Goygol in Azerbaijan

7 December 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Montage of Goygol © Huseyn200021/cc-by-sa-4.0

Montage of Goygol © Huseyn200021/cc-by-sa-4.0

Goygol (also, Xanlar, Chanlar, Helenendorf, and Kol-Yelendorf) is a city and municipality and the capital of the Goygol Rayon in northwestern Azerbaijan. It is about 10 km (6 mi) south of Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second largest city. The city of Göygöl has a population of 37,000. The municipality includes the city of Göygöl and the village of Qızılqaya. An extensive cemetery was excavated in the 1990s, with many bronze weapons (swords, daggers, axes), some jewelry (rings, bracelets, necklaces), and clay black dishes with the geometric designs, some of which are on display at the local museum. Helenendorf was founded in 1819 by Germans from Württemberg, brought as a colony under orders of Czar Alexander to help settle the region that had just been acquired from the Safavid dynasty under the Treaty of Gulistan of 1813.   read more…

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