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Azerbaijan halted rail traffic into and out of Armenia, cutting most of its land links with the outside world. [206] The negative economic effects of the Nagorno-Karabakh war on both countries illustrated Transcaucasian interdependence. Within a year of his election, Elchibey faced the same situation which had led to Mutallibov's downfall.
The mechanized German army aimed to secure a large supply of oil. Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, provided an overwhelming share of Soviet oil production.In an agreement of February 1940 following the August 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Germany and the Soviet Union committed to exchange German machinery, manufactures, and technology for Soviet resources.
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] 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.
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, [b] [c] also known as the Azerbaijan People's Republic, [d] was the first secular democratic republic in the Turkic and Muslim worlds. [10] The ADR was founded by the Azerbaijani National Council in Tiflis on 28 May 1918 after the collapse of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, and ceased to exist on April 28, 1920. [11]
The following is a list of massacres of Azerbaijanis [a] that have occurred throughout history. During pre-Soviet times, the term "Caucasian Tatar" was used for the group who is nowadays called "Azerbaijanis." For instance, this is apparent in the designation Armenian–Tatar massacres. However, these terms are today and in this article interchangeable. Name Date Location Perpetrators Victims ...
Plaque on palace of the former Viceroy in Tbilisi commemorating the establishment of the First Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. After the dissolution of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, members of the defunct Seim's Muslim Faction (i.e. Muslim National Council) [20] convened an emergency meeting to discuss the current political situation on 27 May 1918.
In 1918–1920, Lorenz Kuhn was the representative of the German population in the parliament of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan. At that time, one of important historical events in the Germans' life took place, the 100th anniversary of the Germans' settlement and Helenendorf colony were celebrated in Azerbaijan on June 9, 1919. [2]
By mid-December 1946, the Iranian army, backed by the United States and the British, [23] reentered Tabriz, thus putting an end to Azerbaijan People's Government after a full year of its existence. [24] During the lawless interregnum, approximately 500 supporters [25] [26] of the Ferqeh were killed.