Old street and square names in Baku.

The central part in the city of Baku located without the old city walls formed in XIX century. That is why the initial names to the streets were given by tsar Russia (printed below in bold). Most of the streets were renamed during the Soviet period. According to a soviet tradition the names associated with heroes and leaders of the soviet regime. Some of these leaders did not have any attitude to Baku or even were "famous" with criminals against Azeri people. Since Azerbaijan gain independence in 1991, names of more than 200 streets have been changed again. Nowadays, the streets are named after prominent political, cultural, scientific figures of Azerbaijan. Below were given the historical names of some streets, squares and parks of Baku.

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Aziatskaya - P.Montin (from 1924) - Alovsat Guliyev (from 1991)
Alatavinskaya 1st - Alatava
Alatavinskaya 4th - Mamadsharif Hamidov
Alatavinskaya 5th - Talibli - Asad Ahmedov
Alatavinskaya 6th - Nazim Hajiyev
April 28 - May 28 (from 1992)
Apsheronskaya - Alisaba Abdullayev (from 1991)
Armyanskaya - M.Gorkiy (from 1928) - Mirza Ibrahimov (from 1997)

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Bayilov 1st - Krasin - Sabayil - Kurban Abbasov
Bayilov 2nd - Xanlar - Suleyman Melikov
Bayilov 3d - Timchenko - Alibekov brothers
Bayilov 4th - Popov - Aydin Mamedov
Bayilov 5th - Berg - Ali Nazmi
Bayilov 6th - Hasan Rahmanov
Bayilov 7th - Bayilov
Bayilov 9th - Mirza Mustafayev
Bazarnaya - Husi Hajiyev - Azerbaijan (from 2008)
26 Baku Commissars - Hanife Aleskerov
Balaxanskaya - Basin - Fizuli (from 1989)
Balaxanskoe shosse - Moskow pr. - Heydar Aliyev (from 2004)
Baratyanskaya - Fioletov (from 1923) - acad. Abdulkerim Alizade (from 1991)
Basin - Fizuli
Belogorodskaya - Rabochiy pr. – Nobel pr. (from 1991)
Birjevaya - Svobodi (from 1923) - Uzeyir Hajibekov (from 1949)
Bondarnaya - Dmitrov (from 1939) - Shamsi Badalbeyli (from 1991)
Bolshaya Minaretskaya - Asaf Zeynalli (from 1939)
Bolshaya Morskaya - Kirov pr. - Bul-Bul pr.
Bolshaya Salyanskaya – Mikayil Mushvig
Bezimannaya - Israfil Mamedov
Buynakskaya - Sheykh Shamil (from 1992)
Bukharskaya - Gertsen (from 1939) - Veli Mamedov (from 1991)

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Chadrovaya - Mirza Aga Aliyev
Chapayev - Tebriz
Chemberekendskaya - Lermontov
Chernogorodskaya 1st- Barinov - Usif Safaraliyev
Chernogorodskaya 2nd - Nikishin - Sergey Senushkin
Chernogorodskaya 3d - Yeremenko
Chernogorodskaya 4th - Rovshan Aliyev
Chernogorodskaya 5th - Tagizadeh - Fazail Bayramov
Chernogorodskaya 7th - Ayaz Ismaylov
Chernogorodskaya 9th - Izzet Orujeva
Chernogorodskaya 10th - Najafgili Rafiyev
Chernogorodskaya 11th - Komsomolskaya
Chernogorodskaya 12th - Khagani Rustamov
Chkalov - Niyazi (from 1990)
Communist - Istiglaliyet (from 1991)

Dadash Buniyatzadeh - Aziz Sherif
Dvortsovaya - Muslim Magomayev (from 1939)
Djaparidze - Mamed Emin Rasulzadeh
Dzerjinskiy - Ahmedbek Agagoglu
Diogonalnaya - Niyazi Xakimzade - Elchin Teymurov
Dimitrov - Shamsi Badalbeyli (from 1991)
Drujbi Molodeji - Ataturk

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Experimentalnaya - Faig Neymatzadeh
Engels - Mamedjafar Jafarov

Fabritsius - Jeykhun Hajibeyli
Fioletov - Abdulkerim Alizadeh (from 1991)

Gertsen – Veli Mamedov (from 1991)
Georgievskaya - Papaninskaya (from 1939) - Jamil Mamedgulizadeh (from 1958)
Gimnazicheskaya - Tolstoy (from 1928)
Gorchakovskaya - Maligin (from 1923) - Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev (from 1990)
Golubyatnikov - Firdovsi Mamedov
Gorkiy - Mirza Ibragimov (from 1997)
Gubanova - Ziverbek Ahmedbekov (from 1991)
Gubernskaya - Fizuli (from 1925) - Nizami (from 1962)

Izvozchichya 1st - Chapayev 1st (from 1946) - Gurban Pirimov (from 1993)
Izvozchichya 2nd - Chapayev 2nd (from 1946) - Javanshir Zeynalov (from 1993)
Izvozchichya 3d - Chapayev 3d (from 1946) - Fahraddin Asadov (from 1995)
Inglab - Hasan Aliyev (from 1990th)

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Jdanov – Sharifli

Kamenistaya - Shors (from 1939) - Bashir Safaroglu
Kamo - Suleyman Ragimov (from 1991)
Kannitepinskaya 1-12th - Sverdlov 1-12th
Karantinnaya - Unigo pionera (from 1933) - Azi Aslanov
Karl Marx pr. - Ziya Byniyatov pr.
Kaspiyskaya - Lieutenant Shmith  - Rashid Behbutov
Ketshxoveli - Shamil Azizbekov
Khrebtovaya 1st - Shahbazi - Ayna Sultanova
Khrebtovaya 2nd - Hamid Sultanov - Ismayilbek Gutkashenli
Khrebtovaya 3d - Bahram Agayev
Khrebtovaya 4th - Alesker Alekperov
Khrebtovaya 5th - Narimanov pr. - Meshadi Azizbekov pr.
Khrebtovaya 6th - Krilov - Sadikh Dadashev
Khrebtovaya 7th - Patris Lumumba – Zahid Garalov
Khrebtovaya 8th - Metbuat - Izzat Nabiyev
Khrebtovaya 9th - Oktyabrskaya - M. Huseynov - Mirali Seyidov
Khrebtovaya 10th - Abbasmirza Sharifzadeh
Khrebtovaya 11th - Dadash Buniyatzadeh
Khrebtovaya 12th - Rahib Tagiyev
Kirov pr.- Bul-Bul pr.
Kislotnaya - Babek pr.
Kladbishenskaya - Parkovaya - Mehti Guseyn
Kolodeznaya - Agamalioglu - Leopold and Mstislav Rostropovichs
Kolubyakin - S.Efimov (from 1923) - Nigar Rafibeyli (from 1990)
Korganov - Rasul Rza (from 1990)
Krasin - Sabayil - Gurban Abbasov
Krasnaya - Buniyat Sardarov (from 1949)
Krasnovodskaya - Krasnoarmeyskaya - Samed Vurgun
11 Krasnoy Armii - Gasanbey Zardabi
Krasnokrestovskaya - Buynakskogo (from 1923) - Sheikh Shamil (from 1992)
Krupskaya - Alimardan Topchibashev
Krilov - Sadikh Dadashev
Kubinskaya - Gubanov (from 1940) - Ziverbek Ahmedbekov (from 1991)

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Levandovskiy - Ashug Molla Juma
Lieutenant Shmith - Rashid Behbutov
Lenin pr. - Azadlig pr.
Leningrad pr. - St-Petersburg pr. - Fatalixan Khoyskiy

Magazinnaya - Osipyan (from 1929) - Suleyman Rustam (from 1989)
Maligin - Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev (from 1990)
Mariyinskaya - Korganov (from 1929) - Rasul Rza (from 1990)
Melnichnaya - Aga Dadash Gurbanov (from 1966)
Mendeleev - Hanifa Aleskerov
Merkuryevskaya - Shaumayan (from 1929) - Azerbaijan pr. - Zarifa Aliyeva (from 2008)
Millionnaya - Fikret Amirov
Milyutinskaya - Trotskiy (from 1923) - Myasnikov (from 1929) - Tarlan Aliyarbekov (from 1990)
Minaretskaya - Asef Zeynally
Mihaylovskaya - Zevin (from 1929) - Injasenet (from 1991) - Aziz Aliyev (from 1995)
Michurin - Ismayil Hidayatzadeh
Molokanskaya - 9 January (from 1929) - Xagani (from 1946)
Moskovskiy pr. – Xatai pr. (part), Heydar Aliyev (part)
Myasnikov - Tarlan Aliyarbekov (from 1990)

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Naberejnaya Alexander II - Naberejnaya Gubanova (from 1929) - Stalin pr. (from 1940) - Neftchiler pr. (from 1961)
Nagornaya 1st - 26 Baku Commissars - Hanife Aleskerov
Nagornaya 2nd - Mendeleyev - Gulu Guliyev
Nagornaya 3d - Imran Gasimov
Nagornaya 4th - Mir-Gasimov
Nagornaya 5th - Feyzulla Gasimzadeh
Nagornaya 6th - Abbas Sihhat
Nagornaya 7th - Leningrad pr. - Fatalikhan Khoyski
Nagornaya 8th - Kasparov - Movsm Sanani
Nagornaya 9th - Ingilab - Hasan Aliyev
Nagornaya 10th - Sabit Rahman
Nagornaya 11th - Mesud Alizadeh
Nagornaya 12th - Usif Vezir Chemenzemenli
Nagornaya 13th - Ogtay Kerimov
Nagornaya 14th - Teymur Aliyev
Nagornaya 17th - Amiryan - Karl Marx - Ziya Bunyatov pr.
Nagornaya 19th - Sattar Bahlulzadeh
Nagornaya 20th - Ajemi Naxchivani
Nagornaya 22th - Heydar Huseynov
Narimanov pr. - MeshadiAzizbekov pr.
Neftepererabotchikov – Gara Garayev pr.
Nijne-Bulvarnaya - Bakikhanov
Nijne-Kladbishenskaya - Parkovaya - Huseyn Mehdy
Nijne-Nagornaya - Zulfy Adigezalova
Nijnyaya Priutskaya - Kamo (from 1939) – Suleyman Ragimov (from 1991)
Nijnyaya Tazapirskaya - Mirza Fatali (from 1923)
Nikolayevskaya - Kommunisticheskaya (from 1929) - Istiglaliyet (from 1991)
Novaya Paralelnaya - Akhverdiyev

Olginskaya - Japaridze (from 1929) - Mamed Emin Rasulzadeh
Orlovskaya - Muhtadir (from 1923) - Seyid Rustamov (from 1992)
Ostrovskiy - Suleyman Tagizadeh
Ofitserskaya - Musevi (from 1929) - Mamed Efendiyev (from 1992)

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Pavlik Morozov - Ali Veliyev
Papanin - Jalil Mamedkulizadeh
Paralelnaya 1st - Iskrovskaya - Alibek Huseynzadeh
Paralelnaya 2nd - Khosrov Ruzbeh - Balababa Mejidov
Paralelnaya 3d - Mahmud Abilov
Paralelnaya 4th - Huseyin Javid - Subhi Salayaev
Paralelnaya 5th - Gamaley - Fuad Ibragimbekov
Paralelnaya 6th - Bul-Bul - Magomed Naxchivani
Paralelnaya 7th - Basti Bagirova
Patris Lumumba - Zahid Garalov
Pervomayskaya - Chingiz Mustafayev
Perevalnaya 5th
- Topchibashev
Perevalnaya 6th - S.Vasilyev - Khan Shushinski
Perevalnaya 7th - Magazinnaya - Syleyman Rustam
Perevalnaya 8th
- Solntsev - Mirali Gashgay
Perevalnaya 10th - Fabritsius - Jeyhun Hajibeyli
Perevalnaya 11th - Tariverdiyev
Persidskaya - Polukhin (from 1929) - Murtuza Mukhtarov (from 1991)
Petr Montin - Alovsat Guliyev
Petrovskaya naberejnaya - Neftchiler pr.
Pozenovskaya - Engels (from 1929) - Jafarov brothers (from 1992)
Politseyskaya – Voroshilov - Usif Mamedaliyev (from 1962)
Polukhin - Murtuza Mukhtarov (from 1991)
Poperechnaya 1st - Shevchenko - Ajdar Khanbabayev
Poperechnaya 2nd - Geray Asadov
Poperechnaya 3d - Gafur Mamedov
Poperechnaya 4th - Araz
Poperechnaya 5th - Shirvanzadeh - Seyfaddin Dagli
Pochtovaya - Ostrovskiy - Suleyman Tagizadeh
Prachechnaya - Gogol (part), Mardanov brothers (part)
Prigorodnaya 2nd - Javanshir
Provsouznaya - Magomed Hadi

Rabochiy pr. - Nobel pr.
Razyezdnaya 1st - Movsum Kadirli
Razyezdnaya 2nd - Dekabristov -Yunis Dagly
Rezervuarnaya – Rahib Mamedov
Roza Luksemburg – Kovkeb Safaraliyeva
Rileev – Aliashraf Alizadeh

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Sadovaya - Chkalov (from 1929) - Niyazi (from 1990)
Sallagkhaninskaya 5th - Nazim Khikmet
Sallagkhaninskaya 9th - Kamal Rahimov
Saratovets Yefim - Nigar Rafibeyli (from 1990)
Sverdlov 1st - Salatin Askerova
Sverdlov 2nd - Orjonikidze - Adil Buniyatov
Sverdlov 3d - Mirbashir Gasimov - Sahib Zeynalov
Sverdlov 4th - Ruhulla Akhundov
Sverdlov 5th - C. Efendiyev - Vladislav Plotnikov
Sverdlov 6th - 8 March - Eldar Tagizadeh
Sverdlov 7th - Dobrolubov - Izzet Gamidov
Sverdlov 8th - Dagestan
Sverdlov 9th - Kaverochmin
Sverdlov 10th - Sarabskiy
Sverdlov 11th - Suleyman Vezirov
Sverdlov 12th - Orjonikidze - Mikayil Rafili
Sobornaya - Sabir (from 1939)
Sovetskaya - Narimanov pr. (from 1991)
Sovetskiy vyezd – Izmir
Solntsev - Mirali Gashgai
Spandaryan - Karabakh
Cpasskaya - K.Ismaylov (from 1929) - Zargerpalan (from 1993)
Studencheskaya - Bekir Chobanzade
Stanislavskiy - Narodi Vostoka (from 1929) - Lenin (from 1940) - Azadlig pr. (from 1991)
Suvorov - 20 January
Surakhanskaya - Pervomayskaya (from 1939) - Chingiz Mustafayev (partly), Dilara Aliyeva (partly)
Syren Osepyan - Suleyman Rustam (from 1989)
Shaumyan - Azerbaijan pr.
Shahskaya - Krasniy Asker (from 1923) - Shikhali Gurbanov (from 1967)
Shemakhinskaya - Jafar Jabbarli
Shkolnaya - Elman Rustamov
Shmith - Rashid Behbutov
Shors - Bashir Safaroglu
Shors Novaya - Mamed Ragim

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Tatarskaya - Krupskaya (from 1939) - Alimardanbek Topchibashev (from 1992)
Tatyaninskaya - Fabritsius - Jekhun Hajibeyly (from 1992)
Tverskaya - Mirza Mansur Masurov
Telephonaya - Romanov - Lindley (from 1918) - 28 April (from 1923) - 28 May (from 1992)
Todorskiy - Malaya Morskaya
Torgovaya - Krasnopresnenskaya (from 1939) - Nizami (from 1940)
Tumanyan - Mamed Arif
Tsentralnaya - Baydukov
Tserkovnaya - Vidadi (from 1923)
Tsitsianovskaya - Ali Bayramov (from 1923) - Tebriz Khalilbeyli (from 1993)

Uglovaya - Aliaga Gurchayli
Uritskiy - Abdulazal Demirchizadeh

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Vagif - Hasan Seyidbeyli
Varvarinskaya - Menjinskiy (from 1939) - Hagigat Rzayeva (from 1992)
Vasilyev - Khan Shushinskiy
Verkhne-Kladbishenskaya - Vagif (from 1939) - Hasan Seyidbeyli (from 1990)
Verkhne-Nagornaya – Abdulla Shaig
Verkhnaya Priutskaya - Ketskhoveli (from 1939) - acad. Shamil Azizbekov (from 1991)
Verkhnaya Tazapirskaya - Mustafa Subkhi (from 1923)
Vladimirskaya - Roza Luksemburg (from 1923) - Geykap Safaraliyeva (from 1991)
Vneshne-Koltsevaya - Mir-Jalal
Vodovoznaya - Shirshov - Alamas Ildirim
Vodopyanov - Agha Neymatulla
Vokzalnaya - Pushkin
Vorontsovskaya - M.Azizbekov (from 1923) - General Azizbekov (from 1991)
Voroshilov - Fikret Amirov
Vrangelskaya - Zinovyev (from 1923) - Kaganovich (from 1934) - Aligeydar Karayev (from 1957) - Ahmed Javad (from 1992)

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Yarmarochnaya - Reheard Zorge (from 1964)
Yujnaya 1st - Ali Geydarov
Yujnaya 2nd - Chernyayevskiy
Yujnaya 3d - Ilgar Khalilov
Yujnaya 4th - Yanvar Nasirov
Yuryevskaya - Sovetskaya (from 1929) - Narimanov pr. (from 1991)

Zavodskaya 1st - Gagarin - Afiyaddin Jalilov
Zavodskaya 2nd - Firuz Gambarov
Zavodskaya 3d - Sabit Orujev
Zavodskaya 4th - Asadulla Akhundov - Mehti Mehtizadeh
Zavodskaya 5th - Telnov
Zavodskaya 6th - Suleyman Vezirov
Zavokzalnaya 1st - Zavokzalnaya
Zavokzalnaya 2nd - Anashkin - Ulvi Buniyatzadeh
Zavokzalnaya 3d - Gazanfar Musabekov Мусабекова
Zavokzalnaya 4th - Kazimzadeh
Zavokzalnaya 5th - Golubyatnikov - Firdovsi Mamedov
Zavokzalnaya 6th - Aliaga Vahid
Zavokzalnaya 7th - Vannikov - Talat Shikhaliyev
Zavokzalnaya 8th - Dzerjinskiy - Ahmedbek Agaoglu
Zavokzalnaya 9th - Uritskiy - Abdulzal Demirchizadeh
Zavokzalnaya 10th - Kadirbekov
Zavokzalnaya 11th - Alisher Navoi - Keroglu Ragimov
Zavokzalnaya 12th - Gafur Reshad
Zavokzalnaya 13th - Gasanoglu
Zavokzalnaya 14th - Levandovskiy - Ashug Molla Juma
Zavokzalnaya 15th - Nametkin - Mirzabala Ahmedzadeh
Zavokzalnaya 16th - Veli Khuluflu - Faig Usufov
Zavokzalnaya 17th - Aliyar Aliyev
Zavedenskaya - Krasnaya (from 1923) - Bunuyat Sardarov (from 1949)
Zevin – Injesenet (from 1991) - Aziz Aliyev (from 1995)

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- OLD SQUARE NAMES -

Bazarnaya or Guba meydani - Dimitrov - Fizuli
Birjevaya - Svobada - 26 Baku Commisars - Azadlig park
Vorontsovskaya - Kemur meydani
Dumskaya or Ashumov - Molodeji
Lenin - Azadlig
Parapet - Karl Marx - Fountain square
Privokzalnaya - Jafar Jabbarli
Yarmarochnaya - Samed Vurqun (park)
Yujno-Sovetskaya - Narimanov
11 Krasnoy Armii - 20 January

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- OLD PARK NAMES -

Park named after Kirov - Shehidler Khiyabani
Officers Park - Dede Gorgud
Park named after Dzerjinski - Park named after Shahriyar
Park of pioneers and students - Park "Durnalar"
Gubernator's garden - Revolution - Park named after Vahid
Mariyinski or Malakan's garden - 9 January - Park named after Khagani
Park named after Jafar Jabbarli - Park named after Azim Azimzadeh
Park named after Fioletov - Park named after Fazil Mekhtiyev
Park "Villa Petrolia" - Park "RotePhane" - Park named after Nizami
Bailov park - Park named after Gafur Mamedov

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