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NO city on this side of the Atlantic can show a more marvellous growth, within a short period of time, than Baku upon the Caspian; and, even apart from its petroleum industry, its natural advantages are so great, that it seems specially designed for a brilliant future as the emporium of the whole trade between European Russia, her Central Asian provinces, and Persia. So quick has been its expansion that, but an insignificant village of 1400 inhabitants thirty years ago, it can now boast a population considerably over 100,000, which is increasing yearly by leaps and bounds.
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HUME, W. Baku and its Oil Industry. Nature 54, 232–234 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054232a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054232a0