Over time, as Baku began to grow and went beyond the fortress walls, the Chemberekend cemetery was engulfed by the new residential buildings of the city.

[1] According to the architect Lev Ilyin, vast cemeteries have been located since ancient times to the west of the old city fortress on the nearby hills of Chemberekend.

[6] [7] The August issues of Baku newspaper Kaspi in 1882 noted that the location of the cemetery in the immediate vicinity of the residential buildings was harmful for the population.

[8] On 27 September 1882, at the second regular meeting of the Baku City Duma, the issue of transferring the Chemberekend cemetery to a new location was considered and eventually chosen.

The architect Zivar bay Ahmadbayov prepared a building proposal, and relatives and friends of the deceased transferred their remains to the Nagornoye cemetery.