GERMANS IN AZERBAIJAN: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

Sudaba ZEYNALOVA

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Sudaba Zeynalova, Researcher at the Bakikhanov Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences (Baku, Azerbaijan)

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Azerbaijan, which is located between the West and East, became the home of representatives of many different nationalities at certain times throughout history. This ethnic diversity, which is still retained today, and the peaceful coexistence in our state of members of different nationalities, cultures, and confessions show the tolerance and respect the Azeris have for these people. Germans are also some of the representatives of the European culture who have lived for a long time in Azerbaijan. Looking at their lives and vital activity in this country is of special interest and presents a graphic example of the interrelationship between western and eastern cultures within a single society.

Migration Processes

Germans began migrating to Azerbaijan in the first decades of the 19th century for a number of reasons. The primary reason was the disastrous political and economic situation in Germany at this time as a consequence of the Napoleonic wars, which gave rise to mounting discontent among the masses and intensified the migration processes. The south of Germany, Württemberg, where dissident movements, including separatism, were…………………

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