We listened to the honored cultural worker of Azerbaijan – Mehriban Nuriyeva, who told and showed how Baku was seen by Russian artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Among other paintings, discussed “View of Baku from the sea” by Peter Vereshchagin and the graphic works of Ivan Scheblykin, as well as unique paintings by Fyodor Modorov of the 20s of the 20th century.