Об изучении средневекового историко-архитектурного наследия города Гянджи
About study of medieval historic-architectural heritage of Ganja city

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the scientific paper is investigation of archival materials, their great importance in the study of the historical past, also architectural heritage of Azerbaijan in the late Middle ages. Especially the archives of the Russian Empire have rich information about the period. One of such archives is the Russian State Military History Archive. The documents of the archive are important historical sources in the study of material culture of Azerbaijan during this period. For the first time various written documents such as the archival sources for the late Middle ages have been investigated as the important springs in study of historic-cultural and architectural heritage of Ganja city. Information about fortress walls, palaces, caravanserais, baths, houses, bridges and other buildings of Azerbaijani cities is preserved in the archive. There are many documents in the archive about the history of Ganja Khanate. The official military documents of the former Russian Empire contain detailed historical information about the economy, culture, demography and political history of the city of Ganja and the Khanate. The materials in the funds of different archives, together with other sources of the researched period, allow to objectively illuminating the study of the history, also cultural heritage of the Ganja Khanate and this ancient city.

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