n modern times. the name "Baku" has been associated with oil. Because of the large reserves of high-quality oil. Russian rulers since Peter the Great coveted Baku: the Germans in two world wars strove to reach it: and the Bolsheviks during the Russian civil war made its possession a top priority. Since the "oil rush" of the 1870s
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