| When did appear in The Derbent region
"mysterious" the torches of fire, which gave then name to
this place, is not known, possably this occurred after the earthquake
of 1904, which happened precisely in these places. Earthquake destroyed
layers from the vestnyakovykh rocks, and through the cracks from the
depths of the earth began to percolate natural gas.
Old residents recall, that these places early hour she frequently
gave shelter to the travellers, who on the night lit bonfires. Now
the flame of bonfires became blue, it was raised to not bu and it
dispersed along the cracks in the soil. The fetters of niki in the
superstitious fear they escaped from these places, and torches began
to burn constantly.This place had been called "Ogni" (fires).
Astrakhan capitalists Of Malyshevy, heard about the burninng gas
from the ground in Daghestan, had visited, they inspected this locality
and was studied the possibilities of the organization here of the
production of glass, near the fires. In the settlements of Sabnava
and Achi were discovered natural quartz sands, basic raw material
for the production glass, a question with the raw material was resolved
on the spot. In 1913 they leased in Derbent Khan section into 10.ga
for the building: plant, and in 1914 they begun the buld factoey,
without having completed building, they began the production of
glassware.
They brought the first master-glassblowers from Astrakhan, where
already worked glassplant. Working conditions on the new after to
water byli extremely heavy; therefore workers named this place "Walley
of death and fire". Malyshevy so did not have time finish the
building of plant - the reason was revolution and civil war. This
task could be solved by the Soviet regime. Restoration and building
of new glass factory on the base of natural gas in South Daghestan
became one of its first priority tasks.
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