Istiglaliyat Street

Istiglaliyat Street, as well as many streets of Baku, at different times existed under different names. It was called Nikolaev, Parliamentary and Communist. In 1991, after the independence of Azerbaijan, the street was renamed Istiglaliyat, which translates as Sovereignty. It was on this street that the Turkish army liberated the city.

Now on one of the oldest streets of Baku there are many architectural monuments of historical and national importance. Such buildings are the UN Office in Azerbaijan, the Presidential Office, the Baku Philharmonic named after Muslim Magomayev, the Western University, the Icheri Sheher metro station, the Baku City Hall, the Institute of Manuscripts, the Azerbaijan State Economic University, the National Museum of Azerbaijani Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi, the Memorial Museum of the writer Nariman Narimanov, the house-museum of the poet Huseyn Javid and many other buildings.