LENKORAN
This is a small seaside city near the southern border with Iran, with a population of 45.000, most of which are Iranian Talysh . The Talysh have preserved their old traditions and customs. They number about 30.000 in an area of about 600 sq. km, sometimes referred as Talyshtan.
The beneficial geographical conditions, fertile soil and rich natural resources from ancient times attracted people here as to a place of inhabitation. Since the epoch of neolith the centers of sedentary-agricultural civilizations were engendered here. In the epoch of bronze and early iron in this region there were constructed fortress-cities, and this tradition was continued in the antique period. Monuments of a
