career a wonderful musician - cellist of Polish descent - Leopold Rostropovich, there he had a son - the world-famous cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Were widely known names, and other musicians of Polish descent. The conductor of Opera and Ballet Theater Vladimir Trahimovich, a teacher of piano Regina Sirovich, author of the best and relevant to the present day tutorial for piano (co-authored with L. Egorova), a famous jazz musician, Bronislaw Posadovsky were also among known Poles of Azerbaijani music scene. Many Poles have left Azerbaijan after the Russian Revolution while other Polish families were leaving the country for various reasons, often because of better jobs and opportunities for children to learn and work in the Russian capitals - Moscow and Leningrad. After the revolution, most local authorities did not pay attention to the nationality of the citizens' personal documents. In the first years after the Revolution, local authorities often recorded in the documents of the Poles as a "Russian". Architecture Architecture was the area that probably the Poles most contributed to. Józef Gosławski and Józef Płoszko are especially notable. Notable people Józef Gosławski, sculptor Józef Plośko, architect Michał Abramowicz, geologist Andrey Vyshinsky, Soviet politician. Maciej Sulkiewicz, first General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Alexander Makovelsky, a philosopher, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of USSR Mstislav Rostropovich, world-known cellist Witold Zglenicki, geologist and philanthropist, "Polish Nobel" Stephen Skshyvan, an engineer, builder of aqueducts Paul Zdrodovsky, Microbiologist Jozef Essman, hydraulic See also Church of the Immaculate Conception, Baku The Spring to Come Polish Architects Street Azerbaijan–Poland relations References Andrzej Chodubski, Polacy w Azerbejdżanie (Poles in Azerbaijan), published by Wydawn. Adam Marszałek, Toruń, 2004. . External links Polish Embassy in Baku Polonia Baku Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan Polish minorities Azerbaijan–Poland relations Polish diaspora in Asia