• baku and oil. the period of industrial oil extraction
  • baku and oil. the period of industrial oil extraction
  • baku and oil. the period of industrial oil extraction
  • baku and oil. the period of industrial oil extraction
  • How did Baku develop?
  • Along with Pennsylvania, Baku was one of the two pioneering sites of global oil production. The first drilled well, the first oil tanker and a number of technological inventions originated here. However, the oil industry was also pivotal for the development of the city itself: Modern Baku developed as an industrial city around oil extraction.
  • How did Baku become a major industrial city?
  • The rapid development of capitalism, the increase in demand for oil, the intensive development of oil fields and the construction of new factories and plants, turned Baku into one of the biggest industrial cities in the world.
  • What is Baku's industrial past?
  • Baku’s industrial past is a part of this global story of industrialization, but it also has important and unique differences. Baku’s role in the global history of oil in the 19 th -early 20 th century is well known. Along with Pennsylvania, Baku was one of the two pioneering sites of global oil production.
  • How did the oil industry affect Baku?
  • The oil industry influenced the spatial organization of the city, including residential districts (Sovetski area, Razin settlement, Ermenikend) and transport links both in the peri-urban area and the region (Blau 2018, Crawford 2022). Baku’s industrial history has some unique features.
  • What role did Baku play in the history of oil?
  • Baku’s role in the global history of oil in the 19 th -early 20 th century is well known. Along with Pennsylvania, Baku was one of the two pioneering sites of global oil production. The first drilled well, the first oil tanker and a number of technological inventions originated here.
  • Who started the oil industry in Baku?
  • Baku's oil factory region began construction in what was, and still is, called "Gara Shahar" (Black City). Vasily Kokarev (1817-1889) and Peter Gubonin founded the Baku Oil Society Company. The Nobel brothers (Ludvig and Robert, with Alfred of Nobel Prize fame as a partner) started their activities in Azerbaijan's oil industry.