Mailov brothers

The brothers were industrial capitalists who amassed a major fortune from oil.

[11][12] However, when asked if she would return to Baku, she refused because she found that there was no decent opera house in the city.

[12][14] The theatre was commissioned by the Mailyan brothers and was built by ethnic Armenian[15] architect Nikolai Bayev.

It is now known as the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater and continues to serve Baku residents until this day.

The most important of which was the financial grant of 2 million rubles in February 1919 to fund the expedition of surveyors for potential industrial output, mineral extracts, soil, and other minerals needed for the reconstruction of the country.