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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?

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... 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?