASILYEV
There are two Bakus: Baku by day, ultra-modern and realistic, and Baku by night, when a myriad of lamps and lanterns go on and the streets turn into a series of luminous and magic palaces as if they were carried over from a fairy tale.
By Andrey VASILYEV, (Moscow)
Photos by Sergey KIVRIN (Moscow)
These notes were taken in late March 2021. Together with photo journalist Sergey Kivrin, I travelled at least 1,500 kilometers through southern Karabakh, as well as six Azerbaijani regions which had been occupied by Armenia for 28 years.
Rasim Afandi Corresponding Fellow of ANAS,
Togrul AFANDIYEV PhD in Arts
In this article we will talk about one of the most remarkable parts of the Azerbaijani capital, its sea façade – the Baku Embankment, which has been the iconic symbol of the city for the last two centuries. In 1865, the military governor and director of the civilian part of Baku, Lt-Gen Mikhail Petrovich Kolyubyakin gave the permission to knock down the useless old wall that was separating the city from the sea and also “hampering the fresh air”.
Nargiz Guliyeva
Doctor of History
Wedding feasts in Azerbaijan own very ancient and rich traditions. Wedding is a holiday not only for two families, but for all the inhabitants of the village that take part in it. The research made on wedding ceremonies offers the opportunity to disclose the characteristic features of cultural heritage.
Gasim Hajiyev
Doctor of History
4-7th centuries
The territory of the Caucasian Albania in the 4-7th centuries was enormous. it covered lands from the greater Caucasus in the north to the confluence of the Kura and Aras rivers in the south, from the Caspian Sea in the east to İberia in the west.
Kamil F. IBRAHIMOV
Doctor of History, Professor
Pottery, which originates from the late Stone Age, has ancient roots and is one of the mass industries, has passed a path of development that is thousands of years long and has become one of the mass production spheres turning from one form into another. The city of Baku, which is rich in necessary fuel, water and clay suitable for making items of pottery, is one of the main centers of pottery.
Natavan Faiq
The life of a genius, as a rule, is short and tragic. Maybe this is the reason why they are so generous in their creative work and why they are in such a hurry to pass the treasures of their spirit to their offspring - treasures not always valued in life. Vagif Mustafazadeh was not an exception…
Farid Alakbarli Doctor of History
By Oleg KUZNETSOV,
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor
(Moscow, Russia)
Rafael Huseynov
Doctor of Philology, professor, corresponding member of ANAS
Among all the remarkable days and holidays on the world calendar, there is only one day that can be regarded as everyone’s without except ion. It is a common holiday free of politics and at the same time, the most political of holidays for all people and of all time.
