Azerbaijan has long been home to many different ethnic groups. One such group is the Mountain Jews, descendants of Jewish people who migrated from Persia to the Caucus mountains hundreds of years ago.

Axar.az reports this was stated in an article "Discover the centuries-old culture of Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan" published by Euronews.

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"The Museum of Mountain Jews opened there just last year to shine a light on this one-of-a-kind community, their traditions and culture, keeping them safe for generations to come.

Igor Shaulov is the director of the museum. He tells us that "the Museum of the History of Mountain Jews is the only one in the world. It includes documents, domestic items and artefacts. This museum is devoted to the history and culture, past and present, of the Mountain Jews. It reflects a high degree of interaction and mutual respect between Jewish and Azerbaijani people".

Krasnaya Sloboda is believed to be the world's only all-Jewish town outside Israel and the United States, with a population of around three and half thousand people.

There are two active synagogues in the community and a Yeshiva (a school), where children study the Torah, Hebrew and learn about the customs of the Mountain Jews. One of the two synagogues in this community is called a "sheshkombara" in the Mountain Jews' native language of Juhuri. It means six-domed synagogue.

Naum Niftaliyev is a guide at the museum. He says that the "sheshkombara" was built in 1888, "but, unfortunately, during Soviet times, it was used as a carpet weaving factory, because religion was prohibited. After the collapse of the USSR, it was renovated and now functions, once again, as a synagogue.

While Islam is the main religion in Azerbaijan, Judaism and other faiths are also practised.

"For many centuries Jews and Muslims have been living together in Quba. It would be great if such a neighbourhood were taken as a basis all over the world" - a local Islamic Scholar, Hemdulla Denyarov says."