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In December 2006, the two countries adopted a program of interstate cooperation in the humanitarian sphere for 2007–2009. 2005 was the "Year of Azerbaijan" in Russia and 2006 was the "Year of Russia" in Azerbaijan; the two countries held 110 special cultural events during these two years.
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.
In mid-2012, Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan released a video game entitled İşğal Altında: Şuşa (Under Occupation: Shusha), [199] a free first-person shooter that allows the player to assume the role of an Azerbaijani soldier who takes part in the 1992 battle of Shusha. Commentators have noted that the game "is not for the faint of heart ...
A decade later, Peter renewed his focus on the region with the Russo-Persian Campaign (1722–1723), [30] aiming primarily at Dagestan and Azerbaijan. [31] Although Circassia was not the main target of this campaign, it marked a turning point for Russian strategy in the Caucasus and set the stage for future conflicts. [ 32 ]
The later 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh would see the entirety of the disputed territory come under the control of Azerbaijan. Naming The war has been referred to as the "Second Nagorno-Karabakh War", [ 91 ] [ 92 ] and has also been called the "44-Day War" in both Armenia and Azerbaijan.
[347] [348] Russia is sometimes described as Armenia's supporter in the conflict, [349] [350] however, this view is widely challenged as Russia extensively sells arms to Azerbaijan. [ 60 ] [ 351 ] [ 352 ] [ 353 ] Also, in February 2022, Aliyev and Putin signed a "Declaration of Allied Interaction" which elevated military ties between their ...
A view shows damages in the wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer passenger plane that crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024 in this screengrab from a video obtained ...
Russia and Persia fought these wars over disputed governance of territories and countries in the Caucasus. The main territories disputed were Aran (modern day Republic of Azerbaijan), Georgia and Armenia, as well as much of Dagestan – generally referred to as Transcaucasia [1] – and considered part of the Safavid Iran prior to the Russo ...