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Entrance to the Palace of Shaki khans
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Bridge of Separation - Ayrılıq Körpüsü in Azerbaijani, on the Azerbaijan-Iran border. The two treaties of Gulistan and Turkemenchay divided the Azerbaijani people[28]
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History of Nagorno-Karabakh
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Buncugh of Bakhu khanate, saved National History Museum of Azerbaijan
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Modern day location of capital Kharakhorum
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General Gardane, with colleagues Jaubert and Joanin, at the Persian court of Fat′h Ali Shah in 1808.
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Carpet, which belonged to Karabakh khans (Azerbaijan State Museum of History).
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Fathali Shah to Mehdi gholi Javanshir -Page 1
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Fathali Shah to Mehdi gholi Javanshir -Page 2. Mehdi gholi Javanshir is called as the Beylerbeygi (Administrator) of the Karabakh vilayaat (province)
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European Map from 1748 showing Karabagh as part of Persia
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Tsar Ivan IV by Ilya Repin
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Timur feasts in Samarkand
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Ancient Taraz Kazakhstan
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Cities of the Tarim Basin region, 1 BC
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The palace of the khans of Nakhichevan
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An image of an early 20th century Oirat caravan, taken in either China or Mongolia, traveling on horseback, possibly to trade goods
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Kakh Muzeh Maku, near Maku, built by one of the commanders of Mozzafar-al-Din Shah, is a popular attraction.
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Monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow
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Many Orthodox shrines and monasteries are strewn along the banks of the Volga
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Yaqub Beg was a Tajik[21] adventurer who became head of the kingdom of Kashgaria.
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Genghis Khan
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Zilant statue near the entry
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Simferopol (English pronunciation: /ˌsɪmfəˈroʊpəl/; Ukrainian: Сімферополь; Russian: Симферополь; Greek: Συμφερόπολις, meaning city of common good; Crimean Tatar: Aqmescit, literally: The white mosque) is the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in southern Ukraine. As the capital of Crimea, Simferopol is an important political, economic, and transport center of the peninsula. As of 2006, the city's population is 340,600. Archaeological evidence in Simferopol indicates the existence of a
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Saint Basil’s Cathedral
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The confluence of the Oka with the Volga in Nizhny Novgorod.
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The Palace of Shaki Khans - seat of Shaki khans. The central and main open city square is dominated by 2 Soviet towers.
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Etchmiadzin Cathedral
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Odessa Сircuit Court building and Church of the monastery of St. Panteleimon (church consecrated in 1895; used as a planetarium from 1961–1991).
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Cotes de la Mer Noire. Cosaques d'Azof abordant un corsaire Turc. (1847).
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"Moghul" envoys seen in Beijing in 1656 by Johan Nieuhof, who took them for representatives of the Moghuls of India. However, Luciano Petech later identified them as visitors from Turfan in Moghulistan.[1]