Balakhany: Monuments of history behind the veil of oil wells

What places will you see?

• Oil wells
Haji Shahla Mosque and Ancient Cemetery (1385)
Mausoleum of Shakir Agha (1428)
Caravanserai Shaha Sefi (1636)
Ovdan - underground storage, 15 meters deep
• Excavated near Ovdan bath complex
• Walk through the restored streets of Balakhany
• Have a beautiful photo shoot.
• If we're lucky, we'll catch local Meihan performers (local folklore)

What awaits you:

Tourism Center and the oldest Baku settlement

In 1871, the first industrial well in Azerbaijan was drilled in Balakhany. It is known that the Baku oil producer Agarza Mirzoev drilled an oil well with a depth of 21 fathoms in this village. From this time on, oil wells began to be drilled everywhere, and the new method of oil production gradually replaced the old method of digging wells.

It was from here that the outstanding Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov conducted the first oil pipeline in the Russian Empire: 9 kilometers long, the width of the pipe - 7.62 cm. Costing 100 thousand rubles oil pipeline paid off in a year.

In 1898, photographer and experimenter Alexander Michon shot a 30-second film “Oil fountain in the Balakhany field”, which became one of the first films in the history of Azerbaijani cinema. To look at the oil wonders necessarily brought guests of Baku.

Important information:
Please wear comfortable weather clothes and comfortable shoes.