Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

National Museum of Azerbaijan History of ANAS held presentation of “Oil chronicle of Azerbaijan” catalogue and cognominal exhibition dedicated to 20th jubilee of “Contract of the century”.

Speaking at the opening of the jubilee exhibition, director of the museum acad. Naila Velikhanli noted that the directory has been compiled on the basis of the material held in the collections of the museum.

According to her, the catalog consists of 4 sections, including information about the history of mining and processing of Azerbaijani oil. It presents to 1,000 of the unique historical photos related to the twentieth century, reflecting the technical installations and mining tools, work clothes and papers. Particular attention is paid to such major projects as the “Oil Rocks” and “Contract of the Century.”

The catalog is published in Russian and Azeri languages in the financing of “Bp- Azerbaijan”.

Speaking at the presentation President of ANAS, academician Akif Alizadeh said that thanks to the wise, consistent and purposeful activity of the national leader Heydar Aliyev and a multi-faceted and broad economic policy carried by him, today the Azerbaijani oil is its present owner - the people of Azerbaijan, ensuring its independence, economic progress and welfare.

The event was also attended by the director of the Institute of Petrochemical Processes acad. Vagif Abbasov and Head of the Department of Science and Technology of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Nazim Veliyev, who spoke about the contribution of the “Contract of the century” in the development of Azerbaijani science.

Then the guests familiarized with the exhibition, which was attended by about 600 exhibits. Of particular interest in the exhibition presented works aroused people's artist of Azerbaijan Maral Rahmanzadeh series “Oil”, in particular, its 10 original lithographs, which have been made yet in 1947.

Exhibition of the museum will last until January 15 next year.

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