Это мистическое место, с которым связано много легенд. Хотя ее высота чуть больше 500 метров, ни одному альпинисту до сих пор не удалось покорить вершину. На заветную высоту гора дает подняться только в качестве паломника — по специальной лестнице внутри.
Ramana is one of the most interesting and well-preserved fortresses of Azerbaijan, rising among a very specific landscape: ponds of spilled oil and abandoned oil mines.
Hostage-taking at school No. 1 in the city of Beslan (North Ossetia), committed by terrorists on September 1, 2004, during a ceremonial ceremony dedicated to the beginning of the school year. For two and a half days, the terrorists held more than 1,100 hostages (mostly children, their parents and school staff) in a mined building in the most difficult conditions, denying people even the […]
This happened in 2000, at the height of the Second Chechen War, in the Argun Gorge. A detachment of 2,500 thousand militants under the command of Khattab tried to break into Dagestan in order to take as many hostages as possible. On their way they met a small detachment of the 6th company, consisting of 90 Pskov paratroopers. 86 paratroopers were killed.
Mass grave on the banks of the Gudialchay River in the city of Guba, discovered in 2007. According to the conclusion of Azerbaijani experts, it is a burial place for local residents who were victims of a national massacre organized in May 1918 by an armed detachment of the Armenian Dashnaktsutyun party under the command of Amazasp, subordinate to the government of the Baku Commune. The […]
The vessel "Surakhani", owned by Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO), played a big role in the history of Azerbaijan's oil transportation by sea. The tanker "Surakhany" with a length of 123.5 meters and a deadweight of 4696 tons belongs to the type of vessels "Engineer A. Pustoshkin", first launched in the Caspian Sea in 1957. Until recently, the Surakhany tanker was used as an o […]