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Azerbaijan (other)
Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus. Azerbaijan or Azərbaycan may also refer to: * ''Azerbaijan'' (newspaper), a state-owned newspaper of Azerbaijan * Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the former Soviet Union (1936–1991) * Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, a short-lived state (1918–1920) * Azerbaijan (Iran), a region in northwestern Iran * Azerbaijan People's Government, a short-lived autonomous state in Iran (1945–46) * Günəşli, Lerik, formerly known as Azərbaycan, a village in Azerbaijan See also * Azer (other) * Azerbaijani (other) Azerbaijani may refer to: * Something of, or related to Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located ... * Azeri (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |