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  • An oriental rug is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in "Oriental countries" for home use, local...
    171 KB (21,804 words) - 22:20, 1 September 2024
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    Azerbaijani carpet (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan xalçası) is a traditional carpet (rug) made in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani carpet is a handmade textile of various...
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    Persian carpet (redirect from Persian Rug)
    (Persian: فرش ایرانی, romanized: farš-e irâni [ˈfærʃe ʔiː.ɹɒː.níː]), Persian rug (Persian: قالی ایرانی, romanized: qâli-ye irâni [ɢɒːˈliːje ʔiː.ɹɒː.níː])...
    111 KB (14,300 words) - 11:00, 21 October 2024
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    Carpet (redirect from Antique Rug)
    structure. The term carpet is often used in a similar context to the term rug, but rugs are typically considered to be smaller than a room and not attached...
    79 KB (10,112 words) - 16:49, 1 November 2024
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    (SOCAR), a fully state-owned national oil and gas company headquartered in Baku, is a major source of income for the Azerbaijani government. The company...
    52 KB (6,824 words) - 09:25, 13 October 2024
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    Azerbaijan Carpet Museum (category Azerbaijani rugs and carpets)
    the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum) is a museum located in Baku that displays Azerbaijani carpets and rugs with historical and modern weaving techniques and materials...
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    Caspian Sea (redirect from Sea of Baku)
    tons. By 1900, Baku had more than 3,000 oil wells, 2,000 of which were producing at industrial levels. By the end of the 19th century, Baku became known...
    86 KB (8,770 words) - 06:00, 10 November 2024
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    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...
    229 KB (21,257 words) - 07:04, 10 November 2024
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    into traditional oriental rugs. Ahmed graduated from the sculpture program at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts in Baku in 2004. In 2007, Ahmed's...
    13 KB (1,480 words) - 14:48, 6 November 2024
  • in Baku, Azerbaijan Bukhara (restaurant) A restaurant in New Delhi, India Bukhara rug, an erroneous but (in the West) common term for Turkmen rugs Buxar...
    1 KB (216 words) - 14:45, 29 June 2023
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    central, and southern regions of the country. Traditionally, villages around Baku and the Lankaran region are considered Shia strongholds. In contrast, Sunni...
    43 KB (4,200 words) - 03:35, 6 October 2024
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    Karabakh carpet (redirect from Karabagh Rug)
    carpet making and rug making being almost women's occupation. One of the most important conditions for the development of carpet and rug weaving was the...
    12 KB (1,373 words) - 00:27, 2 November 2024
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    in 1915, and following the October Revolution of 1917 participated in the Baku Commune. In the 1920s, he was the party's boss in the North Caucasus. Mikoyan...
    64 KB (6,154 words) - 13:18, 3 November 2024
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    (Azerbaijani: şəhər): Aghdam Agdash Aghjabadi Agstafa Agsu Astara Aghdara Babek Baku – the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan Balakən Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar...
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    Armenian carpet (category Armenian rugs and carpets)
    Հայկական գորգ; haykakan gorg) designates, but is not limited to, tufted rugs or knotted carpets woven in Armenia or by Armenians from pre-Christian times...
    40 KB (4,291 words) - 08:44, 24 October 2024
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    Gadim Minaret carpets (category Azerbaijani rugs and carpets)
    is 5-7 mm. Azerbaijani rug Shabalyt buta carpet Gollu-chichi carpets Latif Karimov (1983). Азербайджанский ковер. Vol. II. Baku: Gənclik nəşriyyatı. p...
    3 KB (204 words) - 16:59, 19 June 2024
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    March Days (category Baku in the Russian Civil War)
    took place between 30 March – 2 April 1918 in the city of Baku and adjacent areas of the Baku Governorate of the Transcaucasian Commissariat. Facilitated...
    60 KB (7,428 words) - 15:54, 11 November 2024
  • 2019 UEFA Europa League final (category Sports competitions in Baku)
    UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 29 May 2019. The match was contested between English sides...
    53 KB (3,999 words) - 14:37, 19 September 2024
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    dependent on oil and gas exports, in particular since the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline. The transition to oil production in the late 1990s...
    46 KB (3,822 words) - 19:55, 1 November 2024
  • trade and the expansion of handicraft production. Many cities are famed for rug weaving, and the production of artistic ceramic jars, gold and silver items...
    30 KB (3,007 words) - 00:20, 7 November 2024
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