Ganja

Country

Soviet Union

Coordinates

40.6828, 46.3606

History

• Ganja (900–950), Sallarid dynasty
• Ganja (950–1086), Shaddadids
• Ganja (1086–1130), Seljuk Empire
• Ganja (1130–1225), Eldiguzid state
• Ganja (1225–1231), Khanate of Khiva
• Ganja (1231–1235), Eldiguzid state
• Ganja (1235–1502), Golden Horde
• Ganja (1550–1588), Safavid Iran
• Ganja (1590–1720), Ottoman Empire
• Ganja (1747–1804), Ganja khanate
• Elizavetpol (1804–1917), Russian Empire
• Elizavetpol (1917–1918)
• Ганджа (1918–1920)
• Ганджа (1920–1922), Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
• Ганджа (1922–1935), Soviet Union
• Kirovabad (1935–1989), Soviet Union
• Ganja (1989–1991), Soviet Union
• Ganja (1991–), Azerbaijan

Composers

• Fikret Amirov (1922–1984), was born in Ganja