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Independence Day (Azerbaijani: Müstəqillik Günü) honors the date on which the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) was founded as the first secular democratic state in the Muslim East: 28 May 1918. Since 1990, Republic Day is celebrated as a national holiday in Azerbaijan. [1] Until 2021, it was marked as Republic Day.
The Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanda Müstəqilliyin Bərpası Günü) is a state holiday in Azerbaijan. It is celebrated annually on October 18. On this day in 1991, the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan adopted a Constitutional Act on the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan. The declaration was confirmed by a ...
However, on the same day, a communist demonstration was held under the slogan "Independent Soviet Azerbaijan" against the anniversary of Azerbaijan's independence. [41] Soon after the collapse of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the day of the Declaration of Azerbaijan's Independence was celebrated by Azerbaijani immigrants outside Azerbaijan.
20 September – Day of Azerbaijani Oil / Oil Workers' Day [7] 27 September – Memorial Day; 1 October – Day of prosecutors in Azerbaijan [8] 13 October – Day of Azerbaijani Railway; 18 October – Independence Restoration Day; 6 November – Day of Baku Metro Employees; 12 November – Constitution Day; 17 November – National Revival ...
Azerbaijan: Independence Day: 28 May: 1918 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic: Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan: Day of Restoration of Independence: 18 October: 1991 [9] Soviet Union: Adoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan" [9] The Bahamas: Independence Day: 10 July: 1973 ...
On August 30, 1991, at the extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet, after intensive discussions, the Declaration "On restoring the state independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan" was adopted. In the document, it was emphasized that the Republic of Azerbaijan is the successor of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which existed in 1918 ...
The following day (15 May), armed Azerbaijan Popular Front forces seized the National Council and the state-owned radio and television stations and deposed Mutallibov, who fled to Moscow. The National Council was dissolved, and the National Assembly (composed of Azerbaijan Popular Front members and former communists) was formed.
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.