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A view of Baku, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's 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 territory of what is now Azerbaijan was first ruled by Caucasian Albania and later various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of 1804–1813 and 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Gulistan in 1813 and Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north of the Aras was part of Iran until it was conquered by Russia in the 19th century, where it was administered as part of the Caucasus Viceroyalty.

Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is one of six independent Turkic states and an active member of the Organization of Turkic States and the TÜRKSOY community. Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 182 countries and holds membership in 38 international organizations, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Non-Aligned Movement, the OSCE, and the NATO PfP program. It is one of the founding members of GUAM, the CIS, and the OPCW. Azerbaijan is also an observer state of the WTO. (Full article...)

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Sumgait (/ˌsuːmɡɑːˈiːt/; Azerbaijani: Sumqayıt, Azerbaijani: [sumɡɑˈjɯt] ^ⓘ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about 31 kilometres (19 miles) away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 422,600 at the 2019 Census, (excluding the population in the occupied territories at the time of Census) making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Baku.

The city has a territory of 83 square kilometres (32 sq mi). It was founded as a suburb of Baku in 1944 and received city status on 22 November 1949, growing into a major industrial center during the Soviet period. The municipality of Sumgait also includes the settlements of Jorat and Haji Zeynalabdin. It is home to Sumqayit State University. (Full article...)

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... that the Nakhichevan uezd was home to more than 54,000 Armenians until they perished through the events of 1918–1920 as a result of the Russian Revolution?
... that Ashiq Peri was the first prominent female folk poet in Azerbaijan?
... that a 14th-century work, originally attributed to another poet, was discovered in 2018 to be the creation of the Azerbaijani poet Yusuf Meddah?
... that the blue stripe in the Azerbaijani flag reflects the country's Turkic heritage?
... that Marina Nekrasova was the first woman artistic gymnast to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics?
... that the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan made the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic the first successful republic in the Muslim world?

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...that the origins of the Church of Caucasian Albania date to St. Eliseus' efforts in the first century AD to spread Christianity to the area?

...that the first co-ed school in Azerbaijan was founded by Hamida Javanshir in 1908?

...that Sakina Akhundzadeh is considered the first female playwright and dramatist in Azerbaijani literature?

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Image 1Topographic map of Azerbaijan (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 2Ateshgah of Baku, a Hindu and Zoroastrian temple (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 3Oil derricks in Balaxanı around 1890 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 4Azerbaijan map of Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 5Mammad Amin Rasulzade, a founder and spokesperson of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918, was widely regarded as Azerbaijan's national leader. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 6The Maiden Tower, in Baku's Old City (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 7The Caucasus after the Treaty of Gulistan, in which Persia ceded most of its northern khanates to Russia after the first Russo-Persian war (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 8Salt bag circa 1880, Karabakh (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 9Shah Abbas I at a banquet (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 10Gobustan rock art (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 11Azerbaijani deputies to the 1907 Second Russian State Duma. Seated left is Fatali Khan Khoyski; seated right is Khalil Khasmammadov. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 12Qajar-style painting of mullahs with the shah (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 13Baku's first film studio during the early 1920s (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 14Iran around 1900 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 15Goytepe site (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 16Sasanid silver plate from Shamakhi District (Azerbaijan State Museum of History) (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 17Ismail I's empire (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 18Early caliphates:
  Muhammad, 622–632

  Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661

  Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750
(from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 19Side view of the Church of Kish (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 201748 maps of Shirvan, the Caucasus and Persia (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 21Late-19th-century rug market in Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 22Arabic inscriptions on the surviving Gate of Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 23Ilham Aliyev in Munich in 2010 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 2419th-century Gasimushaghi carpet from Şəlvə, Lachin (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 25"Hounds and Jackals" game (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 26Cut pomegranate (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 27Shah Abbas I of Safavid at a banquet. Detail from a ceiling fresco, Chehel Sotoun palace, Isfahan. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 28Transcaucasia in the early 19th century (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 291996 Azerbaijani postage stamp commemorating Novruz (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 30The Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 31Roman inscription in Qobustan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 32Battle-scene miniature in the Palace of Shaki Khans (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 33Heydar Aliyev during a 1997 Pentagon visit (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 34Soviet postage stamp commemorating Azerbaijani musical instruments (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 35Petroglyphs in Gobustan National Park date back to 10000 BC. (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 36Carpet based on Nizami Ganjavi's 12th-century Layla and Majnun (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 3715th-century Shirvanshah mausoleum in Baku (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 38Pottery from Kul-Tepe I (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 39Momine Khatun Mausoleum in Nakhchivan (from History of Azerbaijan)

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