Azerbaijani SSR
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Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikası آذربایجان سووئت سوسیالیست رئسپوبلیکاسی |
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Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-22, 1936-91) Constituent part of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-36) |
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Motto Бүтүн өлкәләрин пролетарлары, бирләшин (Azerbaijani) Bütün ölkələrin proletarları, birləşin! (transliteration) "Proletarians of all countries, unite!" |
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Anthem Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасынын Һимни Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikasının Himni "Anthem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic" |
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 Location of Azerbaijan within the Soviet Union.
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| Capital | Baku | |||||
| Languages |
Official languages: Azerbaijani · Russian Minority languages: Armenian |
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| Demonym |
Azerbaijani Soviet |
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| Government |
Unitary Marxist-Leninist one party Soviet socialist republic (until 1990) Unitary presidential republic (after 1990) |
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| First Secretary | ||||||
| • | 1920 | Mirza Davud Huseynov | ||||
| • | 1990–1991 | Ayaz Mutallibov | ||||
| Chairan of the Council of Ministers | ||||||
| • | 1920–1922 | Nariman Narimanov | ||||
| • | 1990–1991 | Hasan Hasanov | ||||
| History | ||||||
| • | Republic proclaimed | 28 April 1920 | ||||
| • | Becomes part of the Transcaucasian SFSR | 30 December 1922 | ||||
| • | Re-established | 5 December 1936 | ||||
| • | Sovereignty declared | 23 September 1989 | ||||
| • | Black January | January 19–20, 1990 | ||||
| • | Renamed Republic of Azerbaijan | 19 November 1990 | ||||
| • | Independence declared | 18 October 1991 | ||||
| • | Independence recognized | 26 December 1991 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| • | 1989 | 86,600 km² (33,436 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 1989 est. | 7,037,867 | ||||
| Density | 81.3 /km² (210.5 /sq mi) | |||||
| Calling code | +7 892/895 | |||||
| Today part of |
 Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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Azerbaijan (
i/ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ AZ-ər-by-JAHN; Azerbaijani: Азәрбајҹан; Azərbaycan), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; Azerbaijani: Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikası, آذربایجان سووئت سوسیالیست رئسپوبلیکاسی; Russian: Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика [АзССР], Azerbajdžanskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika [AzSSR]) and the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası, Азәрбајҹан Республикасы, رئسپوبلیکاسی آذربایجان), also referred to as Soviet Azerbaijan was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1920 to 1922 and 1936 to 1991 as an socialist state as well as 1991 to 1995 as an sovereign independent state located in the South Caucasus region, situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe.
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