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Christian Azerbaijanis number around 5,000 people in the Republic of Azerbaijan and consist mostly of recent converts. [220] [221] Some Azerbaijanis from rural regions retain pre-Islamic animist or Zoroastrian-influenced [222] beliefs, such as the sanctity of certain sites and the veneration of fire, certain trees and rocks. [223]
The Azerbaijanis or Azeris are a Turkic ethnic group of mixed ethnic origins, primarily the indigenous peoples of eastern Transcaucasia, the Medians, an ancient Iranian people, and the Oghuz Turkic tribes that began migrating to Azerbaijan in the 11th century CE.
According to the first Soviet census conducted in 1926, 23,428 Azerbaijanis lived in Dagestan, although at the time, they were recorded as Turks in the census. [83] By the 2010 census, their population had reached 130,919. [84] In the city of Derbent, Azerbaijanis constitute 31.75% of the population, slightly fewer than the Lezgins. [85]
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.
Many Azerbaijanis are assumed to be involved in the Basmachi movement, a Turkic uprising which was led by Enver Pasha against the Russian Republic and later Bolsheviks, inspired by Islamic beliefs. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] The presence of Azerbaijanis in Turkmenistan is believed to date back to early twentieth century, while Azerbaijani migration to ...
The Azerbaijanis did not surrender their brief independence easily; as many as 20,000 died resisting what was essentially a Russian reconquest. [187] The formation of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was facilitated by popular support of Bolshevik ideology, particularly by workers in Baku. [ 188 ]
Azim Azimzade was an Azerbaijani artist and prominent cartoonist.. Mikail Abdullayev (1921–2002), painter; Fuad Abdurahmanov (1915–1971), sculptor; Azim Azimzade (1880–1943), painter and graphic artist and the founder of Azerbaijani satirical graphics
Azerbaijanis comprise the largest minority ethnic group in Iran. Apart from Iranian Azerbaijan (provinces of West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ardabil and Zanjan), Azerbaijani populations are found in large numbers in four other provinces: Hamadan (includes other Turkic ethnic groups such as Afshar, Gharehgozloo, Shahsevan, and Baharloo [27] [28]), [29] Qazvin, [30] Markazi, [31] and Kurdistan.