Concept of Preserving Architectural Monuments of Baku Built at the End of 19thand Beginning of the 20th Centuries
At the present stage there is an urgent need for the conservation of individual monuments of architecture, creation of conditions for their correct use andexposure, measures for the regeneration of the historic environment. The aim of this study is to develop the concept of preservation of the architectural heritageof Baku, relating to the late 19th - early 20th century on the basis of identifying their condition. The research methodology is based on a systematic approachwhich includes the analysis of full-scale studies of architectural monuments and surrounding buildings, typological classification of architectural heritage by type,chronology of construction and development of the concept of the historical heritage preservation of Baku of the period under study. The study of the generalcondition of the buildings considered in this work makes it possible to conclude that they are in a relatively satisfactory condition. Some of them have recentlybeen restored. It is necessary to carry out restoration and rehabilitation works in others. The considered buildings are the most striking architectural monumentsof the capitalist period of Baku. Their rehabilitation requires a correct approach, taking into account all aspects of the modern preservation of historical buildings.