Elders’ Club
Heydar Aliyev Park
In the park there is a well-known club and teahouse where local agsakkals (literally ‘white beards’, or village elders) congregate to play backgammon and sip tea for free. The club-teahouse is located on the site of a synagogue built in 1911 which became a furniture factory in the Soviet period and was later demolished. The current building was previously a nursing home.
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Red Village: Jewish Capital of the Caucasus
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