Modern Baku

Baku impressed me. The city appeared like a cross between the south of France with the American Orlando - clean sidewalks, a large number of parks, neat facades, long promenade with cafes in the Italian style, smiling people on the streets, strange sculptures and well-kept historic center, where they filmed the famous scene from "Diamond hands "about" chort poberi "," Tsygel tsygel ah-lu-lu "and" Rousseau tourists look morale »...





In the 94th year, Azerbaijan signed the "Contract of the Century" - the agreement on share distribution of oil products produced in its territory. According to him 80% of the total net profit battered Azerbaijan despite the fact that the country's economy by foreign oil companies invested 11, 5 billion USD:

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After this, the country began to develop rapidly and be built, although the old oil "rocking" still remained in Baku, practically within the city limits:

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Today Baku - is a modern metropolis with five star hotels and London kebami as a taxi:

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Azerbaijan is translated as "Land of Fire". Oil and gas are deposited very close to the surface, and in many places, digging out a flame. There's even a few fire-worshipers temple. This, for example, stopped Athanasius Nikitin, and Nobel Mendeleyev:

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Now in Baku already being completed 3 tallest buildings that just be called Flame Towers will symbolize the fire emanating from the earth, but to me they are more like gnarled fingers:

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They can be seen from almost anywhere in the city:

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By landscaped promenade nice stroll:

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This cafe is a former mayor saw somewhere in Italy in the last century and ordered to Baku the same:

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Next year Baku will host the Eurovision Song Contest. To this end, next to the world's largest flag build a special arena:

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And this building under construction Carpet Museum:

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The architecture is similar to the European one. A lot of expensive shops:

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And this is the spitting image of Orlando. It remains only to Disneyland next build:

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Parks and fountains flow from one to the other:

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Entrance to the subway:

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On the streets of many funny sculptures:

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In Baku, there is a belief that if the favorite does not call for a long time, we have to embrace the statue and it will definitely come back into your life:

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If you turn off the main streets, you can be in the wonderful Italian courtyard:

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In the old town selling souvenirs to tourists:

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On the streets of the old town, you can often observe people enthusiastic game of backgammon:

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Cafe called "hell." Located in 3 minutes from "the same place»:

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"Rousseau tourists - look morale!" - This street is right around the corner:

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Well, just at this door fell Mironov Nikulin:

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