Lankaran, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Lankaran, Azerbaijan carries 103 Bunkabop connections spanning 3261 places across 13 topics, with sports making up nearly half. The city's football club, Khazar Lankaran FK, draws players and clubs from across Europe and the South Caucasus into its network. History and military connections trace to the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813, when Russian forces stormed the city's fortress, and to the Russian settlers who arrived after the Treaty of Turkmenchay. The city also produced Hagigat Rzayeva, a Soviet-era actress and folk singer born here in 1907.