The Nobel Brothers Petroleum Production Company, shortened to Branobel, or Br. Nobel, was an oil company set up by Ludvig Nobel and Peter von Bilderling in Russia.
Robert Nobel already had experience of kerosene from the lamp and lamp oil warehouse Aurora in Finland. In Baku he would once again come into contact with oil. The photo shows samples of kerosene being taken in Baku.
Share of the Russian General Oil Corporation, issued 28. April 1918
The Nobels' oil facilities in Baku
Emperor Alexander III of Russia, Empress Maria Feodorovna and their sons Nicholas and George visited Baku from 8 to 9 October 1888. This was the first and only visit of the Russian monarchs to Baku.
Embankment of Baku decorated with imperial flags and the Governor's House during the visit of Alexander III
Baku railway station in the 19th century
Mariinskaya Women's Gymnasium on a postcard of the Russian Empire
Tsar Alexander III and ministers visited the BroNobel oil facilities "Chernyi Gorod" in Baku.