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History of Baku. Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan Republic, which was also the capital of Shirvan (during the reigns of Akhsitan I and Khalilullah I ), Baku Khanate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR and the administrative center of Russian Baku governorate . Baku is derived from the old Persian Bagavan, which translates to ...
The independence of the Azerbaijani republic was a significant but short-lived chapter in Baku's history. On 28 April 1920, the 11th Red Army invaded Baku and reinstalled the Bolsheviks, making Baku the capital of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. The city underwent many major changes.
The history of Azerbaijan is understood as the history of the region now forming the Republic of Azerbaijan. Topographically, the land is contained by the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains in the north, the Caspian Sea in the east, and in the west. In the south, its natural boundaries are less distinct, and here the country merges with ...
Old City (Baku) / 40.367°N 49.833°E / 40.367; 49.833. Old City or Inner City ( Azerbaijani: İçərişəhər) [2] is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, [3] which is surrounded by walls. In 2007, the Old City had a population of about 3,000 people. [4]
Baku, Soviet Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani mobs 90: Dushanbe riots: February 12–14, 1990 Dushanbe, Soviet Tajikistan: Tajik nationalist & Islamist activists 26 Artashevan massacre: May 1991 Artashevan, Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijani Armed Forces: 300 Maraga massacre: 10 April 1992 Maraga, Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijani Armed Forces: 50–100
700–800. Victims. Azerbaijanis. Perpetrators. Soviet Union. Black January ( Azerbaijani: Qara Yanvar ), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on Azerbaijani nationalism and anti-Soviet sentiment in Baku on 19–20 January 1990, as part of a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Battle of Baku. Coordinates: 40°27′N 49°47′E. Battle of Baku. Part of the Armenian–Azerbaijani War in the Caucasus Campaign of World War I & Southern Front of the Russian Civil War. Ottoman artillery bombarding the city. Date. 26 August 1918 – 14 September 1918 [1] Location. Baku, Azerbaijan.
National Revival Day ( Azerbaijani: Milli Dirçəliş Günü) is a national holiday celebrated in Azerbaijan every year on the 17th of November. [1] Since 1992, 17 November has been celebrated as a National Revival Day in the country. It is related to the events in Baku in November-December 1988.