Trees will be planted over 15 per vent of the area of Grater Baku. A ring road and motorways have been constructed to ease the traffic. The water supply is improved daw to the construction of a new pipeline from the Kura river. Housing Construction is constantly growing-every fifth citizen has recently moved to a new house. Graduates from dozens of countries have received a higher education in Baku.
Visitors form all over the world come here for advice and consultations.
Baku experts have contributed to oil exploration in the whole world, as well as to the theory and practice of the petrochemical industry. The State Symphony Orchestra, The State Dance Ensemble, the State Theater of Song- won popularity different countries. 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.