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Gendge (Gyandzha)
* Gyandzha, Azerbaijan also spelled Gäncä, GÄNJÄ, GANDZHA, GJANDZA, OR GYANDZHA
* Situated on the main highway and rail line to Georgia. The city, considered the country's literary center, is prettier than most Azerbaijani towns and retains a strong German influence in its architecture. The road from Baku to Ganca is one of the country's most scenic. 180 mi/290 km west of Baku. http://www.usembassybaku.org/post/city.htm
* Gendge was both a city, a market center, and a Khanate. Under Czarist domination the name was changed to Elisavetpol and then Kirovabad.
* Gendge produces rug that are in format and construction like a long Kazak.
* Gendge Long Rug With Diagonal Stripes
* GYANDZHA. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000
* Kirovabad Live Cams
* Kirovabad Weather
* Gäncä is a source of alunite. Alunite is also known as alumstone and is a source of the chemical known as alum, KAl(SO4)2 - 12H2O. Alum with tin is the source of the clear super-saturated reds we see in Caucasian rugs. There are deposits of Tin that have been mined in Armenia since pre-historic times.
* A humorous side note to the rug trade many Gendge are called Kazak or Shirvan, etc... because dealers feel Gendge's sell for less under their own name.
Quba was a Khanate of Persia (a Khanate is equivalent to a state or region in the old Persian system. Kaffel dates the transfer of Kuba to the Czarist Russians to 1806. Kaffel, Caucasian Prayer Rugs page 30. Kuba is the language of a subgroup of the Lezgians and Kuba (Quba) is a dialect that is rather distinct from Lezgi. Ethnologue: Azerbaijan.
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