All people have heard about the Nobel Prize. A lot fewer know that the Nobel brothers were active and worked with Oil in Baku. However, their story is not only about oil but a magnificent saga of entrepreneurship and innovation.  At Villa Petrolea you can learn more about the Nobels’ achievements in Baku. It’s really … More Villa Petrolea

The Khinalug village and the road to reach it is probably the most scenic in Azerbaijan. The village is located 2350 m above the sea level which makes it the highest and most remote village in Azerbaijan. The People living here speak the unique Khinalug language and are most certainly descendants of one of the … More Xınalıq, Khinalug

The Location of the Church is beautiful and the people who have worked with the restoration are worthy of great appreciation. The Albanian Church has always considered Elisha, (Elisey) the Jewish Missionary to be its apostle. In the records of Moses Kalankatusky, a 7th century history writer, we find a very intriguing passage about the apostle … More The Church of Kish

After all the rumors of the oil fountains and the reports of his brother’s success, Ludwig decided to go to Baku and see it all with his own eyes. The circumstances were perfect for a man like Ludwig. Even if Roberts works with the refining of the crude oil was crucial. Ludwig saw longer and … More Ludwig Nobel 1831-1888.

Well-known and unknown Swedes in Baku!Robert came to Baku in 1873. He had been commissioned by his brother Ludwig to manufacture 500,000 rifle buttstocks. The wood to the buttstocks were thought to be found in the southern Caucasus among the walnut trees in Lenkoran, about 20 kilometers south of Baku. The walnut trees, however, were … More Robert Nobel 1829-1896

Well-known and un-known Swedes in Baku! We start with the German Engelbert Kaempfer, who admittedly was not a Swede, but he was a doctor in the Swedish embassy’s mission to Persia under Charles XI.  Kaempfer came to Baku 1683, and he is first in history to make a scientific description of the oil findings on … More Swedish pages in the history of Azerbaijan.

One stop on our Baku pilgrim tour is next to the Bulbul music school. On this spot, the magnificent Alexander Nevsky Cathedral once stood. Among all the Churches and Mosques that were torn down in the heat of the Bolshevik anti-religious fever, this is the one I would have loved to see the most. It … More Alexander Nevsky Cathedral 1898-1937.

All people have heard about the Nobel Prize. A lot fewer know that the Nobel brothers were active and worked with Oil in Baku. However, their story is not only about oil but a magnificent saga of entrepreneurship and innovation.  At Villa Petrolea you can learn more about the Nobels’ achievements in Baku. It’s really … More Villa Petrolea

The Nobels’ built quality buildings to their employees. They realized early that to be an attractive workplace they had to offer their workers a good and healthy environment. Mainly they contracted Swedish and Finish engineers, geologists, technicians, chemists, and business executives. On the oilfields worked Persians, Russians, and Azerbaijanis. To their workers, Nobels’ built “villages”, … More Nobels’ house in Sabunci!

Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev is probably the most recognizable of all the local oil barons. He is well known to all Bakintsy, not only for his involvement in oil business, but also for his philanthropic work and his zeal for the development of the city of Baku. Among many things, he sponsored the construction of the … More Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev