Portal:Azerbaijan/Did you know

Did you know 1

Portal:Azerbaijan/Did you know/1

• ...that the origins of the Church of Caucasian Albania date to St. Eliseus' efforts in the first century AD to spread Christianity to the area?

• ...that in the early 1990s, Surat Huseynov successfully led a military coup d'état in Azerbaijan to become the Prime Minister?

• ...that the first co-ed school in Azerbaijan was founded by Hamida Javanshir in 1908?

Did you know 2

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• ... that the historical Bibi-Heybat Mosque near Baku, Azerbaijan, destroyed in 1934 as result of the Soviet anti-religious campaign, was reopened in 1997 at the same location after the country gained independence?

• ... that celebrated Azerbaijani activist of the French Resistance Ahmadiyya Jabrayilov was persecuted by the NKVD upon his return to the USSR?

• ...that in the early 1990s, Surat Huseynov successfully led a military coup d'état in Azerbaijan to become the Prime Minister?

Did you know 3

Portal:Azerbaijan/Did you know/3

• ...that the origins of the Church of Caucasian Albania date to St. Eliseus' efforts in the first century AD to spread Christianity to the area?

• ...that the first co-ed school in Azerbaijan was founded by Hamida Javanshir in 1908?

• ...that Sakina Akhundzadeh is considered the first female playwright and dramatist in Azerbaijani literature?

Did you know 4

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• ...that Leyla Mammadbeyova (pictured) was the first Azerbaijani female aviator and the second parachutist woman in the former Soviet Union?

• ...that the Azerbaijani singer Muslim Magomayev, who sang with great success at the Paris Olympia, was not allowed to pursue an international career by the Soviet Ministry of Culture?

• ...that the name of the Azerbaijani settlement Ramana, with natural gas vents where Zoroastrians still hold fire rites, is probably derived from Romana, the Latin word for ancient Rome?

Did you know 5

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• ... that Yanar Dag (pictured) is a natural fire that burns "eternally" on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan?}}

• ... that Baku's Maiden Tower was showcased on many Azerbaijani banknotes for 14 years?

• ... that after the collapse of American cotton exports in the 1860s, Azerbaijan became a large-scale cotton producer, often planting it rather than food crops?

Did you know 6

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• ...that Huseyn Khan Nakhichevanski (pictured) was the only Muslim to be appointed General-Adjutant of the Emperor of Russia?

• ...that Javad Malik-Yeganov was exiled to Karelia following the collapse of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on suspicion of being a member of Musavat?

• ...that the crude oil found in Naftalan, Azerbaijan has been used for centuries in therapeutic baths?

Did you know 7

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• ...that during the G8 Summit in Germany on June 7-8, Russian president Vladimir Putin offered to deploy elements of an American anti-misssile shield in Qabala Radiolocation Station in Azerbaijan instead of Poland and the Czech Republic?

• ...that the first Azerbaijani language newspaper, Akinchi was founded in 1875 by Hasan bey Zardabi?

• ... that Badr Shirvani, a Persian poet from Shirvan in the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan, received patronage from numerous rulers at the same time?