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8 October 2016

The view on Laza village, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. The village is situated in the valley near Shahdagh, one of the highest mountains in Azerbaijan. There are only 25 houses with 130 inhabitants in the village. The main historical place in Laza is the mosque built 300 years ago. (

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8 October 2016

The working process at the trout fish farm near Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. It is the first fish farm opened in Azerbaijan in 2006. Farmers produce 3 types of trout for selling. (

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8 October 2016

The working process at the trout fish farm near Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. It is the first fish farm opened in Azerbaijan in 2006. Farmers produce 3 types of trout for selling. (

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8 October 2016

The working process at the trout fish farm near Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. It is the first fish farm opened in Azerbaijan in 2006. Farmers produce 3 types of trout for selling. (

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8 October 2016

The working process at the trout fish farm near Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. It is the first fish farm opened in Azerbaijan in 2006. Farmers produce 3 types of trout for selling. (

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8 October 2016

The working process at the trout fish farm near Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. It is the first fish farm opened in Azerbaijan in 2006. Farmers produce 3 types of trout for selling. (

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8 October 2016

The working process at the trout fish farm near Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. It is the first fish farm opened in Azerbaijan in 2006. Farmers produce 3 types of trout for selling. (

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8 October 2016

The working process at the trout fish farm near Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. It is the first fish farm opened in Azerbaijan in 2006. Farmers produce 3 types of trout for selling. (

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8 October 2016

Interior of the closed Makhalyn Taji Mosque, Anig village, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. The Makhalyn Taji Mosque was built in the 19th-century. During Soviet Union period, it was used as a warehouse, but after Perestroika, people started praying in the mosque again. Now the mosque is closed again because it has undergone destruction. (

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8 October 2016

Interior of the closed Makhalyn Taji Mosque, Anig village, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. The Makhalyn Taji Mosque was built in the 19th-century. During Soviet Union period, it was used as a warehouse, but after Perestroika, people started praying in the mosque again. Now the mosque is closed again because it has undergone destruction. (

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#1487806

8 October 2016

Pages of torn Koran remain in a box at an old closed mosque in Lezghi village in Caucasian mountains, Azerbaijan. Villages in Qusar region had their mosques which were built at the end of the XIX or the beginning of the XX century. During Soviet Union period, they were used as warehouses, but after Perestroika people started praying there again. For the last 10-15 years, the mosques have undergone destruction. The majority of these buildings are now closed down because they need restoration and nobody takes care of them. (

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8 October 2016

Pages of torn Koran remain in a box at an old closed mosque in Lezghi village in Caucasian mountains, Azerbaijan. Villages in Qusar region had their mosques which were built at the end of the XIX or the beginning of the XX century. During Soviet Union period, they were used as warehouses, but after Perestroika people started praying there again. For the last 10-15 years, the mosques have undergone destruction. The majority of these buildings are now closed down because they need restoration and nobody takes care of them. (

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8 October 2016

The keeper of the closed Makhalyn Taji Mosque, Anig village, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. The Makhalyn Taji Mosque was built in the 19th-century. During Soviet Union period, it was used as a warehouse, but after Perestroika, people started praying in the mosque again. Now the mosque is closed again because it has undergone destruction. (

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#1487809

8 October 2016

The sacred place of Anig village, Pir Dervish Baba, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. Such holy places are tombs where saint people were buried. People believe that prayers at such places are more helpful. They knit ribbons and yarns, bring different symbols of their diseases here and ask for help in all kinds of problems. The pirs are an inherent part of the religious life for the inhabitants of the mountain villages in Azerbaijan. (

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#1487810

8 October 2016

An old woman enters the door of her house in Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. There are few old dwelling houses in Anig. These buildings have large wooden gates; presumably, they were used for keeping horses. People use only the small door in the gates and never open the gates as they don’t have horses anymore. Such houses have 2 floors, like all traditional houses in the mountain villages in Qusar district. The first floor is used for storing products and keeping poultry, the second floor is a living place. (

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8 October 2016

Chikens in a yard of an old house in Anig, Qusar district, Azerbaijan, on 6 October 2016. There are few old dwelling houses in Anig. These buildings have large wooden gates; presumably, they were used for keeping horses. People use only the small door in the gates and never open the gates as they don’t have horses anymore. Such houses have 2 floors, like all traditional houses in the mountain villages in Qusar district. The first floor is used for storing products and keeping poultry, the second floor is a living place. (

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