In The Kingdom Of Oil And Millions
In the kingdom of oil and millions ( az, Neft və milyonlar səltənətində) – is an art film of 1916, shot by film-director Boris Svetlov basing on the motifs of I.Musabeyov’s narrative of the same name. It is considered the first art film in the history of Azerbaijan. Plot The poor widow (Yuliya Orlitskaya), living near the city of Baku, brings income to her family by serving others. The mother gives her son to madrasah. But soon he was expelled from there. A desperate woman arranges her son to work next to the merchant Hasan (Vladimir Viazemsky). Several years later, Jalil's mother dies. Jalil returns home. Jalil's poor house and a piece of land were next to the property of the rich Lutfeli bey (Hussein Arablinski). Several years passed, the number of oil wells was growing throughout Absheron territory. Oil brings unimaginable wealth to entrepreneurs. After lengthy negotiations, Lutfali Bey and Jalil talked about cooperation and drilled an oil well in the courtyard of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Huseyn Arablinski
Huseyn Arablinski ( az, Hüseyn Ərəblinski), born Huseynbala Mammad oghlu Khalafov (1881, Baku – 17 March 1919, Baku), was an Azerbaijani actor. Life and career Born to a poor family, Huseyn Arablinski lost his father at a young age. He was sent by his mother to a religious school. Soon not being able to pay for it, young Huseyn had to drop out. However, with the help of Habib bey Mahmudbeyov, a local teacher who made it possible for children from poor families to attend school, Arablinski was admitted to the 3rd Russian-Muslim School. Mahmudbeyov was also the one who roused young Arablinski's interest in acting. One of the theatres agreed to have Mahmudbeyov's students act out incidental and minor characters. Despite scrupulous preparation, Arablinskis first performance was unsuccessful. In 1897–1900 he continued to act in small roles. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Khananda
A khananda ( az, xanəndə ; fa, خواننده; alternative spellings in English: khanende, khanande, khanandeh) is a name generally given to singers of mugham, an Culture of Azerbaijan, Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin and means "singer". When performing traditional mugham, a khananda is accompanied by a trio of musicians who play the tar (lute), tar, the kamancheh and the daf (tambourine). Often the khananda is the daf-player. Origins and development The exact origins of the art of khanandas have not been studied thoroughly however it is likely that it emerged during the urbanization in the Middle Ages, medieval epoch. In the growing cities, khanandas would perform at the events organized by the nobility, on weddings and fairs, in caravanserais and tea houses. With Persian language, Persian being the main language of the local literature at the time (mugham lyrics were based on Classical Islamic poetry), khanandas used it in their performance and theref ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Azerbaijani Silent Films
Azerbaijani may refer to: * Something of, or related to Azerbaijan 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 t ... * Azerbaijanis * Azerbaijani language See also * Azerbaijan (other) * Azeri (other) * Azerbaijani cuisine * Culture of Azerbaijan * {{Disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1916 Films
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * Charlie Chaplin signs for Mutual Film for a salary of $10,000 a week and a signing on fee of $150,000, making him one of the highest-paid people in the United States. * June 24 – Mary Pickford signs a contract for $10,000 a week plus profit participation, guaranteeing her over $1 million per year. * July 19 – Famous Players-Lasky is formed through a merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company. Later in the year, they acquire distributor Paramount Pictures. * August 10 – The official British documentary propaganda film ''The Battle of the Somme'' is premièred in London. In the first six weeks of general release (from 20 August) 20 million people view it. * September 5 – Release of D. W. Griffith's epic film '' Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages'', starring Lillian Gish (as "The Eternal Motherhood") and Constance Talmadge (in two ro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lists Of Azerbaijani Films
A complete list of films produced in the country of Azerbaijan ordered by year of release and decade on separate pages: 1892-1919 * List of Azerbaijani films before 1920 1920s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 1920s 1930s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 1930s 1940s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 1940s 1950s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 1950s 1960s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 1960s 1970s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 1970s 1980s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 1980s 1990s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 1990s 2000s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 2000s 2010s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 2010s 2020s * List of Azerbaijani films of the 2020s See also * List of films declared state property of Azerbaijan External links Azerbaijani filmat the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streami ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tar (lute)
The tar (from fa, تار, lit=string) is a long-necked, waisted lute family instrument, used by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan (Iranian Plateau), Turkey, and others near the Caucasus and Central Asia regions.tar (musical instrument) Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved on 2013-01-01. The older and more complete name of the tār is ''čāhārtār'' or ''čārtār'', meaning in "four string", (''čāhār'' frequently being shorted to ''čār''). This is in accordance with a practice common in Persian-speaking areas of distinguishing lutes on the basis of the number of strings origi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gurban Pirimov
Gurban Bakhshali oglu Pirimov (Primov) ( az, Qurban Baxşəli oğlu Pirimov) (October 1880 in Abdal Gulabli near Shusha, Karabakh, Azerbaijan – 29 August 1965 in Baku, Azerbaijan) was an Azerbaijani folk musician and tar-player. Life and career Gurban Bakhshali oglu Pirimov was born in Karabakh, in mountainous village of Abdal-Gülablı near Shusha, Azerbaijan then in the Russian Empire. The Primov family had had long lasting musical traditions: Gurban's great-grandfather Valeh was a famous Karabakhi ashik; and his older brother Aghalar was a saz-player. Deeply in love with folk music, Gurban Primov dropped out of school at age 13 to move to Shusha, then one of the important cultural centres of the Caucasus. He was introduced to the celebrated musician of the time and the designer of the Azerbaijani tar, Sadigjan, whose apprentice he later became. By 1895 Pirimov was already widely known in Karabakh as a talented musician who worked with some of the most renowned khanandas o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boris Svetlov
Boris Svetlov was a Russian film director and actor who worked in the Cinema of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani cinema in the mid to late 1910s and Lenfilm Studio in 1919–1926. He directed the 1917 film The Cloth Peddler (1917 film), The Cloth Peddler. Filmography *The Cloth Peddler (1917 film), The Cloth Peddler (1917) - full-length silent comedy * (1916) - full-length feature film *Arvadlar Ərlərini Mənsəbə Necə Çatdırırlar (1916) - full-length feature film *Barefoot Love (1916) - short feature film *Prince Demir Bulat (1916)(Tammetrajlı Bədii Film) *In the Kingdom of Oil and Millions(1916) - full-length feature film *An Hour Before Death (1916) - full-length feature film *A New-Style Old Story (1916) - short feature film *The Story of One Humiliation (1919) - full-length feature film *Bortsy Za Svetloye Tsarstvo Tretyego Internatsionala (FIGHTERS FOR THE BRIGHT KINGDOM OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL) (1919) - propaganda film *Vse Pod Ruzhyo (ALL TO ARMS) (1919) - propaganda f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jabbar Garyaghdioglu
Jabbar Garyagdioglu or Garyaghdyoglu ( az, Cabbar Qaryağdıoğlu pronounced ) (31 March 1861 – 20 April 1944) was an Azerbaijani folk singer (khananda). He is known as the first khananda to perform mughamats in the Azeri language. He mostly sang in Azerbaijani and Persian. He was widely known both as a khanende and as a composer who performed both folk songs and his own song compositions, he was the author of new texts - tesnifs. His song "Baku" enjoyed great popularity in the 1930s-1940s. Jabbar Karjagdyoglu was also known outside the Caucasus. The art of the singer was admired by Uzeir Hajibeyov and Fedor Shalyapin, Sergei Yesenin and Bulbul, Reingold Glier. In 1906-1912 his voice was recorded by a number of joint stock companies (record companies) in Kiev, Moscow, Warsaw. In the Great Soviet Encyclopedia Karjagdy is called the biggest khanende, an expert in Azerbaijani folk music. Biography Childhood and youth He was born in the Seyidlar neighbourhood of Shusha to a famil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zeynalabdin Taghiyev
, image = Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.jpg , image_size = 250px , caption = , birth_date = 25 January 1823 by Pari Mirzayeva. ''Vyshka''. 9 August 2002, #32. Retrieved 24 December 2007 or 1821 or 1838 by Manaf Suleymanov. ''Azerbaijan International''. Summer 2002 (10.2). Retrieved 25 December 2007 , birth_place = Baku, , death_date = 1 September 1924 , death_place = [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |