The Nobel Prize and the Connection Between Sweden, Russia, and Azerbaijan By European Scientific Journal ESJ

https://www.academia.edu/168531578/The_Nobel_Prize_and_the_Connection_Between_Sweden_Russia_and_Azerbaijan?email_work_card=title Few people know that the Nobel brothers-Alfred Nobel, Ludvig Nobel and Robert Nobel, lived in Baku and that they founded a factory there. The Nobel's produced armaments for Russia and traded in kerosene. At the beginning of the 1870's Robert Nobel moved from Petersburg to Azerbaijan and took an interest in the oil 111 business. Later on this interest led his brothers to become part of this business and in 1879 they founded the "Nobel Brothers Company". This company's capital was originally 3 million manat (Azerbaijan's currency) however by 1916 it had increased to 45 million manat. This company met 20% of the petrol and 49% of the kerosene production in the whole of Russia. ...