Absheron (novel)

	Absheron (novel) Absheron or Apsheron may refer to: * ''Absheron'' (novel) by Mehdi Huseyn * Absheron District, a rayon of Azerbaijan * Absheron Economic Region * Absheron FK, a football club based in Baku, active from 2010 to 2011 * Absheron gas field * Absheron Hotel * Absheron National Park * Absheron Peninsula The Absheron Peninsula ( az, Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the biggest and the most populous city of the country, and also the Baku metropolitan area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrd ... , Azerbaijan {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Absheron (novel) Absheron or Apsheron may refer to: * ''Absheron'' (novel) by Mehdi Huseyn * Absheron District, a rayon of Azerbaijan * Absheron Economic Region * Absheron FK, a football club based in Baku, active from 2010 to 2011 * Absheron gas field * Absheron Hotel * Absheron National Park * Absheron Peninsula The Absheron Peninsula ( az, Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the biggest and the most populous city of the country, and also the Baku metropolitan area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrd ... , Azerbaijan {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mehdi Huseyn Mehdi Ali oglu Huseynov – famed under the pseudonym Mehdi Huseyn ( az, Mehdi Hüseyn; 17 April 1909 – 10 March 1965) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet writer and critic, laureate of the State Stalin Prize of the third degree (1950) and member of the All-Union Communist Party since 1941. Education Huseyn was born on April 4, 1909 in İkinci Şıxlı village of Azerbaijan, into a family of a People's teacher. At seven years old he attended a village school, that taught in Russian. In 1920, he entered a pedagogical technical school and the following year went to Komsomol. In 1930, he graduated in history from Azerbaijan University, and in 1936 studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Career Huseyn wrote his first "Shearing of sheep" narrative in the last year at the secondary school, and it was published in 1926, in Sharg Gadini magazine ("Woman of the East"). His earlier stories describe an Azerbaijani village of post-revolutionary years and a struggle agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Absheron District Absheron District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Absheron-Khizi Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khizi, Gobustan, Baku, Hajigabul, Salyan, and the city of Sumgait. Its capital and largest city is Khyrdalan. As of 2020, the district had a population of 214,100. Although the district shares the same name as the Absheron Peninsula, the area covered by the district is not conterminous, being further west and mostly inland. History Absheron District was founded in 1963 by the Soviet government to assure enough labour force, highly educated professional staff and necessary provisions are given to enterprises and firms, kolkhozes and collective farms, poultry and agrarian industries, construction centres, scientific-research institutes and laboratories present on the territories of Baku and Sumgait. There are many historical monuments on the territory of Absheron. For example, in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Absheron Economic Region The Absheron Economic Region is located in the eastern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan and comprises Baku and Sumgait cities and the Absheron and Khizi districts. The eastern part of the economic region is located on the shores of the Caspian Sea, which has positive effects on the economy of the region. It borders Shaki-Zaqatala economic region to the north, Mountainous Shirvan to the west and Aran to the south. Absheron Economic Region covers an area of 3,290 square kilometers, constituting approximately 3.9% of the territory of Azerbaijan (excluding the city of Baku), and there are approximately 568,000 people as of the beginning of January 2018 (also excluding Baku). The population density was 103 people per square km of land area. Industry Due to the oil and gas reserves of the region, Absheron Economic Region is mainly specialized in fossil fuel production and relevant areas such as petrochemistry and chemistry. As a significant part of the oil and gas industry is co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Absheron FK Abşeron FK is an Azerbaijani football club. The club plays in the AFFA Amateur League. History Founded in 2010, the club immediately gained admittance to the Azerbaijan First Division in 2010. In April 2011 the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after clinching First division's champion title. Absheron had an unbeaten run in the first division and broke new records for a club with most points in the first division and most victories in a season. On 1 July 2011, Absheron FC announced that due to sponsorship problems the club would cease to exist, with their place in the Premier League being taken by Sumgayit City F.C. Sumgayit FK ( az, "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League. History The club was founded in 2010 as Sumgayit FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to ... Absheron FC resumed its activities on November 29, 2017. Honours * AFFA Amateur Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Absheron Gas Field The Absheron gas field ( az, Abşeron yatağı) is an offshore natural gas field in the Caspian Sea. The field is located southeast of Baku and northeast of the Shah Deniz gas field. It covers approximately . Partners of the Absheron field are Total S.A. (40%), SOCAR (40%), and GDF Suez (20%). Operator of the field is Total. History The Absheron block was discovered as a result of seismic exploration by Azerbaijani scientists in 1960 and was commissioned for exploration works in 1993. The first production sharing agreement on the Absheron field was signed between SOCAR and ChevronTexaco on August 1, 1997. According to the agreement, contractors conducted three seismic studies of of the block and drilled an exploration well in its southern section at a depth of . In 2001, gas condensate beds were found on the depth of ; however, these reserves were estimated as commercially unprofitable and Chevron quit the project in December 2005. The new contract between Total and SOCAR w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Absheron Hotel The JW Marriott Absheron Baku is a high-rise hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan, opened in 2012. It is located on Azadliq Square next to Pushkin's Park and the Crescent Hotel on the edge of the Caspian Sea. The hotel is named for the previous Absheron Hotel which formerly stood on this site. It was established by the Soviet Intourist monopoly in 1985 and had 343 rooms on 16 floors. It was entirely demolished in 2009. The current JW Marriott JW Marriott is a luxury hotel brand owned by Marriott International. History The JW Marriott brand was established in 1984, with the opening of the first hotel in Washington, D.C. It was named as a tribute to J.W. Marriott, the founder of Marri ...-managed hotel of 237 rooms on 21 floors was built on the site and opened on July 3, 2012. It was described by author Ken Haley as an "imposing" hotel, with some rooms that have a "magnificent view of the city square and the sun-spangled expanse of the world's largest lake". References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Absheron National Park Absheron National Park ( az, Abşeron Milli Parkı) is a national park of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests' ecoregion. It was established on the 8th of February 2005, on an area of in the administrative territory of the District of Azizbeyov in the City of Baku, on the base of Absheron State Nature Preserve. Fauna and flora The Absheron State Nature Preserve was created in July 1969 in order to protect gazelles, Caspian seals and water birds that inhabit the territory. The climate of the area is semi-arid, specific to semi-desert and dry steppe. Types and phytomass of flora is poor here, plants are changed respective of water and saltiness regime of area. Sea coastal sand plants (42,6%), meadows with jigilgamish and paz grass (13,2 %), one-year saline grasses (5,2 %) etc. are spread. Ephemeras also develop well in early spring. List of fauna * In dry area gazelle, jackal, fox, rabbit, badger, in Caspian waters seal and various fishes, birds such as silver g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]