20 January
In January 1990 troops entered Baku — the origin of the Day of National Mourning.
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Subject
Baku Oil
From the wells to the tanker port: the industry that built the city, its architecture and its fate.
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How it will look: each site gets its own colour scheme and structure.
In brief
From the mid-19th century Baku became a centre of industrial oil production. The Nobel brothers' company, Rothschild capital, the first pipelines and tankers were all tried out here.
Oil also built the city's look: the millionaires' mansions, the theatre, the philharmonic hall and the boulevard all went up on oil money.
On the site
- 01WellsBibiheybat, Balakhani, Surakhani
- 02CompaniesNobels, Rothschilds, local entrepreneurs
- 03The cityBuildings raised on oil money
- 0420th–21st centuryOffshore platforms and new pipelines
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