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This is Ali. He is from Baku. This is Mahir.
He is Talysh. This is Erna, one of the ten thousand Udi people. And this is Igor. For a long time he
worked in Moscow, but now he has relocated to Baku. This is Vanya. He comes from the Molokan village of
Ivanovka. And this is Khajibala. He lives in Khinalig, the highest mountain village of Azerbaijan, which
has its own unique language and a history of 5 thousand years. All these people are of different nationalities,
but they all represent the same country – Azerbaijan. Well, except for Igor, of course,
he’s just a remote worker her. Travelling around Azerbaijan is quite easy. The country
can be compared to a palm with five fingers pointing in five different directions. The first finger
is the road to Lankaran, a southern almost tropical region famous for its agriculture.
The index finger points to Nagorno-Karabakh, but as this area has been under Azerbaijani
control for over 30 years now and remains a zone of military conflict we will not
be able to visit Karabakh. The middle finger is the road to Ganja, where the mountain lakes and the
Naftalan health resort are located. The nameless finger – here you can see many sights:
the village of Lagic, the village of Molokan Ivanovka, villages of Caucasian Albania and
the beautiful town of Sheki. And the smallest one, the road northwards towards Russia, here you can see mainly
Guba and the mountainous village of Khinalig. Well, as Baku is not going anywhere from us, we will
tell about this city later, I suggest to go at once for a trip around the country. I thought
for a long time about what way to do it, wanted to take a SUV, but the guys from the rental service said
“Buddy, why do you need a land cruiser? Almost all our roads are paved. You’ll just be
wasting extra gas. Get a Chevy Malibu.” So, here we go. Well, let’s do it! Azerbaijan is a country of contrasts,
as soon as you leave Baku. If the traffic in the capital looks like this -> … then outside the city you feel as free as
possible. The scenery and climate change with the same speed: hypnotic semi-deserts
turn into green Transcaucasian ridges in just a couple of hours, and the Caspian sun burning
even in April supersedes the thick fog and cold. We are in Switzerland. But in Azerbaijan. That’s what the locals call
Nohur Göl Lake. Of course, all comparisons between the Caucasus and
the Alps are a bit clichéd, but the land around Gabala does resemble the Alps. Soft green mountains,
plenty of cows (not as photogenic as in the chocolate adverts), beautiful restaurants,
and most importantly, petrol prices. The price of A95 gas in the country, the earth of which is literally saturated
with oil, is exactly 2 manats, i.e. about 100 rubles. And for some reason it is twice as expensive than
A92. And though the country officially switched to Euro-4 ecological standard, banned import of cars
older than 10 years, and at the airport tourists are met by real cabs, the most popular car in regions
is still our native Zhiguli (Lada) A wedding motorcade made up of a Zhiguli
to your attention. — Do you think they will divorce soon?
— I hope they live a long and happy life Now back to nature. The most popular route
for nature lovers lies through the towns of Gabala, Sheki and Gakh. For example, near the
village of Lekit there is one of the most curious waterfalls in Azerbaijan – Mamyrly.
It is quite small, but its main feature lies in its name: Mamyrly translates
as overgrown with moss. Literally, I’m sceptical about trips to waterfalls –
mainly because they are always dehydrated in the off-season. But Mamyrly’s peculiarity makes
it look pretty even in April. Moreover, even on the outskirts of the village I was waiting
for what would become for me the main discovery of Azerbaijan. I’m talking about the endless –
literally – THE ENDLESS communication with people. This is Rufat: when I pulled into the car
park, he offered to take me to the waterfall, a path that he himself had partially landscaped
(for example, he made these railings). – How old are you?. – 63. – And how many times do you
go back and forth like that? – 7 or 8 times – A day? – A day. – So it’s about 15 kilometres?
— 1 kilometre here, 1 kilometre back. – That’s why you’re in such good shape, right?
– Of course. Rufat also happens to be a poet, and he has dedicated
individual poems to all the guests who visit Mamyrly: Speaking of socialising: over the two weeks of the trip
I got to know probably fifty persons – something like this happens in Moscow in about a year.
Azerbaijanis are very sociable: if they recognise you as a foreigner (which works 99% of the time), they
will ask the canonical question: “Where are you from?” By the way, Azerbaijan is the first country
where I have seen signs saying “Yakhshi Yol”, i.e. “Have a nice trip”,
at the exit of almost every village. Even Russian writers, who travelled in the Caucasus
and the East, singled out the peoples who inhabited Azerbaijan as one of the gentlest, least
bloodthirsty, least warlike people. You can sense it in the architecture of Baku, in its
eclecticism and in its people. In their outlook on life, in their mentality. The whole communication
takes place without being too obsessive or tense, but with maximum relaxation. Even if the person you are talking
to does not know a word in Russian, it is not a problem. – what’s your name? My name is Sasha. — Massalah…
(untranslatable play on words, then kissing) – What is this? — Lipa
– What’s it for? — Tea. – Thyme. You collect it here, don’t you? What’s this?
– And this is the baby… – Give me that thing, God forbid, we have a film to make. Now we’re under the supervision of the Azerbaijani
I don’t know what… What is it? — From the evil eye. — No, I mean of what material is it?
(untranslatable play on words)… — To trample on everyone. Important wisdom shared by a
taxi driver with us in Baku. So it’s clear that the traffic here is peculiar,
but there’s kind of a tip-off. Buy the coolest car and… – And stomp (trample) around!
— And if you have the coolest car, you stomp on it. There’s a word for it in the Azerbaijani dictionary
– But it is only in the Baku world view, you can only stomp on an expensive car. If you leave Baku, you can only
trample if you have the character to stomp. – You can only trample grass. – We’re stomped by the kopeika (old car) right
now… – Yeah, we’re stomped by some buddy on the kopeika. So, when you’re in the regions,
trample carefully, friends. He crumpled it up, trampled it down, and
that’s the result. He trampled his own car. — We’ve got the most dangerous, the one in front of you.
– The Priuses, right? – You’d better watch out for them. – I’ve already been told that Priuses are the most dangerous.
– You know why? Young guys, unemployed. Work around the clock. The whole car’s already beat up. – They’re taxis? – Yeah.
They don’t have a lot of money for parts around here. Very original. Striking a Van Damme pose
next to the “van Damme” sign, you say. And you would be absolutely right, if Jean
Claude Van Damme would not have visited Azerbaijan, would not have been in Vandam village,
which name translates as “ash roof” and a monument would not have been erected
here. Azerbaijan, you amaze me. Just look at the names of towns to understand
how messed up Azerbaijan’s history is. Take Sheki, for example. The town has been known by
different names since at least the 8th century BC. Shekashen, Sekasena, and in this name we see a
reference to the Iranian-lingual name of the ancient Scythian tribe of Saki, then Shaka,
Armenian Shake, and finally Sheki. As you can judge, at different times the
town was a part of Albania, Armenia, Arabic Caliphate, Kakheti Kingdom and
later was the capital of Sheki Kingdom, Sheki State and Sheki Khanate. Modern
Sheki, which was built elsewhere after a devastating flood, is probably
the most touristic city in Azerbaijan. Well, as a tourist destination… If you leave
Baku in April, you get the feeling that tourism does not exist in Azerbaijan. Souvenir
sellers pining for tourists’ wallets …. cats pining for tourists’ hands,
which clearly outnumber tourists …. But for us this is the ideal situation:
you can stroll along the ornate streets, admire luxury khan’s
palaces and caravanserais and, in accordance with tradition, communicate with
locals… in sign language, of course. Just a man came up to me, shook my hand
and said ‘take a picture of me’, looked at the picture, said it was cool,
shook my hand and that was it. Life. Sheki was not only on the great silk route,
but also became one of the largest and oldest silk production centres outside China,
along with the Fergana Valley in Uzbekistan. Silk export was one of the main pillars of the Sheki
economy and even it is mentioned in some sources, that at the time of the Russian Empire, silk was collected
from the surrounding mountaineers for a yasak (toll). As part of the Russian Empire, silk production was
put on an industrial footing, local entrepreneurs carried silk to the famous Nizhny Novgorod fair, and in
1861 the Voronin brothers raised Sheki silk to the world level by building here in Sheki one of
the largest silk factories in the world and even won a bronze medal at the
world exhibition in London. With the collapse of the USSR, local production quickly
faded and the industrial level of silk production quickly narrowed to manual labour. In 2005, it is
true that the Sheki factory was revived, but in a smaller volume, and prices at the factory shop
are rather high, so look for silk products in the bazaar and in small shops. Moreover, the
people there are more willing to haggle. Azerbaijan is a country famous for its trade, it is
not a shame to bargain in shops, but rather an honour, so feel free to do so. I will tell you a magic
word that will help you to save money! – Excuse me, where can I buy Sheki Kalagai?
— Are strawberries sweet? — Do you have national shoes? — Up there? Silk?
— You’ve baffled the whole market with this question. – How much is it? — 20 manat.
— Bahally (too much). – How much is it? — Everything. — How much is
everything? – The whole shop, how much is it? – Beautiful, how much is this tool? – 150. — Very bahally.
– Bahally? – Yeah. – 120. — Still bahally. — 110 final price. That’s ok, but I can’t play this instrument,
that’s the problem. – You have such a tattoo ….
I just have one too. Caucasian… — Where’s the handiwork?
– Right here, but its also bahally. How much? 102. Bahally. — ??? — Cannot haggle at the gas
station? – No. Are you sure? Maybe we can bargain. The Azerbaijani manat is slightly smaller than the dollar
and the euro, instead of kopecks it is very consonant with the Russian “kopek” and if you thought that
the design of this currency is a bit like the euro it is not a bit. The fact is that it
was designed by the same Austrian designer Robert Kalina who designed the euro.
In short, the guy didn’t bother. – How much? — 10. – bahally again – A carpet like this would be perfect for someone
who rents a flat in Moscow. In terms of size. We thought that we should bring a big rug too, but then
we remembered that this is the only rug that will fit us. But here’s a slightly bigger one, perfect
for our bedroom. I will take it for 30. Right now. You have to do it without anger, heartily.
30 (laughing) Very nice, for 30 manat a very beautiful shawl. — 33. — 32. (thinking) — We’re waiting for the answer.
— Ok, deal. — Great! Thank you so much. – How much do I owe you? – 2 manat.
– No, I won’t haggle for 2 manat This, dear friends, is not a cucumber, as everyone is
calling it. This is buta — a traditional Azerbaijani symbol. There is a controversy – what is it? It
is believed to be tongues of flame, not a cucumber! So if your girlfriend says you are
a fire. You might just have a shirt like that. Buta is not only found on souvenirs and ceramics
in Azerbaijan. During our two-week trip we found: a buta-shaped fence, buta-shaped tiles, buta-shaped
hotel accessories and number plates, a maiden tower (which also looks like a buta from above), and even
a buta-shaped island in the middle of the Caspian Sea! As for carpets and headscarves, they are not much of
a surprise these days, despite their high price. But in Sheki, carpets are made not only of silk, but
also… of glass. This is Shebeke – European stained glass, which can be found in palaces and mosques throughout
Azerbaijan and even in Iran. However, local artisans, unlike the Western masters, manage
to insert glass into wooden frames without glue. In some shebekas, there are 14,000 pieces
of wood per square metre. – On 1 cm you have to do 7-8 processes to be ready.
Here, 1 millimetre (that’s the break off) doesn’t work. We’ll do it with tweezers. – I never would have figured
out how to put this together if you weren’t there. We steam this beech for 15-20 days in a pair. To get
the resin out of there. When there’s resin in it, it stays in and bends for a long time
and the wood has elasticity. Then it closes, you put a wooden wrench in
there. – Very brave like that. Dear friends, if you don’t know what to get
your child for his birthday. Give him a Shebeke instead of a construction set, he will
be happy. – We’ve got little souvenirs. — How much is it? – This one’s 40, this one’s 60 manat… — Which is…
— Bahally. But I guess you can’t bargain for that. – Why not? We’ll make a concession
– Even the shebekah. If you’re in a sheki, you must try a local dish
called piti. Everyone here recommends it, it’s only found here and is considered one
of the coolest dishes in Azerbaijani cuisine. It has a very specific serving, I will
now explain how to do it. First you have to take a tortilla, crush it,
throw it on a plate, pour some broth and all the rest: chickpeas, meat, and all
that is left in the pot, crush it with a fork and eat it separately. First you
eat the bread with the broth and after that you eat the second, i.e. the shredded
meat with the chickpeas. It’s very tasty, but it’s quite greasy. So I think the female half will be
a little confused when confronted with the amount of fat, but it is very tasty and at the expense
of sumac it is a little sour. In general, Sheki cuisine is quite specific – this also applies to piti and,
for example, baklava, which is atypical in comparison to other regions. As for Azerbaijani cuisine in general, this
is probably the main thing I missed when editing this issue. Tender meat and lulas, fresh vegetables, soft flatbread: this
cuisine is based on simplicity and perfect proportions. The more primitive the dish, the more proper and
delicious it is. Because a good piece of meat needs no disguise whatsoever. And no sauces,
like pomegranate sauce or coriander sauce. If I need sauce, I’ll ask the waiter to bring it
to me separately. I don’t want the cook to pour it on the meat, I want to see
it in its original form. We are in conflict, we are in conflict over lulas. Look,
friends, in Azerbaijan there is a lulu for everyone. I have a lamb kebab… And you?
– I have walnut kebab. Nut kebab… – You want sugar, you want fat? Follow Cleopatra. I prefer
real tasty Caucasian meat. But it looks very similar. The lambs we have here are cultivated, they have an
excellent flavour and tenderness. Even those who said “I don’t eat them”
eat them here. The restaurants and their staff are up to par with
the cuisine: most places lack any kind of pathos. The prices can vary by a factor of 2 or 3
depending on the tourist popularity, although the quality of the food is not affected in
any way. In addition to shish kebab, omelette and mangal salad, there are more elaborate dishes
such as dolma and kutab with a camel. — Is kutab with a camel normal or rare?
– No, it’s not every day. – Is it on holidays?
– So kutab with a camel — I’m a bit surprised. Well, it’s an Azerbaijani cheburek, I’ll say. The
meat is like a cheburek. We have lamb cheburek. It’s delicious. And you have to have… what’s it
called? “gatik”? It’s like matsoni. It’s delicious. Look, a wonderful dusbara soup: it has many properties,
it even raises women. It’s a relative of Russian dumplings. Two differences, firstly, it has to be served in
a rich broth. And the second is that in one spoon there should be 8 pieces. Imagine, for the
whole family to make so many dumplings. That’s why our women are always busy.
They just don’t have time for nonsense. Apart from my wife and my daughters,
I haven’t checked on my wife. A good housewife should be able to make… at least eight of
them. You could marry one of those. But it’s “too late to drink the borjomi”,
as they say. For me, anyway. You can talk about Azerbaijani cuisine forever,
but I would pay just as much attention to tea. Tea is a national symbol here. Tea is everywhere.
In any teahouse, in any restaurant, in any café. Tea is the beginning and end of every meeting. – We drink
tea all the time. It is impossible without tea. We sit and talk. Like Germans drink beer,
we drink tea. Tea here is usually drunk out of a glass called
an armut. In Turkey they are called “bardak”, if I am not mistaken, the shape is the same. In
translation from Azerbaijani “armud” means pear. This form has two explanations. One is romantic,
the other is physical. The first is that this glass looks like a woman’s waist.
With a beautiful bust and beautiful hips. In Azerbaijan, a lot of attention is paid to
women. Women’s beauty is always appreciated here and that’s why it must have
flowed into the shape of the glass. – No, that’s a lie. It’s a woman’s fantasy maybe. I’m 69 years old and I’ve never heard such a thing.
What does tea and women have to do with it? And the mechanical explanation is very simple,
the thing is that here tea stays as hot as possible for a long time, and on top of the opposite because
of the expansion it does not burn the lips and here still leave a couple of cm and
this is called “the kissing spot”. And you need it in order to sit for a
long time with a cup of tea. In Russia we drink with buckets from samovars, though
samovars are present in Azerbaijan too. But here they drink for a long time. Here they
pour themselves one glass and pull it for half an hour, that is why it needs
to stay hot and retain its properties. Your conceptual error is that you think tea should be dark
and strong. Tea should be exactly this light colour. What we drink today is mostly dye and
colour. To be honest I didn’t dwell on this, the glass is small in my opinion. Let’s
say it got cold on top and there’s still something left on the bottom. That could also have a
role, I can’t say for sure. I guess according to the laws of physics it does. But the other thing is, it’s
very comfortable to hold in your hand. Here is the most practical thing. It is a culture that is
widespread not only in Azerbaijan. It is also widespread in Central Asia, among the Uzbeks.
For instance, famous composer Uzeyir Hajibekov who staged his first opera in the Muslim East —
once he walked into a tea-house with friends, as they were chatting he heard someone singing a song
softly. He saw a man at a neighbouring table and started listening. He liked very much how the man
was singing and then he sat down with him. Back then women were not allowed to perform
on stage, and he needed a woman who could play and sing on stage. So he asked this Baku man to play a role,
but he refused of course. But Uzeyir Hajibeyov promised that
no one would find out. He would be disguised and thus the first female role on stage was played by a man. If you think the van Damm monument is the strangest
in Azerbaijan, we have found a competitor. It is a monument to Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian
navigator and traveller. What is he doing in Azerbaijan, you may ask. The thing is that he got
carried away by history in his old age and started to put forward alternative historical theories,
and he believed that the Scandinavian gods were not gods, but the people were descendants
of the nomadic Æsir and they brought civilisation to the north. Therefore Heyerdahl looked
for their homeland Asgard, either in Azov or in Azerbaijan. He traced the ancestry of Thor to the
Turks, and the ancestry of Odin to the Udins. But of course, society criticized this theory.
But it was here, in the village of Khish, that Azerbaijani-Norwegian archaeological expedition
worked in the early 2000s, thanks to Heyerdahl. Which, incidentally, established that the
Albanian church of the first century, which is opposite the monument, is not entirely Albanian and
not entirely of the first century. Archaeologists have suggested that it was built in the 12th century by orthodox
Georgians. And if you want to see a really ancient temple, come to the village of Kum near Gah, there is a really
ancient basilica, at least from the 6th century. Once again, for understanding, the 12th
century and the 6th century. I didn’t understand anything either, and neither did
you. There was something about Moscow obviously, but it must have been a call to subscribe to the channel
and it also means that we are starting an important new topic. We have just heard the Udi language, which
is one of the smallest languages on the planet. There are only around 10 thousand Udins left, and this means
we are starting the theme of Caucasian Albania. We have come to the village of Nij, it is the only
place where you can see how the Udins live today. There are very few of them left in the whole planet.
They live in different places. In Russia and Georgia there is a small village where they live, but Nij is
probably the most concentrated place where they live. There is a beautiful Udine hearth where
you can stay overnight, there is a beautiful restaurant and
an equally beautiful museum, where they will now tell us what
kind of people they are. The Udine House Museum is an ethnographic house,
a house that was built 250 years ago. An Udi family used to live in the same house and
a priest and his family used to live here. The priest himself lived here in the 18th
century, and they lived here until 1992. The Udis in Azerbaijan are like Indians in the
US: they lived here long before it became mainstream. The language you heard Erna perform belongs
to the Nakh-Dagestani group, and in appearance the Udins have
much more in common with the peoples of Dagestan than with the Azerbaijanis.
— Well, we are most like the Lezgins, so they say. The Udins do not only live in Azerbaijan nowadays,
there are also many Udins living in Russia. Most of them live in the Krasnodar and Rostov
regions. In our school, because the school is in the Russian sector, everyone knows the Russian
language. But we all speak Udi at home. I think, at my words, many have a question about
Caucasian Albania or the Albanian church: what kind of Albania is this? This ancient state
has nothing in common with modern Albania or Scotland, which the Romans also once called Albania. Caucasian
Albania emerged as a union of twenty-six tribes in the second century BC and in just a few centuries
became one of the most powerful states in the Caucasus. — And you know… that’s no small figure. We took part
in Marathon fight by the Persian side, you can find it by Strabon. What were they driving from here?
The country was powerful! Robert Mobili is one of the main enthusiasts for
the revival of Udine and wider Albanian culture. He, incidentally, worked alongside
Heyerdahl on those very expeditions expeditions in the early noughties.
-He saw this church in a deplorable state, it was a granary here, he cried when
he saw it. He didn’t know it was Soviet, it was communist. this is the priest’s room, the prayer room. Before,
when there was no church, people used to pray in rooms like this. Or rather there was a church, only
in a dysfunctional state. Because in 1836, the Albanian church was given to the Armenians.
And the Udins, to preserve their faith and language, they did not go to church,
but prayed at home. The Udins are Orthodox Christians. The Udins were given to be devoured. They were
accepted by the Georgian church, they went there and live there in Georgia. A part of them was taken
over by Russian Orthodox Church in Oguz district. And we were given to Armenians. Karabakh Udins.
We had to dissolve In the Armenian church. That is why Karabakh
Armenians are not Armenians at all. To be fair, I should note that today the history of
Caucasian Albania is often mixed up with politics. Azerbaijan claims that Armenians have been “Armenianising”
ancient Albanian temples for centuries, and in fact all the surrounding monasteries and temples, which
were thought to be Armenian, are actually Albanian. Do you know what kind of information these stones
carry? Information that cannot be erased. It can be changed to Armenian, to Georgian,
to Russian. But the stone shows. I have been to Jerusalem several times, it is closer
in architecture. In reality, it is impossible to speak of distinctive Albanian architecture because, as a
state, Caucasian Albania had ceased to exist by the fifth century, and by the tenth century its peoples
had dissolved among its more powerful neighbours. The only significant differences from Armenian
or Georgian temples can be traced back to the sixth-century basilica of Kum. However, at the instigation
of the Soviet academic and ideologist Ziya Buniatov, Azerbaijani historians, politicians and religious
figures simply replaced the root ‘arm’ with ‘alb’. And not only in the name of the temples: for example,
the Armenian historian Movses Kagankatvatsi is referred to in articles as the Albanian historian
Moses of Kalankatu. Even Wikipedia does not lag behind: for example, in the En and Rus articles about the Albanian
king Urnair the date of adoption of Christianity is 370. The Azerbaijani article proudly mentions 313 –
they say, Albania became Christian before Armenia! Distorting history is a bad thing, but if it helps
prevent the destruction of ancient monuments, then so be it. As for the Udins, it is also good for them: the
government has essentially appointed them as an ancient indigenous people whose cultural successor
is the Azerbaijanis (which, of course, sounds absurd, because the Udins are essentially Christian Gürks,
and the Azerbaijanis are Muslim Turks). Otherwise, with globalization, cultural differences are being erased: Udis
know Russian and Azeri from childhood, freely use the Internet, and go to study in other countries. And everyday
objects seem to be finally moving to museums. this is hung on a tree on both sides and milk is poured
and pumped hard back and forth on top of the oil. I tell my kids and one is like, “Isn’t it easier to
buy it in a shop?” and of course that’s right too. — The congregation lets you off easy? It’s not
like you have to go back. Marry an Udine. — No such thing. It’s just that we’re few and
far between, but there’s love either way. — Are you planning to marry an Udi or
are you looking for a Russian hottie? — I don’t know, but it’s more likely to be Udi. – And
it depends. If there are 10,000 people, you’ll only have to choose from 1,000 men.
— He’ll find one! I’m not picking anyone. Caucasian Albania is not the only region
deeply steeped in Christianity. If by the incredible cold, rain and general
Russian look you thought we were back in Russia, we are not. We are still in Azerbaijan, but
we are as close to Russia as possible. Not geographically, but culturally.
We are in the village of Ivanovka! When our Ivanovka people came here, the Molokans.
As they were building houses in Russia, they started building them here as well. They were
industrious people, they practiced the same agriculture that they did in their homeland,
in Russia. They grew wheat, barley. The Molokans are among the apostate Christians
whom the Russian Orthodox Church has declared “particularly dangerous heretics”. For traditional
orthodoxy, their positions were reprehensible: they did not recognise icons or the sign of the cross,
they rejected the church and the entire hierarchy. — We don’t have icons, we don’t have a cross. We have
a house of prayer. We gather in a certain house on Sundays. There are also youth
fellowships, singing. We do not believe in icons. Because it is
made by the hand of man. Nobody has seen God. Experiencing persecution, two hundred years
ago the Molokans settled in Transcaucasia and acquired a reputation as “Russian Protestants”.
In general, Molokans do not live only in Ivanovka, and if you want to know better the way of life of
this community, you should see a documentary film by Dmitry Frolov and Saghlar Tyurbeeva. We went
to the House of Culture for this purpose: monumental hall for 700 seats with huge chandeliers
tells about the past of the village in the best way, and the whole history of
Ivanovka is told in the separate museum room. For example, if a guy wants to marry a girl
and she gives him her consent and gives him this handkerchief. He brings it to his parents and
tells them about the girl. It’s like a sign of consent. — Will Ivan use this life hack? – No, I
don’t think so. Now we have wedding rings. I won’t take the bride from here, of course,
but from a normal family. young people are everywhere. They go where
there is more money, where there are other working conditions. Of course, the countryside
is different from the city. Here we have to work on the garden, our own farm. Not everyone likes it.
– Our collective farm is in decline now. The wages are small. – Is the collective farm still
in existence? -Yes. But we need some help. Can’t do it without help. – So you’re on your own
now, huh? – Everyone’s on their own these days. Trying to mind their own business.
Some lambing, some keeping cows. By the way, the Molokans have more in common with
the Muslims than with the Christians. Apart from icons, pork, alcohol and tobacco are strictly
prohibited here. The peace-loving Azerbaijanis have welcomed the Molokans as their own and have
no problem congratulating them even on Easter. they came to congratulate us. We gave them baked eggs.
They believe in us and we believe in them. But when they had Nowruz we treated them. And now they all
open the door together and say “Christ is risen”. Although 95% of the population considers themselves
to be Muslims, Azerbaijan is one of the most secular of Islamic countries. The observance of
rituals and fasts is free, and it is difficult to see a man with a long beard or a girl in a hijab.
Azerbaijan is a Shiite Muslim country, belonging to the 15% Muslim minority. To understand all
the dogmatic differences for which Sunnis and Shiites chopped each other’s heads
off in times immemorial, you would have to pause for this shot, but the important thing
is that for seventy Soviet and thirty post-Soviet years Azerbaijan has essentially lost its religious
identity. In the information field, religious issues occupy one of the last lines, giving way to oil
and gas achievements or territorial disputes with Armenia. Shiism also has its own architectural
forms: Azerbaijani mosques rarely resemble Turkish ones, they are rather squat and are often
finished in brick. One notable exception is the eighth-century Juma Mosque in Shemakha, the
country’s oldest: it has survived several earthquakes and reconstructions, including the latest
reconstruction in 2013. What I like about Azerbaijan is that all the buildings are built out of sandstone
called “aglai”. It is a very versatile material. It has thermal insulation, durability, different
properties. It is not cold in winter, not hot in summer. It is also possible to make such a decoration
because the material is soft and porous and it always gives a zest to the
architecture of Azerbaijan. Despite its secular lifestyle, Azerbaijan has quite
a few sacred places. The only thing is that they are usually not mosques, but feasts. These mausoleums
have at various times been built around the tombs of famous theologians, scholars or healers.
One of such feasts is located near Baku in Shuvalan, and grew around the grave of healer
Mir-Movsum-aga, who lived in the early twentieth century. The saint was a paralytic as a child and
could hardly walk, for which he was popularly known as the man without bones. Mir-Movsum-aga had
a special energy that enabled him to heal illnesses and fulfil almost any wish. Thousands
of pilgrims of all nationalities and creeds flocked to his house in the old city of Baku. After
his death pilgrims began to come to the cemetery, and in the nineties a mausoleum and a mosque were built
around his grave. The walls inside are studded with thousands of mirrored glass, the kind of mosque
found only in Iran, and it’s a sight to behold. Every day pilgrims come here to pray, get
rid of illness or just to ask for something. It is believed that if one walks around the
grave three times any wish will come true. All guests bring sweets or baklava, which should
be given to other pilgrims after the ritual. On the way to this mausoleum, you saw many pens where
lambs and sometimes even cows are sold. In Islam, it is encouraged to buy and sacrifice
a lamb at least once a year. And the meat should be given to the poor. We are modern
people, we do not focus on finding such people, but it is a great sin for us. But we have to
find them. Those people who call themselves Muslim but do not live by the Muslim canons,
and even they willingly do it and give out meat. Another interesting thing is that
a sheep gives birth once a year. The maximum is twins, but that is rare. Lamb is the most
consumed in Azerbaijan, the most sacrificed sheep, but for some reason its number
is increasing every year. For a complete picture of religious tolerance,
two more puzzles are missing. Puzzle one is Judaism. There is a place in Azerbaijan
called the Caucasian Jerusalem: it is the village of Krasnaya Sloboda near the town of Guba.
For about two thousand years, mountain Jews have lived here compactly. The most remarkable
thing is that in recent years the sloboda has changed from a backwater periphery to a
showcase of the most luxurious palaces. Left-handed? The second puzzle is, of course, Zoroastrianism.
This ancient monotheistic religion first placed man before the choice between good and evil, between
darkness and light. For Zoroastrians, fire was the most sacred element. And it was thanks to this element
that Azerbaijan became Mecca for fire-worshippers. All the caravans, passing from here, mostly they
heard that there was such a place, came here and they saw his majesty, how the fire burned
here, not going out for many years. These fires burned in many places of Absheron
Also the ancient Huns told that there were such big columns of fire that they served
as lighthouses when they sailed across the Caspian Sea. In short, it was a special energy
land that was considered sacred. The peculiarity of Baku oil was that it was
very close to the surface of the earth and the associated oil fields. These jets of gas
gushed out on the surface of the earth and in many ways the ground of the peninsula
was simply flaming underfoot. That’s why our country is called
the “land of fire”. Although Zoroastrianism initially had many
preachers, it never became a world religion. Today it is one of the most closed and mysterious
faiths. It is almost impossible to become Zoroastrian, which is why their total number does
not exceed three hundred thousand people. And the scattered information about life within the
caste resembles the legends around the Masonic order. The richest Zoroastrian is above them, he has spent
more than 10 billion for the needs of Zoroastrians in the last 10-12 years. They study in the best
universities, are treated in the best clinics and it is very difficult to enter their environment,
i.e. to come and say “I became a Zoroastrian”. You have to have a pedigree for that. Despite the fact
that fire-worshippers come here from all over the world, Zoroastrianism is practically
not represented in Azerbaijan itself. According to recent data, fewer than a thousand
people ascribe themselves to this religion, which cannot be compared to India, Iran or
the USA. Nevertheless, many Zoroastrian customs have migrated to Islam and are now perceived
as strictly Muslim traditions. For example, the daily fivefold prayer or the national
celebration of the arrival of spring Novruz Bayram. Until 21 March, 4 Tuesdays are considered holy and
each Tuesday is associated with an element. The four main elements: fire, water, air and earth are
considered holy by the Zoroastrians. Every year something new is invented. But the main elements
remain. Candles are lit, there should be as many candles as there are people living in that
house. One candle for every soul. We go to tombs of our deceased, we visit our elders. Earlier it was more
expressed, even more colourful. Now some moments are erased, but this culture remains, and Azerbaijanis
celebrate Novruz as the most important holiday. – Do you smell something strange? – No
– I do. The smell of history in two minutes. Let’s start at the end. To be more precise, from the
end of the XIX century, when in the Russian Empire a joking phrase becomes common: “the history of
the Midians is dark and incomprehensible”. It is used to illustrate any insubstantial story. So.
To make the history of Azerbaijan not dark and incomprehensible for us, it is
necessary to tell … the history of the Medes. At the turn of the second millennium BC and the
first millennium BC, in the heart of the Iranian plateau emerges state of Midian. With a centre near
the modern city of Hamadan, Iranian-speaking tribes at the core of the ethnos and…
a fortress in the form of a huge mussel! Okay, well, I got you about the mussel,
so you’ll agree. The Midians lived standard Antique life: they
did agriculture, worshipped the Zoroastrian god Ahuramazda, defended themselves from the raids
of neighboring tribes from Assyria and Urartu, and in the seventh century grew into a major
Midian Empire. Which, however, only 100 years later fell to the onslaught of the Achaemenid
Empire – and became its satrapy, i.e. province. The Achaemenids soon fall – at the battle of
Gaugamela against Alexander the Great. One of the Achaemenid satraps, Atropatheus, who came
under Macedonian rule, establishes his kingdom in northern Midia. A popular version
says that a series of phonetic distortions – Atropatena, Atropatakan, Aturpatakan –
turned Atropat’s kingdom into Azerbaijan. At the turn of the millennium, Atropatena is
absorbed into the Parthian kingdom. The local tribes first fight on the side of Parthia against
the Romans… and then vice versa. A bit to the north at this time, Caucasian Albania, whose
history you already know and which, by the way, also fought against the Romans – first alone, and
then under the banner of the Sasanid dynasty, or the Second Persian Empire, develops. Then it was
all classic. The Arab Caliphate and Islamisation, devastating invasions of the Seljuk Turks, after
which the Arabs seemed lame, and the Mongols, after which the Seljuk Turks seemed lame.
Finally, in the fifteenth century the local lands were overtaken by total Turkisation, mainly under
the influence of the states of Kara Koyunlu and Ak Koyunlu. It was at this time that the
Azerbaijani language and the Azerbaijani ethnos. Then the largest Azerbaijani cities were conquered
by Ismail the First – the founder of the Safavid dynasty and one of the first classics of
Azerbaijani literature – aka Ismail Khatai. Shah Ismail was so cool that his contemporaries
worshipped him, and if Yandex.Maps existed in the sixteenth century, the Safavid state
would have had the highest ranking. Soon two other empires – the Ottoman and the
Russian – would clash for supremacy in Transcaucasia with the Safavids. The latter, having launched
an unsuccessful campaign, would successively conquer numerous Azerbaijani khanates in the early
nineteenth century, and call the Azerbaijanis Caucasian Tatars. From here on, we have
to skip to the end again. Today Azerbaijan is one of the most, if not the
most, developed republics in the post-Soviet space. I think you have understood that the
main reason lies in the dark brown liquid. It starts with O and ends with L. We are on the territory of former oil fields.
But something can still be seen here, as they say, remnants of the former luxury. And now we can see
the first oil rig in the history of mankind. Count Vorontsov, the governor of the Caucasus, in 1848
signed an official document that the first oil rig originated in Baku. And the Colonel Drake drilled
his oil rig 13 years later, so the difference is quite decent. Until then oil was extracted in the most
primitive way, like digging a well. There used to be a specialty called “oil scooper”. There was
no need to drill deep or dig something. A hole was dug and oil simply oozed
out and workers dug it. In the next 150 years there would be about three
billion tons of oil extracted from the subsoil of the Apsheron Peninsula. The Russian Empire
would produce 90% of its oil. Azerbaijan would become the largest supplier
of black gold on the international market until the middle of the 20th century — btw, Churchill will
drop a popular “If oil is a queen, Baku is her throne”, Baku will provide petrol and lubricants for the
victory in World War II, and then for the first time in the world begin to produce oil at sea.
But all that will come later. And in the middle of the nineteenth century,
an oil rush is out of the question – primarily because it is not clear why oil is needed.
It will take more than a decade – and a lot of risk-taking gentlemen – to get there. By the
way, most of these gentlemen were newcomers: for example, merchants Pyotr Gubonin
and Vasiliy Kokorev, who founded first in the world stock company; or Dmitry Mendeleev,
who worked in Baku as consultant on storage and distillation of black gold…
But the greatest breakthrough in the industry was connected with Nobel family,
who got here by accident. They received a large order from Russian crown
to produce a large batch of rifles. And they bought the materials for the stocks in Germany.
Walnut. Quite a big expense item. And someone whispered to them that here from
Baku, a distance of 250 kilometres, towards the border with Iran. In those relic forests
grows an unusual tree, which is as strong as metal. The so-called “iron tree”. First Robert Nobel came
here, there were 3 brothers, Robert, Alfred and Manuel. But something did not work out
with this tree for whatever reason. He decided to visit Baku on his way back,
purely out of curiosity. He saw that there was a lot of fuss going on about a
strange liquid with a strange name, “nafta”. And apparently his talent as an entrepreneur
told him that it was the future. So without thinking too much, he buys the land.
Over the next 30 years, a small concession would become a real empire: by 1901, Baku would
produce 50% of the world’s oil, the world would see its first oil pipeline, iron storage
tanks, the Zoroaster oil tanker, and kerosene prices would fall by a factor of five. The difference
between the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union was precisely that the Russian Empire knew how to
work with the elites. Gave them benefits. This is why there were many rich oil magnates
that started to invest and the Russian empire encouraged this. Everybody could go into oil
business then, try their luck. You and I, anybody else. For example, you like this piece of land and you
have a suspicion that there is oil here. You write to the local authorities. We’re talking late
19th early 20th century. They say “okay. The lease for this piece costs an N number
of roubles”. You pay the rent and look for it. You find it – you’re a rich man. If you don’t
find it, you’re broke. So it’s all fair. Baku’s oil is not just wells and skyscrapers in
the form of tongues of flame. You can see a reflection of the oil boom in almost everything around you.
For example, the National Stadium cost €710m, and Baku paid about $40m to host the 2016
Formula One European Grand Prix, with almost as much to build the Baku City
Circuit. However, despite its oil-rich past, Azerbaijan’s prospects in the oil market are dim.
A pioneer and record-breaker in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the country lost ground to
Russia, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in the 21st century and today is not even in the top twenty. That
does not cancel the historical merits of Baku. By the way, the indirect reason that we have
an opportunity to observe whales in the nature, is also Baku’s oil. After all, whale oil was
used for lighting back then. A gallon cost a $1,17 It was a great sum of money at that
time, if to take the middle of the 19th century. And when they started producing
oil in Baku, the price dropped several times over. A gallon of kerosene cost $0.4 — $0.7.
And kerosene came two years after that oil rig. The environmental contribution of oil is not just
about saving whales. In Azerbaijan, there is a whole town where oil does not cripple, but instead
cures. The Chinese are very fond of Naftalan. One can make such a conclusion by looking at this sign,
but in fact we came to Chinar hotel, because it is one of the best medical
sanatoriums in CIS. Chinar hotel is a mecca for those who want to
cure diseases of musculoskeletal system, skin and even nervous system. They treat them, you
would not believe, by bathing in oil. That’s not how I pictured it, either. In reality
you are immersed for ten minutes in a yellowish and extremely slippery bathtub, then they scrape
the oil with a shoe spoon, wipe you with paper towels and then you are washed for another
two days from the oily, medicinal liquid. The name of this sludge is Naftalan. It’s a completely
different kind of oil. There’s no volatile stuff like that. There’s petrol, paraffin,
naphtha. It’s completely absent. It is strongly resinous, paraffin-free, low-sulfur compound
and there are a lot of naphthalene hydrocarbons. And in their chemical composition they are
very similar to our natural enzymes, natural hormones and that is why it comes into
contact with the human body so easily. – So you can’t fill the car with it, right?
– Of course you can’t. It doesn’t burn, it boiles at 220 degrees Celsius. Oil, on the other hand,
if you light it on fire, it explodes. This oil doesn’t burn. Naftalan owes its popularity to
the foreigner – German engineer-chemist Eger, who came to Baku after the Nobel brothers. Everything
was already distributed there, there was nothing left, he was told about this oil and he came here.
But because he was a chemist he came here, looked at it, saw how this oil works and opened a small
factory here. And the baths. He had very good marketing, by the way. He made creams and
ointments and they spread all over Europe. During the 1st Japanese War, they found tubes
of naphthalene oil in the knapsacks of the Japanese. So they were instructed that
any wound should be treated with naphthalene ointment. Firstly it prevents secondary
infection and secondly it promotes healing. You shouldn’t come here for less than two
weeks: firstly, you need at least ten baths to get a tangible result, and secondly, you really want to
stay in this sanatorium for longer. Swanky kitchen, library, fitness room and even a chess club. And the
main thing, almost immediate improvement of health. Naftalan could well enter the
competition for the most interesting museum. Have you ever seen a museum of crutches? Naftalan
has one. Local patients leave their crutches here, which they no longer need. Isn’t that the
best proof of this place’s healing powers? Reyhana Khanum came to us from Yekaterinburg.
When she arrived she could hardly drag her feet. She came to me and asked me to cure her. I told
her I needed time. A woman of age. Over 50 years old. Be patient, we’ll treat you. Two
weeks went by and she said we’d cheated her. “I’ve done everything and
spent so much money.” I told her that when she came home she would
be better in 1-1.5 months. When she left we had a fight. Unpleasant feelings remained.
Six months later she came back and had no pain. She asked “did you recognise me”? I told
her “I did”. “See, I’m already dancing!” she came to apologize, because after 1.5
months she wasn’t walking, she was “flying”. – Do the people of Baku often go on holiday?
– Of course, look how many people there are. – I see a lot of Russians. – Yes, there are lots
of them, not only Russians, but also people from other republics. – Give some advice to all
tourists who come to Azerbaijan. – I want them to come here and rest as soon as possible. I think
there is no other place like this in the world. So I wish everybody to have a good holiday.
– Confirm. – Thank you. – Thank you. – You smell like oil. – Well, that’s beautiful.
– You’d think I’d want to move closer to you, but I don’t. – Really? – How much longer
are you gonna smell like oil? Two days? – So you’re not attracted to oil men? – Apparently
not. – Let’s wait a couple of days. Dear girls, if you are attracted to the smell of oil, post
your phone number and instagram in the comments. And whether your parents are strict. – But know
that a man who came out of oil does not smell good. I think you have already realised that we have
come to one of the scariest sights in Azerbaijan. This is the bloody bridge. It is named so
because Siemens brothers mined the ore in these lands in the middle of 19th century.
They built the railway branch line here, according to one of the versions, the train
with the workers fell from the bridge and and fell into the gorge, and since
then the bridge got such a name. They say that when you walk on the bridge,
there is a feeling of softness, and it is because there is straw as an
additional cushion under the crushed stone. I can neither confirm nor deny it. But
I can definitely tell you that it’s incredibly scary here.
So I’d better get going. – Che kak? (En: what’s up?) I am not asking
how you are doing, I am saying the name of the main hamam in Ganja. Cokak. Ganja is the second largest city in Azerbaijan.
Although it is not a large city, with only 300,000 inhabitants. It is closer to Tbilisi than
to Baku. But it is precisely here that the great poet Nizavi Ganjavi was born. First Republic of
Azerbaijan was declared here and if you want to feel essence of Azerbaijan, you have
to visit Ganja. But I have to say right away that the etymology of the Persian
word “ganjak” is translated as “treasure”. And the city does not correspond
to this very well. Except for a couple of rich quarters around
the Philharmonic, Ganja is: a few huge books of the Persian poet Nizami and his mausoleum
right on the highway, which we so understood how to get to; deserted streets, with occasional
gypsies fighting; chaotic road traffic, looking at which you want to shake hands;
and, of course, unique architecture. For example, if you walk along the central
street of Ganja, admire marvelous architecture, French balconies, and then you look and
something hints you that you should turn to a yard. You go into the courtyard
and there’s a riot of self-build. Actually, if I was asked, “What’s the main
symbol of Azerbaijan?” I’d say, along with the tea, it’s the rampant construction. The local
residents do not care about getting permits from the authorities, they do not care that
the whole thing is almost unsustainable. If an Azerbaijani wanted to build a bigger flat, he went
ahead and did it. And you are looking for excuses. In keeping with the architectural oddities, Ganja’s
main landmark is the Bottle House, built by Ibrahim Jafarov in the 1960s in memory of
his brother Yusif, who did not return from the war. Officially, Yusif remained missing
even then, longing for his brother, with whom they were very close. Ibrahim, of black
stone and bottle glass, has built such an interesting house. It is said that
Jafarov was expecting Yusif to read a report about Ganja in a foreign land, and that
there was such an interesting house built by his brother and he would return home. It never happened, but
the house was included in all guidebooks about Ganja. So we arrived in Ganja and stayed in a premium
hotel, about to go to bed, as you can see And then there was a knock on the door, and we
discovered a pattern. On about our sixth day in Azerbaijan, every time we stay at the
hotel, they bring us a fruit plate. We have not solved this secret, we have never
understood why they bring it to us. Either because we’re bloggers or because we’re the good guys,
but somehow it’s there. Write in the comments, has anyone had this situation at all or are
we just lucky? But we are happy and also this plate gets bigger every time
and turns into an orchard. In Lankaran, where we are going, they say
there is a very tasty tea, which you cannot find anywhere else, and there is a very tasty
cherry plum. Such a thing. And we bought it from local sellers, and they asked 4 manat
for it. And I said to them, “No, you can’t fool me. Bahaly.” – You’ve already learned,
yes, with the right pronunciation. – I asked for 3 manat. But it’s still expensive. – 150
rubles for one alycha, you got cheated, in my opinion. Let’s try it. – Give it to. – What’s it like?
Sour or salty? As I understand it, a cherry plum is a yellow plum. – We were told an interesting
fact. If in Russia pregnant women ask for mangoes, jam, salted watermelon and
pickles. Pregnant women in Azerbaijan ask for cherry plums. – Let’s find out if
you’re pregnant or not. Apparently not. Sour? When I was little, I had sorrel at home. I used to
pick sorrel and eat it, I liked it a lot. But I guess I’m not little anymore. – Let me try some,
too. It’s just like an apple from my childhood. – There’s a bone in it. – Oh, it’s very
bitter. Let’s go get our money back. Something very interesting is about to happen.
Do you know how old the Russian samovar is? A little over 300 years old. Do you know how
old the Azerbaijani samovar is? Just over 3500 years old. Not this samovar in particular, but
the oldest samovar on earth, which was found in Azerbaijan near Sheki. What is Tula? If you’re
going to Azerbaijan, don’t bring your samovar. I would say honestly, Lankaran, as well as Ganja,
does not possess any sights. Yes, there are a lot of samovars and samovar tea is available
in almost every cafe here: that’s why the town is considered the capital of Azercay. Yes, you
can look at a curious brick mosque or a half-alive prison tower – where, incidentally, even Stalin
was once imprisoned for bank robbery. What interested us most was not the buildings, but the interesting
Iranian-speaking people who live in them. We are the real Talish. It has been written in one
magazine that the most beautiful language in the world. The first place goes to French, Persian, and then
to Afghani, because they have the letters I, G, and G. The French only have “bonjour, mademoiselle”. And then
there was footnote including the Talysh language. In a childhood my dad and mum spoke with me so I
knew the language, Now when I speak I find it difficult. But I remember some poems.
Tell it, please. “What makes the sound ‘tyr-tyr’? A tractor came to the collective farm What does it run on? On a single glass of oil. The Talyshs are very relaxed and friendly
guys. Even the customs officer, who forbade us to film the fishing on the shore, still
allowed us to take some pictures. And Tofik told us that a thousand guests
at a Talysh wedding is commonplace. we don’t invite like you do. Anya, Tanya,
Ivan or Andrey. We say one, and he invites 10 people with him. There were 1045 people
at my brother’s wedding. Everyone was fed. We have everyone drinking vodka.
We’ve got everyone enjoying themselves. You don’t get a headache or nausea like the
Russians. No booze, no sobering up. No drunks. The people are kind and we
communicate well with everybody. The peaceful Talysh vibe is perfectly complemented
by the main Caucasian game – backgammon. It came here from Persia and it is so ingrained
in the local culture that today Azerbaijani backgammon championship is considered one of
the most prestigious. And of course, backgammon, just like the East is a delicate matter. 15 Black. This is called ‘night’. 15 white is
‘day’. Then you get 24 cells – that’s 24 hours. The sweat we throw in and
that’s called “zar”. Every number has a meaning. For example, the first
number we call God. “Eek” is one. We say “ek” is God, there is no second person. It’s like a
weather forecast. there is a wind, there is an earthquake – everything is in
these dice. If you’re lucky, it’s an ordinary day. If you don’t get lucky,
you get something unusual. Our trip to Lankaran, by the way, was a
confirmation that luck and bad luck are relative. Approaching the town we got caught in such
a storm, that it seemed that our Malibu together with us would be washed away on the road and
we had to call for emergency services. But the hurricane quickly abated, and the sunset we
saw, believe me, was worth several hurricanes. – Еell your emotions, Sasha. How did you survive it?
– It’s probably the most I’ve ever seen in my life. Honestly. It’s like you went to hell and back
10 minutes later. You drove out at the crack of dawn. After all that darkness, it doesn’t look like
sunset, although it is sunset. It’s dawn. I don’t know. It’s given to us for something, isn’t it? Maybe
so we don’t say “bahally” in the markets anymore? The most romantic story in Azerbaijan to be
told is at this very building. This is the home of Mir Ahmat Khan in Lenkoran. Heir to the
Talysh Khans, who, however, had no real power after the arrival of the Russian Empire.
Mir Ahmat-Khan built it in 1913 for his wife Tugrokhanum, who won a beauty contest in
Tiflis in the beginning of the 20th century and officially became the first belle of
Caucasus. The house is quite in keeping with Tugrokhanum’s beauty. The tallest mansion
in, at the time, a true oriental art nouveau, built of real white stone and red brick. It’s
said that when the house was first built, an electric device was used to pump water from
a well into a vat. And these colourful stained glass windows were not made by chance,
but so that the beautiful wife could walk around. She could not be seen from
the street, but inside she could safely walk around and watch everything
happening in the street. True romance happens only in fairy tales;
in 1916 Mirahmet Khan died in France, and after the revolution his widow was evicted by
the Soviets. For a long time she is persecuted. She had to go to Baku, even to
work as a cleaner, and unfortunately, the first belle of the Caucasus was
never able to return to Lankaran. It is time to talk about the main city
of Azerbaijan. A city whose buildings are recognized as the most beautiful in the
world, a city in the centre of which every April you can drive at a speed of 340 km per hour.
A city that deserves a separate story and this story is sure to appear later in the film.
And in this film you will see atypical Baku. What can I say about Baku? If you ask a local,
what is this city? Versions are likely to differ. Baku is Paris. Baku is Sydney. Baku is Dubai. I really don’t get the gimmick
of comparing all cities with skyscrapers to Dubai. But okay, You are the boss.
Baku is Monte Carlo. Especially in April, because the whole centre is blocked
off because of Formula 1. But you will never be told that Baku is a favelas.
This is where we came. We were told not to come here in any case. They said we would
be robbed behind these bars. Take away our camera, kill us. But we do it for a minute.
We walk around Kubinka. This is not a Cuban woman, as you might think. Kubinka is a
neighbourhood. It is in the centre of Baku, where before the revolution merchants from the
city of Quba came to trade, it is in the north of Azerbaijan and that is why it is called Kubinka,
and you could buy absolutely everything here. There was a saying that if you did not know
where to find something, you had to go to Kubinka. Lovely doors, Czech beer. Was there? There was.
Bitcoins? Probably not. Oil rigs even, probably according to the locals, but I think that’s an
exaggeration. Amazing refrigerator you see here, folks. Friends, Zis Moscow. Look at these open doors.
Friends, where do you see those open doors? In Kuryanovo you will see it? And maybe in Khimki? I
doubt it. When they talk about scary neighbourhoods, just look: doors are open, children are open. In the 90s, you know, I even worked there
for a while, the cooperative movement had just started and I felt completely safe. I can’t
say anything about the fall of Kubinka. But another thing is that it was called a criminal
place. You could buy forbidden goods there, but mostly Baku residents went there with
a desire to dress up. It was the time of total deficit and it was very difficult to find
any clothes. They used to go to the Kubinka to buy a Finnish mackintosh or suit, which were very
fashionable at the time. It was very expensive, but the Baku people
were very fond of dressing up. What’s happening to the Cuban girl right
now? Something terrible is happening, friends, because this neighbourhood is on the
verge of extinction. Renovation is coming to Baku. Sobyan-zade — that’s the mayor’s name, he’s
decided that why not resemble Moscow for good? Since we’re drinking smoothies at the Cafe
Beaumonde, why do we need Cuban? A problem area in the centre of the city, which is impossible
to live in, where there are old communications, where people are just miserable, and tourists
are afraid to go there. Locals are offered AZN 1 500 per square meter. You cannot
settle even in the outskirts of Baku for this money, so locals try to defend this place.
They do not want to settle for one and a half thousand manats, which is fair. But
nevertheless, here comes the metropolis. People are always dissatisfied, everyone wants
to get fabulously rich and bargaining begins. Bargaining, you know, in Azerbaijan they love
it, yes. He wants to improve his financial situation, he says: “No, it doesn’t suit me”.
He resists somehow, bursts to have some kind of individual work done with him, but someone
may manage to get some extra bonus in all this, but now in Baku everything is under active
construction and people come to an agreement. Baku is rapidly bidding farewell to slums and
industrial zones, and doing so quite gracefully. One of the most striking modern neighbourhoods
is the white city, which is most often compared to Parisian quarters. But just a couple of
decades ago, the area had a different reputation. Now it is called White City, but before that it
was called Black City. Why very often there were fires in oil fields in Baku? Because all
that was made of wood, it was saturated with oil, and workers often warmed themselves by the
fire or smoked, took a smoke break, and then some accidental spark and strong fires
happened quite often, and from this soot everything was black – houses, streets,
trees and some people were black, so they called that part of Baku “Black City”
in a pejorative way. I remember, when I was a student I always
had a napkin in my pocket, because until you reached the institute where you studied you were
covered with dust and soot for obvious reasons. I wanted the girls to like me, to look tidy,
and I always shook off my shoes before entering, and now you don’t need any napkins –
see how beautiful it is. these beautiful plants, they are all
made by human hands. It is high time to set a monument to our gardeners
and people who keep Baku clean. Barring the impetuous fences set up by Formula
1, Baku is an ideal city for a walk. But the most interesting place for us was perhaps not the
streets, but a small workshop in the old town. Everyone sees a lion here…here is the Holy
Grail. Here’s the hourglass. This is the Yin-Yang, This is what a woman’s waist looks like,
giving the birth of man. This is guardian angel These are women’s hands that give the seven
billion population. The eyes are oil canvas, I signed inside so that no one says it’s
chinese. if you hold the hand like this, it’s a wolf, this side is a tiger (like a lion),
if you flip it over, it’s an alien. there’s a lot. and above the lion, you
see this cat, here, this is the cat’s forelegs, this is the second one,
and this is the tail. Ali Shamsi is an artist both literally and
figuratively. One can listen endlessly to his about his works, and from the first second of
our meeting it became clear that this man’s art is deep inside. – All my life i have known, since
I was six, but i used to scratch on stones naked women – I always got in trouble for it.
I still scratch on canvas. I am happy that I have such a father who forbade me and at
the same time opened the door somewhere. Never let your secret get out, you see, a
grenade bitten off is no longer interesting, you see it all spilling out – it’s no longer
a secret, a closed grenade is a secret. Usually when we fall in love, we allow ourselves to
be scratched. Grenades are a mystery to me. You can’t throw anything away, here are these
paints for thirty years, I was married to them for thirty years. one day the paints say: “look,
I’m tired of you already”. This is my palette. and they decide to live separately, and the
Scottish Prime Minister was here, and he says: “Look, there seems to be something Scottish
about you. Here in Scotland, if an artist starts painting, he never throws it away”. Here, you
see, the paints are all worked out, and, he says, “when the artist is seen off for the last time,
whoever comes to see him off, they split it like this, they cut it in five millimetres, under glass.
Here, you see, the artist’s tree, it’s all there: when I sold the painting, when I was in love,
when I had a bad period – everything is here. Every day hundreds of people come in to Ali.
Many of them become artists too for a minute. the walls of the studio are open to expression,
and judging by the pace, soon we will have to find new surfaces. – Because of this, artists
should not be given a large space, they fill everything. Imagine, in this little shell – how
much there is in you guys, you have no idea. Every country has a place of attraction, here is
one of them, I’m sure it is. I have to perform in this place, and you are lucky that in 60
years I wore a jacket for the first time. Imagine, 60 years barefoot. – It’s a very nice jacket.
– No-no, wait, i even made a challenge, i decided to go to the Everest, i got to first base barefoot
in shorts. And then i climbed the jungle, etc. So people wouldn’t be nervous that the bastard wasn’t
sick. I had to dress up and became like this. To say goodbye, Ali offered to read his paintings,
and I, of course, pulled out a beautiful woman. – Oh, oh, good for you. – We have the perfect match.
– You guys, look, where’s the woman? – No more women. – He loves women. – That’s what I’m drawn to
– No, he loves art. I understand all men, digging, building, creating – thanks to
beautiful ladies we’ve created 8 wonders of the world, otherwise we’d be playing
hockey, football, you know… nothing to do. So we arrived at the Sash-Dakh hotel, paid
9,000 rubles for a room – it’s a ski resort. Not much by local standards, and all so that
Cleopatra could fulfil her long-time dream coffee on a balcony overlooking the mountains.
And so, somewhere over there, a hundred metres away is our hotel, and here are the
mountains. I feel a little guilty. Cloudiness is a frequent though variable thing
in the mountains, but at the end of the trip we decided to go even higher, to visit people
who live above the clouds. The newly paved road makes this task easier, and it doesn’t look like
that scary as the roads of Dagestan or Ossetia Cleopatra, however, has a different opinion. — I’m not so scared, by the way, because I’m driving
– And I’m very scared. – Look, honey. – I don’t… – This is probably the hardest pass,
don’t be afraid. – Im Sasha, nice to meet you, Sasha. You have
such a tan! – There are no clouds here. Khanalyg is unique not only due to its location
at the altitude of over two thousand meters; And not only by those who heat stoves here
with such dung briquettes that prepared using a special form; and not
only by the fact that the roof of one house is often is the yard of another, and neighbors
can enter your house through these bizarre windows The local people are not members of any ethnic
or linguistic group, and caves scattered around the rocks show that people settled
here long ago. – We are not Azerbaijanis, we are not Lezgins, we are a separate people.
Khanalyg has 5,000 years of written history. The original name of the village is not Khanalyg,
but Ketsh. “Kettid” is what we call our homeland and people. We have a distinct language, there
are no similar ones in the whole world. Words for feminine and masculine are
separate. I know five languages myself, but I have never found similar words anywhere.
– Could you say something? (Speaking Ketsh) I say, “When do we sit down to dinner? tell me,
what time”? You see, can’t recognise a single word. Khajibala’s house could be called a
multifunctional centre. You can sleep here, have dinner here, but most importantly, you can
go to the archaeological museum. What is it? A duck. And what’s that? Teeth!
– They’re teeth! At the Darwin Museum, they have
them behind glass. You can’t touch that. – Arabic. Do you understand what it says
here? Do you understand what century this is? – Almost 500 years ago. Fossils, ancient coins, manuscripts and
swords. All the artefacts come from Khanalyg. Some of the heritage is kept in the
building next door. The curator of the museum is this young man. And I have
a sneaking suspicion that real swords are being played with here. – And how do you find it? – This money?
Some kids dug it up around the house. We can’t talk about it, because more tourists
will come here with metal detectors. There’s nothing here! Don’t you have a metal detector?
– No. If we did, that would be fine. Dear friends, if you go to Hanalyg village,
know what to bring with you. A metal detector. I think Khadjibala will appreciate it. – Then I’ll
get caught. – That’s it. Cancelled. You don’t have to go to the library to understand
how many different cultures and religions have passed through Khanalyg. It is enough
to go to the numerous cemeteries, whose area is multiples of the size of the village. Or
take a look at the village mosque. In addition to stones with Arabic script, there are
runes or very ancient rock paintings. I don’t even know if anyone has
been able to decipher them. First they believed in water, then in a tree,
then in the sun and the moon, then in fire and then they accepted Islam. I myself have
read the Bible, and the sacred books of Moses, Jesus and Mohammed. I know the
Arabic alphabet. So I believe in God first, then in three prophets, and in books, then
in myself. I do not believe anybody else. Of all periods, Khajibala chooses the Soviet period
the hardest. The reasons are very personal. chastisement. There was no road here. 250
people went off to war and did not return. And here there was Stalin’s repression. They
took 20 men in one night and my grandfather too. He was rich and because
of that he was shot. Despite their rich and difficult history,
the people of Khanalyg are very kind. But family life is taken very seriously here.
– We have one marriage and no divorce. Most importantly, if there are no
children, then you can get a divorce, but with us no one gets a divorce.
The wife just leaves, another woman comes to the man – and when she gives birth
to a child, the first wife takes the child. They live together to the end. – Are your
marriages for love or arranged? – For love. Well, you spent this hour in Azerbaijan, we
spent two weeks here. But even a year is not long enough to feel this country. These
two weeks were very full. We were always in a hurry to shoot everything. To tell you.
But the coolest phrase I heard from the locals, which describes this people and
this country very well. “Why rush when there’s an eternity ahead?” So like
this video, subscribe to the channel. And like a true Azerbaijani, I’ll
order tea and think about eternity. For example, about editing this video. Every time we arrive at the hotel,
we…. I’ve destroyed a tree. — Lambs. — Maniac. The “Eagle and Pawn” program on the air! Did
you miss me? I’m not. I love that there’s a piece of finger on the lens.
That’s how “Eagle and Pawn” works. (dancing) Very scary bridge. Restaurants, my friends,
are what Cleopatra loves. Restaurants and Russian pop songs. What are you laughing at? We’ve already
imbibed the bidet aesthetic here. They’re all over the place. You push
a button and you don’t need paper. And here, I think there’s a tap and no
hose. Where will the water come from? And it’s pouring from here. This is some
kind of innovation. You sit there and you don’t have to get a hose. You just
turn it on and you’re done. I want one of these at home.
– Easy to please this woman. Tell me, Azeri, what’s the power?
A cherry plum!

📖 Что уникального вы узнаете из этого видео:

• Философия азербайджанского плова – почему рис и начинка готовятся отдельно
• Секрет казмага – как создать идеальную золотистую корочку на дне казана
• Выбор риса – какие сорта предпочитают в Азербайджане
• Подготовка риса по-азербайджански – замачивание, отваривание, томление
• Разнообразие начинок – от мяса до сухофруктов и каштанов
• Масло и шафран – важнейшие компоненты азербайджанского плова
• Традиционная подача – как правильно сервировать Shah plov
• Дополнения к плову – что подают на азербайджанском столе
• Виды азербайджанского плова – более 40 различных вариаций

🌟 Что делает азербайджанский плов уникальным?

Азербайджанский плов кардинально отличается от узбекского, таджикского и других среднеазиатских вариантов. Главное отличие – рис и начинка готовятся отдельно, а затем красиво выкладываются на блюдо слоями или рядом друг с другом. Это не просто технологическая особенность – это совершенно другая кулинарная философия!

Канал Александр Перхулов из показывает классический подход к приготовлению азербайджанского плова, передавая атмосферу настоящей кавказской кухни. За 6281 секунд этого видео вы погрузитесь в мир изысканных вкусов и ароматов Азербайджана.

👑 Shah Plov – шах среди пловов!

Самый знаменитый вид азербайджанского плова – это Shah plov (шах-плов), “королевский плов”. Его особенность в том, что рис запекается в тонком лаваше или тесте, создавая великолепную золотистую корочку. При подаче плов переворачивают на блюдо, и гости видят эффектную золотую “корону” из казмага.

Другие популярные виды азербайджанского плова:

• Сабзи плов – плов с зеленью и рыбой, традиционное блюдо на Новруз
• Ширин плов – сладкий плов с сухофруктами, курагой, изюмом и миндалем
• Тоюг плов – плов с курицей и каштанами
• Сюдлю плов – молочный плов, готовится на молоке
• Лобья плов – плов с фасолью и мясом
• Баллы плов – плов с мелкой рыбой
• Каурма плов – плов с жареным мясом

🥘 Казмаг – душа азербайджанского плова

Казмаг (или “газмах”) – это хрустящая золотистая корочка, которая образуется на дне казана. Это может быть просто рисовая корочка, или же специально подложенный лаваш, тонкое тесто (юфка), или даже ломтики картофеля. Казмаг считается самой вкусной частью азербайджанского плова, и гостям всегда предлагают его в первую очередь!

В этом видео продолжительностью 01:44:41 канал Александр Перхулов подробно показывает, как добиться идеального казмага – не подгоревшего, но при этом хрустящего и золотистого.

👨‍🍳 Искусство приготовления азербайджанского плова

В Азербайджане приготовление плова – это высокое искусство. В отличие от Средней Азии, где пловом занимаются преимущественно мужчины, в Азербайджане это может быть как мужским, так и женским делом. Но настоящие мастера плова (пловчулар) – это профессионалы своего дела, чьи секреты передаются из поколения в поколение.

Автор канала Александр Перхулов демонстрирует проверенную технологию, которая позволит вам приготовить ресторанный азербайджанский плов у себя дома. Это видео – полноценный мастер-класс, в котором автор показывает не только последовательность действий, но и объясняет, ПОЧЕМУ нужно делать именно так. Вы поймете логику процесса, а не просто будете слепо следовать инструкциям.

🍚 Рис для азербайджанского плова – основа основ

Для азербайджанского плова традиционно используют длиннозерные сорта риса:

• Садри – иранский рис, очень ароматный
• Амбер-бу – индийский длиннозерный рис
• Басмати – популярный выбор для современной кухни
• Девзира – можно использовать, но это менее традиционно

Важнейший этап – правильная подготовка риса. Метод аб-кеш (отваривание риса в большом количестве воды с последующим сливом) позволяет удалить излишек крахмала, благодаря чему рис получается рассыпчатым. Рис замачивают в соленой воде минимум на 2-3 часа (а лучше на ночь), затем отваривают до полуготовности в большом количестве подсоленной воды. Эта технология является ключевой для получения правильного азербайджанского плова.

🔍 Научный подход к приготовлению плова

Азербайджанская технология приготовления плова имеет под собой научную основу. Когда вы удаляете излишек крахмала через метод аб-кеш, каждое рисовое зерно остается отдельным и рассыпчатым. Томление под полотенцем создает идеальный паровой режим – рис доходит равномерно, не переваривается и не высыхает. Масло со шафраном, которым поливают слои риса, создает защитную пленку, предотвращающую слипание зерен. Эти тонкости превращают приготовление азербайджанского плова из мистического ритуала в понятный технологический процесс.

🔥 Технология приготовления – главные отличия

Азербайджанский плов готовится совершенно иначе, чем среднеазиатский:

Этап 1 – Подготовка риса: Рис замачивается, затем отваривается в большом количестве воды до полуготовности (метод аб-кеш). Вода сливается.

Этап 2 – Казмаг: На дно казана с растопленным маслом кладется лаваш, тесто или картофель для создания корочки.

Этап 3 – Слои: Рис выкладывается слоями, каждый слой поливается маслом со шафраном. Делаются отверстия для пара.

Этап 4 – Томление: Казан накрывается полотенцем и крышкой, плов томится на очень слабом огне 40-60 минут.

Этап 5 – Начинка: Отдельно готовится начинка – мясо, сухофрукты, каштаны или другие ингредиенты.

Канал Александр Перхулов показывает каждый этап детально, чтобы даже начинающий кулинар смог повторить рецепт.

💡 Секреты и тонкости от мастеров:

В этом видео длительностью 6281 секунд вы узнаете профессиональные хитрости:

Шафран: Настоящий азербайджанский плов немыслим без шафрана. Его замачивают в небольшом количестве горячей воды и поливают рис для придания золотистого цвета и изысканного аромата. Не жалейте шафрана – его аромат ключевой для настоящего плова.

Масло: В азербайджанском плове используется много топленого или сливочного масла. Это не жирность, а традиция – масло придает плову нежность и аромат.

Отверстия в рисе: Черенком деревянной ложки делают несколько глубоких отверстий в рисе до дна – это позволяет пару свободно циркулировать.

Полотенце под крышкой: Чистое кухонное полотенце под крышкой впитывает лишнюю влагу и помогает создать идеальную текстуру риса.

Минимальный огонь: После закипания огонь должен быть минимальным – рис доходит паром, а не кипением.

🔧 Необходимое оборудование

Для приготовления азербайджанского плова вам понадобится:

• Казан или толстодонная кастрюля – желательно с толстым дном
• Большая кастрюля – для отваривания риса методом аб-кеш
• Дуршлаг – для слива воды с риса
• Деревянная ложка – для создания отверстий в рисе
• Чистое кухонное полотенце – для укрытия под крышкой
• Большое плоское блюдо – для подачи плова
• Сковорода – для приготовления начинки

Все эти нюансы показаны в видео от Александр Перхулов, чтобы вы могли подготовиться заранее.

📺 О канале и его миссии

Канал Александр Перхулов специализируется на азербайджанской и кавказской кухне. Здесь вы найдете не только различные виды азербайджанского плова, но и другие национальные блюда – долма, кутабы, пити, дюшбара, кебабы и многое другое. Видео создается в с соблюдением всех кулинарных традиций.

Это видео об азербайджанском плове собрало 5937 лайков от благодарных зрителей, которые смогли приготовить это изысканное блюдо, следуя подробным инструкциям.

⏰ Сколько времени нужно на азербайджанский плов?

Обучающее видео длится 01:44:41, а реальное время приготовления азербайджанского плова составляет около 3-4 часов с учетом замачивания риса. Активная работа занимает примерно 1,5-2 часа, остальное время – замачивание и томление.

Замачивание риса: 2-3 часа (или на ночь)
Подготовка ингредиентов: 30 минут
Отваривание риса: 10-15 минут
Подготовка начинки: 30-40 минут
Томление плова: 40-60 минут

Результат определенно стоит затраченного времени – вы получите изысканное ресторанное блюдо!

🎯 Для кого это видео?

Это видео об азербайджанском плове будет полезно:

• Ценителям азербайджанской и кавказской кухни
• Тем, кто хочет научиться готовить настоящий Shah plov
• Кулинарам, интересующимся различными техниками приготовления плова
• Азербайджанцам, живущим за пределами родины
• Организаторам праздничных застолий
• Любителям изысканной восточной кухни
• Всем, кто уже пробовал среднеазиатский плов и хочет открыть для себя кавказский вариант
• Профессиональным поварам, расширяющим свой репертуар
• Начинающим кулинарам, готовым к экспериментам

🌸 Азербайджанский плов и праздник Новруз

В Азербайджане плов – обязательное блюдо на праздничном столе, особенно на Новруз (весеннее равноденствие, Новый год по древнему календарю). На Новруз традиционно готовят Сабзи плов – зеленый плов с зеленью и рыбой, символизирующий пробуждение природы.

Плов также готовят на свадьбы, дни рождения, религиозные праздники и семейные торжества. Умение готовить хороший плов в Азербайджане считается признаком мастерства хозяйки или хозяина дома. Для азербайджанцев плов – это больше, чем еда. Это символ гостеприимства, достатка и уважения к гостям.

🍽️ Традиционная подача азербайджанского плова

Азербайджанский плов подается совершенно особенным образом. Рис и начинка (гара – по-азербайджански) выкладываются на блюдо отдельно или рядом друг с другом. Каждый гость сам накладывает себе рис и добавляет желаемое количество начинки.

Shah plov эффектно переворачивается на большое блюдо казмагом вверх – золотистая корочка выглядит как корона! Канал Александр Перхулов показывает, как правильно перевернуть плов, чтобы он не развалился.

К азербайджанскому плову обязательно подают:

• Свежую зелень – кинза, петрушка, зеленый лук, тархун, базилик
• Соленья – маринованные овощи, квашеная капуста
• Салаты – из свежих помидоров, огурцов, редиса
• Йогурт или кефир – освежающее дополнение
• Сумах – кислая приправа из ягод барбариса
• Гранатовый наршараб – сладко-кислый соус

🍷 Что пьют с азербайджанским пловом?

В Азербайджане к плову традиционно подают:

• Айран – освежающий кисломолочный напиток
• Довга – йогуртовый суп с зеленью
• Черный чай – крепкий, в маленьких грушевидных стаканах (армуду)
• Шербет – сладкий напиток из фруктов и специй
• Гранатовый сок – свежевыжатый

После плова обязательно подают чай с восточными сладостями – пахлавой, шекербурой, мутаки.

⚠️ Важные нюансы приготовления:

🎓 Практические советы для новичков

🏆 Почему стоит научиться готовить азербайджанский плов?

Азербайджанский плов в ресторане – это недешевое удовольствие, особенно Shah plov. Научившись готовить это блюдо дома по видео от Александр Перхулов, вы сможете экономить значительные суммы и при этом радовать семью и гостей ресторанным блюдом.

К тому же, домашний азербайджанский плов – это не просто сытное блюдо, это кулинарный шедевр, который произведет впечатление на любого гостя. Это блюдо, в которое вкладывается душа! Каждый раз, когда вы готовите плов, вы показываете, насколько вам дороги ваши близкие и гости.

🌍 Азербайджанский плов в мировой кулинарии

В 2016 году традиция приготовления азербайджанского плова с казмагом была внесена в Репрезентативный список нематериального культурного наследия человечества ЮНЕСКО. Это признание уникальности азербайджанской кулинарной традиции на мировом уровне.

Благодаря азербайджанской диаспоре, азербайджанский плов известен во всем мире. Рестораны азербайджанской кухни открываются в крупнейших городах планеты – Москве, Лондоне, Нью-Йорке, Дубае, Стамбуле. Shah plov с его эффектной подачей стал визитной карточкой азербайджанской кулинарии. Теперь, благодаря видео от Александр Перхулов из , вы можете приготовить это знаменитое блюдо у себя дома, где бы вы ни находились!

🎬 Качество видеоконтента

Канал Александр Перхулов уделяет большое внимание качеству съемки и монтажа. Видео снято так, чтобы были видны все детали процесса – нарезка ингредиентов, консистенция риса, цвет казмага, техника выкладки. Это не любительская съемка, а профессиональный кулинарный контент. 5937 лайков – это признание качества работы автора. Зрители ценят четкость инструкций, понятную речь и внимание к деталям.

💝 От новичка к мастеру

Путь освоения азербайджанского плова может занять время. Первая попытка может быть не идеальной – казмаг подгорит, рис получится не совсем рассыпчатым. Но с каждым разом вы будете понимать процесс лучше. Пересматривайте видео канала Александр Перхулов продолжительностью 01:44:41, обращайте внимание на детали, которые не заметили в первый раз. Через 3-4 попытки вы уже будете готовить уверенно, а через 10 – станете настоящим мастером азербайджанского плова!

🌺 Эстетика и цвет азербайджанского плова

Азербайджанский плов – это визуально красивое блюдо. Золотистый казмаг, белоснежный рис с желтыми прожилками шафрана, яркие начинки, свежая зелень – все это создает праздничную картину на столе. Один из удивительных аспектов азербайджанского плова – его цветовое разнообразие: золотисто-желтый классический плов с шафраном, белый простой рис без красителей, зеленый Сабзи плов с зеленью, розовато-коричневый с гранатовым соком, оранжевый с морковным соком или куркумой. Канал Александр Перхулов показывает, как создавать эту цветовую палитру, используя натуральные красители и специи.

Shah plov, перевернутый на блюдо золотистой коркой вверх, выглядит как произведение кулинарного искусства. Не зря его называют “королевским” – он действительно достоин королевского стола!

📱 Сохраните это видео!

Это видео об азербайджанском плове продолжительностью 01:44:41 стоит добавить в закладки или сохранить в плейлист. К нему вы будете возвращаться снова и снова, открывая новые детали и совершенствуя технику. Каждый раз, готовя плов, вы будете замечать что-то новое в объяснениях Александр Перхулов. Так работают настоящие обучающие видео – они растут вместе с вашим опытом!

🎊 Устройте азербайджанский вечер!

Приготовление азербайджанского плова может стать отличным поводом для тематического вечера. Пригласите друзей, приготовьте плов по рецепту от Александр Перхулов, включите азербайджанскую музыку, подайте традиционные закуски и чай. Такой вечер запомнится надолго!

Азербайджанская кухня – это не только плов. Дополните меню долмой, кутабами, люля-кебабом, и ваш праздник станет по-настоящему незабываемым!

🌈 Разноцветный мир азербайджанского плова

В азербайджанских семьях существуют свои секреты приготовления плова. Бабушкины рецепты, особые пропорции специй, фирменные начинки – все это передается устно от старших к младшим. Канал Александр Перхулов делает эти знания доступными для всех желающих.

Свадебный плов, плов на рождение ребенка, поминальный плов – для каждого случая существуют свои нюансы приготовления и подачи. Базовую технику вы освоите за 01:44:41 просмотра этого видео. Многие знаменитые азербайджанские повара имеют свои авторские версии азербайджанского плова, добавляя необычные ингредиенты в начинку – каштаны, айву, тыкву, грецкие орехи. Другие экспериментируют со специями, добавляя корицу, кардамон или анис. Но основа всегда остается неизменной – это технология, показанная в видео канала Александр Перхулов.

📖 История азербайджанского плова в литературе

Азербайджанский плов упоминается во многих литературных произведениях и исторических хрониках. Персидские и азербайджанские поэты воспевали это блюдо в своих стихах. Путешественники, посещавшие Азербайджан в средние века, с восхищением описывали мастерство местных поваров.

Слово “плов” в азербайджанском языке звучит как “plov” и происходит от персидского “polo” или “polow”. Это отражает исторические связи азербайджанской и персидской кулинарных традиций. Казмаг ценится настолько, что в азербайджанских семьях его обычно предлагают самым уважаемым гостям или старшим членам семьи. Говорят, что по качеству казмага можно судить о мастерстве повара!

Существует даже выражение “пловчулуг” – искусство приготовления плова. Александр Перхулов передает вам частичку этого искусства через свое видео, получившее 5937 лайков от благодарных зрителей.

🎓 Образовательная ценность видео

🌟 Интересные факты об азербайджанском плове:

Знаете ли вы, что в Азербайджане существует более 40 различных видов плова? Каждый регион, каждая семья имеет свои особенности приготовления. Но всех их объединяет одно – раздельное приготовление риса и начинки, что принципиально отличает азербайджанский плов от среднеазиатского.

Мастера плова пользуются большим уважением в обществе. Умение готовить хороший плов в семье передается как драгоценное наследие. Приготовление азербайджанского плова может стать отличным способом передачи культурных ценностей следующему поколению.

🌍 Присоединяйтесь к мировому сообществу!

Миллионы людей по всему миру готовят азербайджанский плов. 5937 лайков под этим видео – это часть большого сообщества ценителей азербайджанской кухни. Присоединяйтесь, делитесь своим опытом, учитесь у других!

Комментарии под видео канала Александр Перхулов – это кладезь дополнительных советов и хитростей от опытных кулинаров. Читайте их, задавайте вопросы, делитесь результатами! Азербайджанская технология приготовления плова имеет под собой научную основу, но это также живая традиция, которая продолжает развиваться и адаптироваться.

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