Rizvan Gasimzada was born in Lankaran and raised in Baku and is a qualified tour guide. While he can tell you the history of the top sights in Baku such as the Icherisheher(Old town) and Shirvanshah Palace, he also offers a few more specialized tours. Maybe you are interested in literature, football, art, and music, or you wish to hear the tale of Maiden Tower or the history of Oil Boom in Baku. There are also several other areas of further distances in the country that Rizvan can take you to as well, either by car or bus. You can explore the history of the Safavids Empire, the Gobustan Rock Carvings, Khinalig, or the Sheki Khans Palace. Wherever you want to explore, Rizvan will be happy to accoşmpany you and teach you everything he knows”
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Hajiyev Jamal
Energetic Jamal has worked as a guide since 2015, performing tours in Baku and regions as well.
Haciyev Javid
Are you interested in everything: culture, history, traditions and customs of the indigenous people, architecture, and local cuisine? If your answer is “yes” then Javid is your guy! He will show you all the significant objects using a personal specialized route. If you visit my tours, you will hear a number of unforgettable poems. You will be mesmerized by the bright and artistic method of the tour.
Jewish Heritage of Baku
The tour offers visit Ashkenazy synagogue of Baku- In 1946, a building of former depot of the civil defense on the corner of Korganov (now Rasul Rza) and Pervomayskaya (now Dilara Aliyeva) Streets in a semi-basement place was allocated for the present synagogue.The building was repaired and re-equipped for needs of communities together with a community of Georgian Jews of Azerbaijan. Two praying halls were built there: a big one for the Ashkenazi Jews and a small one for Georgian Jews.
Jewish Travel Agency
Caucasus Azerbajan Jewish Heritage Tour, with duration of 10 days includes Baku, Nakhchivan, Sheki, and Guba offers an oportunity to explore the Jewish traces and top sightseeing places of Azerbaijan.
Memorial board of Lev Landau
One of the USSR’s finest physicists and the first physicist from Baku to win the prestigious Nobel Prize, Lev Landau is an undoubted star in the history of Baku’s Jewish community.
He was born on 22nd January 1908 in the oil settlement of Balakhani, where his father served as a senior engineer in the oil company owned by the Rothschilds – the famous Jewish dynasty who played a great role in developing Baku’s oil industry. Later the Landaus moved to an apartment in this elegant Oil-Boom era building in central Baku on the corner of Samad Vurghun and Nizami streets.
The young Landau showed a great talent for science from early childhood and at the age of just 14 was admitted to Baku State University, where he studied physics and chemistry (later dropping chemistry). In 1924 he left Baku to immerse himself in studying theoretical physics at Leningrad State University, from which he graduated in 1927. During his working life he served as head of the physics department of the National Scientific Centre at the Institute of Physics and Technology in Kharkiv, and later of the theoretical department of the Institute for Physical Problems of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow.
Landau was revered as a teacher and made world-famous by his many discoveries and theories in topics such as nuclear theory, solid-state physics, quantum field theory and astrophysics. For his groundbreaking work concerning condensed matter, especially liquid helium, he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1962, the same year he sustained serious injuries in a car crash that led to his premature death 6 years later.
Solomon Gusman and Lola Barsuk Memorial
Memorial represents Solomon Gusman and Lola Barsuk, who once lived in this house. They were were outstanding members of Baku’s Jewish community. Another important point on the Jewish map of Baku is the memorial board on Alovsat Guliyev Street to Solomon Gusman and Lola Barsuk on the house where they lived. Both were outstanding members of Baku’s Jewish community. Solomon Gusman, born on 9th May 1904, was a famous doctor who served in the Caspian Flotilla and as a military doctor during World War II. After the war he worked at the Sabunchu hospital, as well as teaching at the Medical Institute. His wife Lola Barsuk, born on 7th April 1916, was a famous linguist and researcher at the Institute of Foreign Languages and later at the Mirza Fatali Akhundov Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute of Languages. Prior to her career as a foreign language expert, she was an actress. Their two sons, Yuliy Gusman and Michael Gusman, are an award-winning cinema and theatre director and a journalist and TV reporter respectively of the USSR and the Russian Federation.
Rashid Behbudov State Song Theater
Originally built as a synagogue in 1901, the State Song Theatre is now a popular theatre for musical and other performances. The synagogue was active in 1910-1934. The building is in the Greek Revival style, with an Ionic order portico, and in the ornamented pediment there is a central lyre where the symbol for tablets of stone once featured.The Theatre building was originally built as a Synagogue in 1901.The theatre’s repertoire consists of folk songs, mugams and tasnifs, as well as of works of national composers like Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Gara Garayev, Fikrat Amirov or Tofig Guliyev.
Chabad Or Avner Jewish School
The only Jewish school in Azerbaijan, opened by Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Or-Avner Foundation in 2011 year. The school has 450 students, who study in Hebrew and Russian languages. Jfuture and Enerjew student clubs focus on assisting students understand Jewish values and provide them with the intellectual and spiritual tools they need to succeed in life. They also celebrate traditional Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Pesah, Purim and others with interactive games, stories of history and traditions, festive meals, competitions and so much more.
Synagogue of Mountain Jews
The Mountain Jews’ synagogue building in Baku has been in existence since 1945. After the end of World War II, the mountain Jews were given an ancient building in the city center to meet their religious needs. The Synagogue of the Mountain Jews in Baku has been functioning since 1945. After World War II, mountain Jews were given an ancient building for religious needs in the center of the city. The building was in poor condition and praying here was quite unpleasant. The building was restored after Azerbaijan gained independence. The opening of the synagogue after reconstruction was on April 5, 2011. Today it is a must-visit place for all guests of the country who are interested in the Jewish heritage in Azerbaijan, apart from its main purpose as a synagogue.