Did you know
- ... that scholarly study of the poetry of Kishvari, one of the most important Azerbaijani poets of the 15th and 16th centuries, only started in 1928?
- ... that Ashiq Peri was the first prominent female folk poet in Azerbaijan?
- ... that a 14th-century work, originally attributed to another poet, was discovered in 2018 to be the creation of the Azerbaijani poet Yusuf Meddah?
- ... that the 14th- and 15th-century Azerbaijani poet Imadaddin Nasimi was possibly flayed alive after he was accused of being a kafir by Sunni scholars?
- ... that the 16th-century poet Fuzuli wrote a poetic letter titled "Complaint" after Ottoman officials cut his stipend?
- ... that The Great Wave off Kanagawa (pictured) has been described as "possibly the most reproduced image in the history of all art"?
- ... that the subject of the painting Vladimirka (pictured) is a road that was used to transport prisoners to Siberia on foot?
- ... that Isaac Levitan was inspired to paint Evening Bells (pictured) when he came across a small monastery in a remote village?
- ... that the poet Habibi was adopted by Aq Qoyunlu ruler Ya'qub Beg as a child after he was found shepherding?
- ... that the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan made the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic the first successful republic in the Muslim world?
- ... that the blue stripe in the Azerbaijani flag (pictured) reflects the country's Turkic heritage?
- ... that the character of the mother in the painting In the Ploughed Field: Spring is believed to personify Spring?
- ... that it took Isaac Levitan four years to paint Fresh Wind. Volga?
- ... that Ilya Repin changed the main character in his painting They Did Not Expect Him (pictured) from a woman because it looked too similar to another painting?
- ... that in the late 1800s, Hong Kong's small Jewish community was divided into two groups that would not even pray together?
- ... that 14 top art students in the Russian Empire revolted and quit their academy because of a competition theme?