Azərbaycan Respublikası Elm və Təhsil Nazirliyi Bakı Slavyan Universiteti

4. Culture ( art,cinema,actors)
One of the world's most ancient nations - the nation of Azerbaijan - has the right to feel proud for its history, material and cultural monuments, literature, arts and music heritage.Wonderful nature, climate, natural resources of the country produced a significant impact on artistic thinking and creation skills of Azerbaijani people as well. In spite of a long and difficult way undergone by different types of arts in Azerbaijan, they still represent a unity and provide outstanding opportunities for the creation of a full idea of fine arts of Azerbaijan. The folk arts of Azerbaijan are multi-colored, complete and rich, as its natural resources. The folk art is connected with daily life of people and daily life occupies a very special life in the fine arts as well. Folk arks cover a long period from ancient times to nowadays and including a variety of products from garments to housing goods and decoration.
Quite obviously, the style of life, aesthetic tastes, the national image and qualities, are strongly reflected in folk arts. One can easily come across numerous wonderful models of Azerbaijani folk arts in the world's largest museums. The pieces of arts created by the skillful hands of Nagorny Kharabakh, Tabriz, Gandja, Gazakh, Guba, Naku, Shaki, Shamakhi and Nakhchivan can be found in large museum collections of Victoria and Albert of London, Louvers of Paris, Metropoliten of Vashington and Vienna, Rome, Berlin, Istanbul, Tehran, Cairo museums. The history of folk arts in Azerbaijan has a long and interesting history. Works of art made from metal extracted from Nakhchivan, Mingachevir, Gandja and other places are approximately 5000 years old. Crockery, weapons and adornments found here are not historical facts alone, but valuable sources which testify the skills of the master. Material and cultural models, found during archeological excavations in the territory of Azerbaijan, testify that our ancestors made crockery, daggers, axes, belts and adornments of bronze and used them in daily life. This proves the ancient age of such types of activity as copper-smithy and gold smithy.
The history of Azerbaijani cinema is part of the history of Azerbaijani culture. National cinematography opens bottoms of human heart and new live horizons. It gained great experience year-by-year and created number of different works, reflecting our people's life and problems. These films were kept for future generations and became people's spiritual knowledge. The history of Azerbaijani film industry begins from 1898. In the end on the 19th century, the first filming apparatus “Cinemantographe” invented by French Lumiere brothers, appeared in Baku.
Azerbaijan has a number of famous actors : Mirza Babayev, Huseyn Arablinski, Telman Adigozalov ,Shamsi Badalbeyli, Afag Bashirgyzy, Rashid Behbudov,Fakhraddin Manafov , Huseyngulu Sarabski and others.


5. Sightseeings
Once an undiscovered treasure of the Caucasus region, straddled between Europe and Asia, the country of Azerbaijan has now prominently pinned itself on the tourist map. Due to its particular geographic location and a connection to deep and intriguing history, Azerbaijan is an authentic blend of the East and West, the modern and the ancient. While the major Azerbaijan attractions like the mud volcano, flaming mountains and the Flame Towers have earned the country a title of “Land of Fire”, on the other hand, the grand palaces, ancient mosques, plush seaside resorts and a skyline dotted with modern towers have made Azerbaijan a worth-visiting destination for the curious travellers.