The classical beitas were set to mugam music, manuscripts of poetry were illuminated by miniatures, carpets and other objects of applied art carried motifs from Nizami and Fisuli. Though today poetry shares its popularity with the other arts, the Day of Poetry still arouses great enthusiasm. Here the best Russian and Foreign films are dubbed into Azerbaijani. The urological clinic, provided with the latest equipment, conducts important research and admits patients from Azerbaijan, as well as from neighboring regions. Baku has over 90 hospitals, and 40 sanatoria, pensions and rest homes, where cost of accommodation and treatment is either fully or partially covered by the trade unions.
All medical care is free.
Azerbaijan has about 750 miles of railway. Suburban trains carry about 150,000 commuters a day. There are flights from Baku's Bina airport to more that 70 cities in different countries. Ships of the Caspian Fleet call at 125 ports in 30 foreign countries.