baku and oil. the period of industrial oil extraction
They would create more than 30 industrial enterprises in Russia. In 1875, they acquired a small kerosene plant and oil fields in Baku. With European thoroughness, they would then conduct preparatory works for 4
As early as the 15th century, Baku was an important international trading centre for merchants travelling between the East and Europe. Caravans of camels and merchant ships transported oil, salt, madder and saffron. In the 19th century,