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unusual facts about Azerbaijani people


Caspian race

As a form of racial admixture, Caspian subtype represented among; Azerbaijanis, Kumuks, Kurds, Turkmens and Talyshs.


26 Baku Commissars

There were many different nationalities among them: Greek, Latvian, Jewish, Russian, Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani.

Babi Badalov

Badalov was born in Lerik, a small town near the Iranian border in the Talysh region of Azerbaijan, to an Azeri father and a Talysh mother.

In That Distant Neighboring Village

In That Distant Neighboring Village is the name for two 25 minute films, each depicting the lives of Armenians in the village of Aygepar, Armenia and Azerbaijanis in the village of Əlibəyli, Azerbaijan, both of which are visible from each other.

Masud ibn Davud

According to Azerbaijani historian Sara Ashurbeyli, Masud ibn Davud was probably the father of the architect of the Mardakan Round Tower (not to be confused with Mardakan Castle).

Remziye Hisar

During a dinner in Baku, given by a wealthy Azeri, Remziye met Reşit Süreyya (later surnamed Gürsey), a medicine doctor from Turkey.


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Mikayil Abdullayev

Among portraits of Azerbaijani people, there are those of Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Samad Vurgun, Mirza Fatali Akhundov and Farhad Badalbeyli.