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Bakıxanov
Bakıxanov () is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was named after Abbasgulu Bakikhanov and has a population of 71,600. It contains a mosque and a public park. On the eastern side of the town is Bulbula (lake), Bulbula Lake. Sabunçu, Baku, Sabunchu lies near northwestern Bakıxanov. Prior to 1992, it was known as Stepan Razin, named for the Cossack uprising leader Stepan Razin. Transportation Road Boyuk Shor Highway, Baku Airport Highway by pass Bakikhanov. Railroad The Bakixanov station of Baku suburban railway. Metro The List of Baku Metro stations, Bakixanov Metro Station is planned in this area by Baku Metro in the future. Notable natives Huseyn Derya - was an award-winning Azerbaijani rapper and actor. References * Populated places in Baku Municipalities of Baku {{Baku-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku Suburban Railway
The Baku suburban railway () or Absheron Circular line () is a commuter rail service which began in 2019, serving the Azerbaijani capital Baku. Background In 2016, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Javid Gurbanov confirmed that work was underway on a railway line to Heydar Aliyev International Airport from Baku's Baku railway station, main station. In 2018, president Ilham Aliyev announced funding for a suburban rail service for Baku. The 100 million Azerbaijani manat, manat project was to include upgrading the existing railway between Baku and Sumqayıt via Biləcəri, as well as bring back into use the disused route connecting the two cities via Sabunçu and Pirşağı. The plans included 23 stations on the route, which would also have branches to Dübandi and Maştağa, with a branch serving the airport being built in a later phase. The initial phase of the service was launched in May 2019, connecting Baku station with Sabunçu via four intermediate stations. By 2020, the li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov
Abbasgulu agha Bakikhanov () (, – January 1847), Abbas Qoli Bakikhanov, or Abbas-Qoli ibn Mirza Mohammad (Taghi) Khan Badkubi was an Azerbaijani writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet and philosopher. He was son of the third khan of Baku Mirza Muhammad Khan II. Served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army and participated in the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828, he later retired and settled in Quba. Also known by his pen name ''Qodsi'' (Azeri: ''Qüdsi''), many Azerbaijani scholars view Bakikhanov as among their first thinkers and historians. He is credited with being the first person that wrote a "scholarly monograph on the history of greater Shirvan"; the area that would later make up most of the Republic of Azerbaijan. His ''Qanun-e Qodsi'', was the first Persian grammar manual published. Early life Bakikhanov was born in Amirjan, the son of the 3rd khan of Baku, Mirza Muhammad Khan II and a Georgian woman named Sofia. Started his education life in 1801 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabunçu Raion
Sabunchu district (formerly: Lenin district) is a district of Baku city. Population According to AzStat's official data as of January 1, 2013, 231,271 people live in the region. History With the decision of the National Council of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 29 April 1992 and numbered 112, Lenin district of Baku city was named Sabunçu district. In addition, Bakıhanov settlement, which is the center of Sabunçu district, received settlement status in 1936, Razin settlement was given its name, and in 1992 it was named Bakıhanov settlement. Municipalities The district contains the municipalities of Bakıxanov, Balaxanı, Bilgəh, Kürdəxanı, Maştağa, Nardaran, Pirşağı, Ramanı, Sabunçu, and Zabrat. Transport Baku Suburban Railway The Baku suburban railway () or Absheron Circular line () is a commuter rail service which began in 2019, serving the Azerbaijani capital Baku. Background In 2016, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulbula (lake)
Bulbula () is a lake in Azerbaijan, located on the Absheron Peninsula The Absheron Peninsula () is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the most populous city of the country, and the Baku Metropolitan Area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrdalan. It extends eastward into the Caspian S ..., between the villages of Bakikhanov and Amirjan at an altitude of 8 m above sea level. According to its genesis, the lake Bulbula belongs to a tectonic group. The concentration of total nitrogen in the bottom sediments of the lake averages 0.18 mg/100 g. The lake mirror area is 0.7 km2, the maximum width is 360 m, the maximum depth is 1.5 m, the average depth is 1.1 m, and the length of the coastline is 6 km. See also * Lake Mehman References {{Rivers and lakes in Azerbaijan Lakes of Azerbaijan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is administratively divided into 67 districts () and 11 cities () that are subordinate to the Republic. Out of these districts and cities, 7 districts and 1 city are located within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The districts are further divided into Municipalities of Azerbaijan, municipalities (). Additionally, the districts of Azerbaijan are grouped into 14 Economic regions of Azerbaijan, Economic Regions (). On 7 July 2021, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree "On the new division of economic regions in the Republic of Azerbaijan". Administrative divisions Contiguous Azerbaijan The list below represents the districts of contiguous Azerbaijan. For those of the Nakhchivan exclave, see further below. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic The seven districts and one municipality of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are listed below. Economic regions Nagorno-Karabakh The territory of former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast presently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyuk Shor Highway
Boyuk Shor Highway () is a highway in Baku, Azerbaijan. It begins at the Koroglu Metro station with the intersection of Heydar Aliyev Avenue with the Darnagul Highway. It continues east towards Mardakan. It is named for nearby Lake Boyukshor though the lake is no longer visible from the highway due to the construction of the Olympic Stadium. History Reconstruction and upgrading of the highway from Boyukshor roundabout to Heydar Aliyev International Airport Heydar Aliyev International Airport (; IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. It is the busiest airport both in Azerbaijan and in the South Caucasus as well as one of the busiest in the post-Sovie ..., Baku city, km 0+000 ÷ km 12,2 2007 - 2010. Technical specifications of the road 4 lanes of 8-12 lanes road are the express roads and they provide direct movement of the vehicles to the airport. In order to provide more convenient movement of vehicles in the area of settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huseyn Derya
Huseyn Muradov (29 June 1975 – 15 March 2014), better known by his stage name Huseyn Derya, was an award-winning Azerbaijani rapper and actor from Baku, Azerbaijan. Early life Darya was born on June 29, 1975, in Baku, in the district of Bakikhanov. He graduated from Baku secondary school No. 4, and was accepted to Baku State University Baku State University (BSU) (BDU; ) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics ..., but at the same time, there was a war in Azerbaijan. He dropped out of university and joined the army. After returning from the war, he continued his career as a musician. On March 14, 2014, he was badly injured in a traffic accident, and died on the next day. See also * Azerbaijani hip hop References {{DEFAULTSORT:Derya, Huseyn 1975 births 2014 deaths Musicians from Baku Azerbaijani r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku Metro
Baku Metro () is a rapid transit system serving Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened on 6 November 1967 when Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union, its features are typical of former Soviet Union, Soviet systems, including very deep central stations and exquisite decorations that blend traditional Azerbaijani national motifs with Soviet ideology. At present, the system has of bidirectional tracks, made up of three lines served by 27 stations. The metro is the only one in Azerbaijan. Baku Metro was the List of metro systems in the Soviet Union, fifth metro in the Soviet Union and the List of metro systems, thirty-fourth in the world. In 2015, it carried 222.0 million, passengers, an average daily ridership of approximately 608,200. In 2024, it carried 229.6 million, an average daily ridership of 627,279. ''Baku Metro Closed Joint-Stock Company (Baku Metro CJSC)'' or (LLC Limited Liability Company), the company which runs the Baku Metro, was founded according ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabunçu, Baku
Sabunchu () is a settlement and municipality in the Sabunchu Rayon of the capital city of Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 33,400. History Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Sabunçu region was producing 35 percent of Baku's oil. It was also the place where the first, Baku-Sabunchu electrified railway system in USSR, built by Chingiz Ildyrym in 1924 was established. Geography The town, seat of Sabunchu Rayon, is located in the north-eastern suburb of the city of Baku and is part of its metropolitan area, situated 12 km from Baku International Airport "Heydar Aliyev". Transportation Baku suburban railway Notable natives * Nikolai Baibakov — People's Commissar of the USSR Oil Industry (1944–1946), Oil Minister of the USSR (1948–1955), Hero of Socialist Labor. * Richard Sorge — one of the best-known Soviet intelligence officers of the Second World War, Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepan Razin
Stepan Timofeyevich Razin (, ; c. 1630 – ), known as Stenka Razin ( ), was a Don Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy in southern Russia in 1670–1671. Early life Razin's father, Timofey Razya, supposedly came from a suburb of Voronezh, a city near Russia's steppe frontier, called the Wild Fields. Razin's uncle and grandmother still lived in the village of ''New Usman or ''Usman' Sobakina'', outside of Voronezh, until 1667. The identity of Razin's mother is debated. In one document, Razin was referred to as a ''tuma Cossack'' which means "half-blood", leading to a hypothesis that his mother was a captured "Turkish" (''turchanka'') or Crimean Tatar woman. However, this term was also used by "upper Cossacks" as a derogatory nickname towards all "lower Cossacks" regardless of origin. Another hypothesis draws on information about Razin's godmother Matrena Govorukha. According to tradition, a godmother should be related to a bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
