Ganja, Azerbaijan (aze)

Ganja, Azerbaijan

Ganja, Azerbaijan ranks 1,126th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Malatya, Spain, and Anshan. Memorable people born in Ganja, Azerbaijan include Nizami Ganjavi, Ivan Bagramyan, and Artur Rasizade. Memorable people who died in Ganja, Azerbaijan include Nizami Ganjavi, Mahsati, and Nikoloz Baratashvili. Ganja, Azerbaijan has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many writers. Ganja, Azerbaijan is located in Azerbaijan.

Ganja is Azerbaijan's third largest city, with a population of around 335,600. The city has been a historic and cultural center throughout most of its existence. It was the capital of the Ganja Khanate until 1804; after Qajar Iran ceded it to the Russian Empire following the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, it became part of the administrative divisions of the Georgia Governorate, Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, and Elizavetpol Governorate. Following the dissolution of the Russian Empire and the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, it became a part of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, followed by Azerbaijan SSR, and, since 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan. Read more on Wikipedia