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| '''Ermenikend''' or '''Armenikend'''<ref>Pioneers of Soviet architecture: the search for new solutions in the 1920s and 1930s, Selim Omarovich Khan-Magomedov, Catherine Cooke, Jan 15, 1987, p. 276</ref> ({{lang-az|Ermənikənd}}, {{lang-hy|Արմենիքենդ}}), was a non-official name of a district in ], and where many ] lived. The settlement of Armenikend was designed in 1920s on the semi-desert outskirts of Baku as one of the earliest Soviet experiments in the integrated development of a large urban area.<ref>Pioneers of Soviet architecture: the search for new solutions in the 1920s and 1930s, Selim Omarovich Khan-Magomedov, Catherine Cooke, Jan 15, 1987, p. 276</ref> | |||
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| '''Ermenikend''' ({{lang-az|Ermənikənd}}), was a non-official name of a district in ], and where many Armenians lived. | |||
| The former quarter is located in the ] of Baku. | The former quarter is located in the ] of Baku. | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| The Armenian community of ] formed when the ] started in the late 19th century. That time Baku and Azerbaijan was a part of ] and many Armenians from neighboring Armenia which was also part of Czarist Russia, moved there. |
The Armenian community of ] formed when the ] started in the late 19th century. That time Baku and Azerbaijan was a part of ] and many Armenians from neighboring Armenia which was also part of Czarist Russia, moved there. A village of Armenikend existed in Baku in 1918 when 15000 Armenians were killed during the ].<ref>Le nettoyage ethnique: terreur et peuplement, Stéphane Rosière - 2006 - p. 146</ref> The reconstruction and modernization of Armenikend started later, when Baku further expanded, when Azerbaijan, after a brief period of independence as the ] during 1918-1920 with the collapse of Czarist Russia (and also Armenia which went through the same brief stage as well) was invaded and annexed by the ] as the newly formed ] in 1920. The former suburb Armenikend has been transformed into a fine town consisting exclusively of new blocks.<ref>The petroleum excursion: The Azerbaijanian Soviet Socialist Republic. A. I͡A. Krems, A. I︠A︡ Krems, A. J. Krems, Chief Editorial Office of the Mining-Fuel and Geological-Prospecting Literature, 1937, p. 30</ref> Several famed Constructivist architects worked on the Armenikend model village, started in 1925.<ref>Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan: magic medicine symbols in silk, stone, wood and flesh, by Robert Chenciner, Gabib Ismailov, Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov, Alex Binnie, Bennett & Bloom, 2006, p. 82</ref> The settlement became part, with the steady expansion of the city of Baku. Officially the district was part of a larger district named "Shahumyan" after the Armenian ] leader ] who lived in Baku. Ermenikend was designed to be the home of oil-workers. The Soviet architects Samoylov A.V. and Ivanitsky A.P supervised the architecture of Ermenikend in the 1930s. The central part had 3-4 storied buildings in the style of ] (near the Mughan hotel). With the influx of many other nationalities and with the dispersal of the Armenian community to other districts of the city, the district lost this distinction and the nickname gradually disappeared. Until 1980's in Baku the Armenians were concentrated in "Armenikend" ("Armenian-town"). After the ] on January 13–15, 1990, the Armenian community of Baku fled the country. | ||
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Ermenikend or Armenikend (Template:Lang-az, Template:Lang-hy), was a non-official name of a district in Baku, and where many Armenians lived. The settlement of Armenikend was designed in 1920s on the semi-desert outskirts of Baku as one of the earliest Soviet experiments in the integrated development of a large urban area. The former quarter is located in the Sabunçu raion (district) of Baku.
History
The Armenian community of Baku formed when the oil boom started in the late 19th century. That time Baku and Azerbaijan was a part of Czarist Russia and many Armenians from neighboring Armenia which was also part of Czarist Russia, moved there. A village of Armenikend existed in Baku in 1918 when 15000 Armenians were killed during the September Days. The reconstruction and modernization of Armenikend started later, when Baku further expanded, when Azerbaijan, after a brief period of independence as the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan during 1918-1920 with the collapse of Czarist Russia (and also Armenia which went through the same brief stage as well) was invaded and annexed by the Soviet Union as the newly formed Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1920. The former suburb Armenikend has been transformed into a fine town consisting exclusively of new blocks. Several famed Constructivist architects worked on the Armenikend model village, started in 1925. The settlement became part, with the steady expansion of the city of Baku. Officially the district was part of a larger district named "Shahumyan" after the Armenian Bolshevik leader Stepan Shaumyan who lived in Baku. Ermenikend was designed to be the home of oil-workers. The Soviet architects Samoylov A.V. and Ivanitsky A.P supervised the architecture of Ermenikend in the 1930s. The central part had 3-4 storied buildings in the style of Soviet socialist realist architecture (near the Mughan hotel). With the influx of many other nationalities and with the dispersal of the Armenian community to other districts of the city, the district lost this distinction and the nickname gradually disappeared. Until 1980's in Baku the Armenians were concentrated in "Armenikend" ("Armenian-town"). After the Armenian pogroms on January 13–15, 1990, the Armenian community of Baku fled the country.
References
- Pioneers of Soviet architecture: the search for new solutions in the 1920s and 1930s, Selim Omarovich Khan-Magomedov, Catherine Cooke, Jan 15, 1987, p. 276
- Pioneers of Soviet architecture: the search for new solutions in the 1920s and 1930s, Selim Omarovich Khan-Magomedov, Catherine Cooke, Jan 15, 1987, p. 276
- Le nettoyage ethnique: terreur et peuplement, Stéphane Rosière - 2006 - p. 146
- The petroleum excursion: The Azerbaijanian Soviet Socialist Republic. A. I͡A. Krems, A. I︠A︡ Krems, A. J. Krems, Chief Editorial Office of the Mining-Fuel and Geological-Prospecting Literature, 1937, p. 30
- Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan: magic medicine symbols in silk, stone, wood and flesh, by Robert Chenciner, Gabib Ismailov, Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov, Alex Binnie, Bennett & Bloom, 2006, p. 82