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The Bilgeh Estates villas on the Absheron Peninsula are seen from the air in Bilgeh, Azerbaijan on July 15, 2010. In the summer, one villa can retail for prices starting at $5,500; Azerbaijan's tremendous wealth gap has placed the elite in a stratosphere above the rest of society and left the rest of the country resembling a feudal society.