Ganja State Puppet Theatre () is located on Ahmad Jamil Street 105 in

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. It was built in 1902 as a

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in honour of

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and lately was converted into Ganja State Puppet Theatre.

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s were basically used in construction.

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s also prove that the building belonged to the Russian

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. The total area of the building is 650 m.² with a hall, a lobby and 15 rooms. Ganja State Puppet Theater operates in this building which is currently on the list of Christian religion monuments. Ganja State Puppet Theater was established according to the Decree №299 of

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in September, 1986. Formerly the theater functioned as a public theater and more than 100 spectacles had been prepared there before receiving “State” status.

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It is assumed that the church used by

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colonists until the early 1940s, but there is no documentary evidence of that. There is also no evidence that this church was a

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, given the fact that during these years there was no German Lutheran Community in

Kirovabad Ganja (; ) is Azerbaijan's third largest city, with a population of around 335,600.Azərbaycan Respublikası. — 2. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati rayonları. — 2.4. Azərbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi və inzibati r ...

, where an insignificant number of Germans (50-100 people) lived. On 18 September 1986, by order of the Cabinet of Ministers of the

, the building was handed over to the use of the Ganja State Puppet Theatre which operates to this day.

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