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List Of Historical Reserves In Azerbaijan
This is a list of historical reserves in Azerbaijan, which includes 29 historical reserves in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Of these reserves, 14 are historical and cultural; eight are historical and architectural, and two are historical and artistic. Yanardag functions as a historical, cultural and natural reserve. Three of the reserves are located on the territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Icherisheher, Gobustan and Yuxari Bash nature reserves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Ateshgah, Ordubad and Shusha are on the list of candidates. Approval process According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan "On approval of the Model Regulations on Memorial Reserves", the reserve is a state-protected territory and settlements where historical and cultural monuments, archaeological and architectural objects, ethnographic, numismatic, epigraphic, anthropological materials, buildings, memorials, objects related to historical events and personalitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia (country), Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), 1804–1813 and Russo-Persian War (1826–1828), 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Treaty of Gulistan, Gulistan in 1813 and Treaty of Turkmenchay, Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdurrahim Bey Hagverdiyev
Abdurrahim bey Asad bey oglu Hagverdiyev () (17 May 1870 – 11 December 1933) was an Azerbaijani playwright, writer and cultural figure, stage director, politician, public figure, one of the five first Azeri Deputats of First Duma of Russian Empire, Deputat of Georgian Parliament, Creator of the Theatrical Writers Society in Azerbaijan, one of the collaborators of the magazine ''Molla Nasraddin'', and ambassador of Azerbaijan in the Republic of North Caucasus and Armenia. Early life Abdurrahim bey Asad bey oglu Hagverdiyev was born in the village of Aghbulaq near the Shusha suburb (then part of the Russian Empire, currently in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan) to court reporter Asad bey Hagverdiyev and his wife Tukasban. His brother-in-law (his sister's husband) was a nobleman, Mamobey Mamayev. He had no children but adopted his sister's daughter, Fatma Xanum Malik-Abbas, as confirmed by the court of Azerbaijan. After his father died, Hagverdiyev lived with his uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Besh Barmag Mountain
Besh Barmag () literally translated as ''Five Fingers'', is in Siazan District of Azerbaijan, not far from the Caspian Sea. It rises to above the sea level overlooking the Baku-Quba Highway. The mountain is a solid rock and is one of the most famous mountains in the Caucasus, known for its mythical stories. It is a sacred place for regular visitation by pilgrims. Tide marks on the mount attest to meltwater inundation from the northern glacial ice caps and date back to the end of the last ice age. The tidelines confirm the theory of a Holocene outflow of meltwater from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, rather than a direct incursion of sea water into the Black Sea as a result of global sea level rise The sea level has been rising from the end of the last ice age, which was around 20,000 years ago. Between 1901 and 2018, the average sea level rose by , with an increase of per year since the 1970s. This was faster than the sea level had e .... Estimates of the increa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazma Cave
Gazma Cave () is a Paleolithic dwelling site discovered between Ordubad and Sharur districts in 1983. Gazma Cave is located 3 km northeast of Tananam village, 1450 m above the sea level. Discovery The ancient site of Gazma cave was discovered in 1983 during the Paleolithic archeological expedition headed by M.M.Huseynov and A.G.Jafarov in Ordubad and Sharur regions. Archeological excavations were carried out there under the leadership of A.G.Jafarov in 1987–1990, and A.Zeynalov in 2008–2013. Findings A large number of archaeological materials were found in the cave during the research. More than 17,000 unearthed fauna fossils were examined by D.V.Hajiyev and S.D.Aliyev and it was found out that they contained 24 species of fauna, some were used as tools. In addition to fauna fossils, 874 stone tools were also discovered in the cave. Among them there were 780 obsidians, 93 flints, and 1 tuff Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |