 The old grave stones in the Kulgat area and other evidence that had been partially destroyed during the attacks of the Nadir Shah in the early 18th century prove that the Jews had lived here.While the highland Jews had been in the area around Quba since at least the 13th century, the formal creation of Krasnaya Sloboda is traced back to the 18th century.In 1742 the Khan of Quba, Fatali Khan, gave the Jews permission to set up a community free of persecution across the river from the city of Quba.