Portal:Azerbaijan

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A view of Baku, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. 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. Baku is the capital and largest city.

The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of 1804–1813 and 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Gulistan in 1813 and Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north of the Aras was part of Iran until it was conquered by Russia in the 19th century, where it was administered as part of the Caucasus Viceroyalty.

Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is one of six independent Turkic states and an active member of the Organization of Turkic States and the TÜRKSOY community. Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 182 countries and holds membership in 38 international organizations, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Non-Aligned Movement, the OSCE, and the NATO PfP program. It is one of the founding members of GUAM, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the OPCW. Azerbaijan is an observer state of the World Trade Organization. (Full article...)

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Armenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, a pan-European music competition, since 2006, while Azerbaijan has participated since 2008. The conflict between the two countries over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is considered to be a de jure part of Azerbaijan by the United Nations, but had been wholly or partially under control of the Armenia-backed de facto Republic of Artsakh between 1993 and 2023, has affected the Eurovision Song Contest on several occasions.

Conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan first appeared in 2006, when Azerbaijani media criticised the event's website for listing Nagorno-Karabakh as the birthplace of Armenia's first representative, André, as it was part of the Azerbaijan SSR at the time. Conflicts notably escalated throughout the 2009 contest: during the semi-finals, Azerbaijani officials objected to the depiction of the Nagorno-Karabakh monument We Are Our Mountains during an introductory video for the Armenian entry. Armenia responded during the final by displaying multiple images of the monument whilst presenting its results. Following the contest, reports emerged that Azerbaijan's broadcaster had tampered with its feed of the broadcast to censor the Armenian entry, and that the Azerbaijani government was interrogating citizens who voted for Armenia, accusing them of being unpatriotic and a threat to security. Following an inquiry, Azerbaijan was fined by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for breaching the privacy of voters. (Full article...)

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... that the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan made the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic the first successful republic in the Muslim world?
... that the 14th- and 15th-century Azerbaijani poet Imadaddin Nasimi was possibly flayed alive after he was accused of being a kafir by Sunni scholars?
... that Ashiq Peri was the first prominent female folk poet in Azerbaijan?
... that the Nakhichevan uezd was home to more than 54,000 Armenians until they perished through the events of 1918–1920 as a result of the Russian Revolution?
... that a 14th-century work, originally attributed to another poet, was discovered in 2018 to be the creation of the Azerbaijani poet Yusuf Meddah?
... that after signing a peace agreement in 1919, Azerbaijan prepared another invasion of southern Armenia that was foiled by a rebellion in Nagorno-Karabakh?

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... that Yanar Dag (pictured) is a natural fire that burns "eternally" on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan?}}

... that Baku's Maiden Tower was showcased on many Azerbaijani banknotes for 14 years?

... that after the collapse of American cotton exports in the 1860s, Azerbaijan became a large-scale cotton producer, often planting it rather than food crops?

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Image 1Momine Khatun Mausoleum in Nakhchivan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 2Iran around 1900 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 3Late-19th-century rug market in Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 4Ismail I's empire (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 5Shah Abbas I at a banquet (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 6Qajar-style painting of mullahs with the shah (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 7Arabic inscriptions on the surviving Gate of Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 8Early caliphates:
  Muhammad, 622–632

  Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661

  Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750
(from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 9The Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 1019th-century Gasimushaghi carpet from Şəlvə, Lachin (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 11Azerbaijani deputies to the 1907 Second Russian State Duma. Seated left is Fatali Khan Khoyski; seated right is Khalil Khasmammadov. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 12Sasanid silver plate from Shamakhi District (Azerbaijan State Museum of History) (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 13Soviet postage stamp commemorating Azerbaijani musical instruments (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 1415th-century Shirvanshah mausoleum in Baku (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 15Carpet based on Nizami Ganjavi's 12th-century Layla and Majnun (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 16Pottery from Kul-Tepe I (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 17Mammad Amin Rasulzade, a founder and spokesperson of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918, was widely regarded as Azerbaijan's national leader. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 18Roman inscription in Qobustan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 19Cut pomegranate (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 20Shah Abbas I of Safavid at a banquet. Detail from a ceiling fresco, Chehel Sotoun palace, Isfahan. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 21Heydar Aliyev during a 1997 Pentagon visit (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 22Goytepe site (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 23Battle-scene miniature in the Palace of Shaki Khans (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 24Azerbaijan map of Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 25The Caucasus after the Treaty of Gulistan, in which Persia ceded most of its northern khanates to Russia after the first Russo-Persian war (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 26Oil derricks in Balaxanı around 1890 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 27Ateshgah of Baku, a Hindu and Zoroastrian temple (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 28Salt bag circa 1880, Karabakh (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 29Ilham Aliyev in Munich in 2010 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 30Side view of the Church of Kish (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 31The Maiden Tower, in Baku's Old City (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 32Topographic map of Azerbaijan (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 331748 maps of Shirvan, the Caucasus and Persia (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 34Transcaucasia in the early 19th century (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 35"Hounds and Jackals" game (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 36Petroglyphs in Gobustan National Park date back to 10000 BC. (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 37Gobustan rock art (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 381996 Azerbaijani postage stamp commemorating Novruz (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 39Baku's first film studio during the early 1920s (from Culture of Azerbaijan)

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