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Gasimov Brothers
Gasimov brothers were the co-owners of the "Gasimov Brothers and Co" construction company, which carried out the construction of most of the buildings in Baku in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. The brothers built such monumental buildings as Ismailia, the Palace of Happiness, Saadat Palace, the New Europe Hotel, and the Mitrofanov Residence, Mitrofanov Palace. According to Fuad Akhundov, Gasimovs, who built most of the houses of Musa Naghiyev in Baku, carried out the construction work of all buildings raised at that time on the current streets of Istiglaliyyat Street, Istiglalliyyat, and 28 May Street, 28 May. In addition, the brothers were involved in charity activity too. Brothers Gasimov brothers' father, Haji Mammad Ali Molla Gasim oghlu, owned a workshop for dyeing wool for carpets in Ordubad. The brothers came to work in Baku. The elder brother, Haji Gasimov, was born in 1867. He started working in Baku as a simple carpenter. Soon he gathered around him the most s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qasımov Qardaşları
Gasimov, Qasimov or Kasumov ( az, Qasımov) is an Azerbaijani male surname, its feminine counterpart is Gasimova, Qasimova or Kasumova. It may refer to *Alim Qasimov (born 1957), Azerbaijani singer and musician *Eldar Gasimov (born 1989), Azerbaijani singer also known as Ell, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 as part of duo Ell & Nikki *Elmar Gasimov (born 1988), Azerbaijani judoka *Faig Gasimov (1974–2020), Azerbaijani lieutenant colonel *Farghana Qasimova (born 1979), Azerbaijani singer *Fidan Gasimova (born 1947), Azerbaijani operatic soprano *Ilaha Gasimova (born 1992), Azerbaijani karateka *Ilhama Gasimova (born 1976), Azerbaijani pop singer *Jabbar Gasimov (1935–2002), Azerbaijani poster artist *Khuraman Gasimova, Azerbaijani opera singer and actress *Kifayat Gasimova (born 1983), Azerbaijani judoka *Mir Bashir Gasimov (1879–1949), Azerbaijani statesman and revolutionary *Mirabbas Gasimov (1939–2008), Azerbaijani mathematician *Natavan Gasimova (born 1985), Aze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barda, Azerbaijan
Barda ( az, Bərdə ) is a city and the capital of the Barda District in Azerbaijan, located south of Yevlax and on the left bank of the Tartar river. It served as the capital of Caucasian Albania by the end of the 5th-century. Barda became the chief city of the Islamic province of Arran, the classical Caucasian Albania, remaining so until the tenth century. Etymology The name of the town derives from () which derives from Old Armenian ''Partaw'' ( Պարտաւ). The etymology of the name is uncertain. According to the Iranologist Anahit Perikhanian, the name is derived from Iranian *''pari-tāva-'' 'rampart', from *''pari-'' 'around' and *tā̆v- 'to throw; to heap up'. According to the Russian-Dagestani historian Murtazali Gadjiev, however, the name means "Parthian/Arsacian" (cf. Parthian ''*Parθaυ''; Middle Persian: ''Pahlav''; Old Persian: ''Parθaυa-''). The name is attested in Georgian as ''Bardav '. History Ancient According to ''The History of the Country of Albania'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dubov
Alexander Yakovlevich Dubov was a builder and architect who worked in Baku from 1904 until the end of his life, where he participated in the construction of a number of monumental buildings in the city. He was also engaged in the restoration of some houses, in particular, in 1922-1923, the Ismailiyya Palace, burned down during the March Days of 1918. Biography The civil engineer Alexandr Yakovlevich Dubov was born in 1877 in Helsinki. He lived and worked in Finland, which at that time was part of the Russian Empire. After graduating from the high school, he entered the School of Construction Foremen in St. Petersburg, then he continued his studies at the Technical School in Finland. He began his professional activity in Russia, in 1900, in St. Petersburg, at construction of the Polytechnic Institute facilities. Here, he also collaborated with French specialists who were introducing reinforced concrete in Russia at that time, and he gained a lot of experience in this dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan (newspaper)
The ''Azerbaijan'' ( az, Azərbaycan) is a state-owned newspaper and public journal published by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan. History The official newspaper of the ADR government "Azerbaijan" was established in 1918. The government by its order of 3 July 1918, decided on the launch of the publication "the News of Azerbaijani Republic" under its official authority. Thus, the first issue of the "Azerbaijan" newspaper was published as the parliamentary paper on 15 September 1918, on the same day, when the Caucasus Islamic Army freed Baku from Armenian-Bolshevik invasion. One of the editors of the official government newspaper the Azerbaijan was Jeyhun Hajibeyli. The newspaper was published till 28 December 1919 with the signature of Uzeyir Hajibeyli's brother Jeyhun. There is no doubt about his great contribution for the publication of the newspaper. After the collapse of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Jeyhun Hajibeyli, who was forced to leave the country and to im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismailiyya Palace
The Ismailiyya Palace ( az, İsmailiyyə Sarayı) is a historical building that currently serves as the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. It is on Istiglaliyyat Street in Baku. The palace was constructed for the Muslim Charity Society by Józef Plośko at the expense of the millionaire Musa Naghiyev in commemoration of his deceased son Ismayil, and was named Ismailiyya after him. Construction began in 1908 and ended in 1913. Location The building of mosques is appointed to be in a place called "Gapan Dibi" in the center of the city. Although it was initially planned to build a garden with fountains surrounding the mosque, the Christian clerics, who had great influence in the period of the Russian Empire, prevented the construction of such a mosque near the Alexander Nevski Church, which is called the Golden Church (Qızıl kilsə). This square, by waiting for the civil servant’s decision, gradually becomes a natural market as the solution to problem takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gani Mammadov Residence
Gani Mammadov residence ( az, Qəni Məmmədovun evi ) is a former residential building located in Icherisheher – the historical district of Baku, on 45 Asaf Zeynalli Str. It is considered an architectural monument of local importance. History Built in 1908, on the site of a 1646 madrasah, from which only one stone portal has survived that now is used as an entrance to a miniature souvenir shop. Gani Mamedov, a successful cotton trader, owner of sea-going vessels for the transportation of goods in the Caspian Sea between Russia, Central Asia and Iran, has ordered the construction of the residence. The project of the house was carried out by an Armenian architect Nikolai Georgievich Baev (1878–1949), a graduate of the St. Petersburg Civil Engineering Institute (1901), who then built the Opera House in Baku (1910) and a hospital (named after Nagiyev. The three-story house was built in 1908–1909 and was restored starting in the 1990s by the Mobil company with assistance fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan State Economic University Main Building
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia ( Republic of Dagestan) to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizami Street
Nizami Street ( az, Nizami küçəsi) is a large pedestrian and shopping street in downtown Baku, Azerbaijan, named after classical Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. Overview The street's history could be traced back to Baku's town-planning project of 1864. The street runs through the city's downtown from west to east. It begins from Abdulla Shaig Street, in the mountainous part of the city and ends at railroad bed on Sabit Orujov Street, near a monument to Shah Ismail Khatai in “Black City”. The total length of the street is 3,538 m. The traffic-free segment, which begins at the Fountains Square and ends at the Rashid Behbudov Street, is commonly known as Torgovaya ("the merchant street" in Russian). Nizami Street is home to various outlets, from banks to fashion stores and is one of the most expensive streets in the world. The street also accommodates the embassies of Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and Austria, as well as the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan. The nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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