Krasnaya Sloboda: Caucasian Jerusalem is a settlement of billionaires

The official website of Forbes published an article about the well-known Azerbaijani village of Krasnaya Sloboda in the north of the country, 2 hours from Baku, which leads in the post-Soviet space in terms of the density of billionaires per capita - two per 3,000 inhabitants. Zarah Iliev and God Nisanov, the largest owners of commercial real estate in Moscow. They own the hotels “Ukraine” and “Radisson Slavyanskaya”, shopping center “European”, wholesale and retail complexes “Sadovod”, “Moscow”, “Lotus City”. Current projects include the reconstruction of the VVC and the construction of a skyscraper in Moscow City. The first inhabitants appeared in the settlement more than 1.5 thousand years ago, coming from Persia. The Tats never assimilated with the local population and retained their Juuri language, which vaguely resembles Farsi. It is known that mountain Jews are different from the usual Jews living in Europe, the United States or Russia. The community is closed-minded and reluctant to accept strangers, even if you are their fellow believers. Cute, sociable and hospitable, but keep your distance and you will never be able to become their own. To do this, you must be born “mountain”. Azerbaijanis treat mountain Jews with great respect and this is not surprising: for fifteen thousand years they have lived side by side in peace and harmony. The tour is designed for the whole day, with a stop in the ancient city of Guba and a visit to the town of Gachresh, one of the most beautiful and favorite places of rest of Baku residents in the mountains of northern Azerbaijan.