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No.321　13/02/07 10:28
燻し銀三 ( 50代 ♂ Oe38xe ) あ+あ-

【Azerbaijan】
《No less than half of petroleum in the world used to be produced》

It's said that a name of its capital,Baku, means a town where wind is blowing.It's corrupt 訛り form of Persian language.Strong wind blows there through a year .🌀

Safavi dynasty in Iran conquered Azerbaijan at the latter in the 15th century,and Qajar dynasty which succeeded Safavi from the 18th to 19th century was defeated by Russia,so Azerbaijan was divided into north and south as territory which belonged to Russia or Iran.😃

Azerbaijan joined in the soviet union in 1922,then an oil field was discovered in Baku.After that,Baku became a great belt of the oil field where no less than almost half of crude petroleum was produced until the 20th century.💮

As a result, Baku became the country's center of heavy industries from a period of Russian Imperial Government to 1950s.Though the oil field has started to dry up in 1960s,it's said petroleum resource still has enough oil deposits,and…