Soviet War Memorial

Quba - In the misty mountains!

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October 1st 2008
Quba (pronounced Guba) is a small town in the North of Azerbaijan in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. It was a nice place for our first trip out of Baku. On Thursday afternoon it was decided that Monday would be a public holiday. This made for a 5 day weekend as Tuesday and Wednesday were already holidays for Eid al Fitr, the end of Ramadan. It was too good an opportunity to miss ... read more

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Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve its conflict with Armenia over the Azerbaijani Nag... ... read more