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Encyclopedia > Baku (disambiguation)

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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Baku (2335 words)
Baku (Bakı), sometimes known as Baky or Baki, is the capital and the largest city of Azerbaijan.
In 1501 shah Ismail I Safavi laid a siege to Baku.
In 1604 the Baku fortress was destroyed by Iranian shah Abbas I.
Baku - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1317 words)
Baku (Azerbaijani: Bakı), sometimes known as Baky or Baki, is the capital of Azerbaijan.
Lev Davidovich Landau [2] was born in Baku on January 22 1908.
Richard Sorge [4], one of the greatest spies in modern history, was born in 1895 in Baku.
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