Tbilisi Avenue ( az, Tbilisi prospekti) is an

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in northern part of Baku, capital of

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. It begins at the intersection of Bakikhanov and Jaffar Jabbarly streets and continues north terminating at 20 January Circle by 20 January metro station.

Overview

The avenue was renamed Tbilisi Avenue from its earlier name Saray Highway on September 13, 1963, by the Baku Executive Soviet. Different from its current length, it stretched further to the outskirts of Baku up to the settlement of Khyrdalan just outside Baku and connect to Baku-

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highway, but that portion of the avenue was renamed to Moscow Avenue on June 14, 2004, by Mayor of Baku Hajibala Abutalybov due to the earlier renaming on that day of a bigger highway leading from central Baku to the

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from Moscow Avenue to Heydar Aliyev Avenue. The area is also known for its bitter past when the

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tanks rolled through Tbilisi Avenue on January 20, 1990 massacring hundreds of civilians on their way with most of them killed at the 20 January Circle.

Notable buildings and monuments located on the avenue include

* Monument to Mehdi Huseynzade * Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan Republic

References

{{Baku landmarks Streets in Baku