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  Countries of the world: Azerbaijan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Azerbaijan (IPA: [ɑ:zəbai'ʤɑ:n]; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a country in the South Caucasus.
The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (an exclave of Azerbaijan) borders Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest.
The official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, a member of the Oguz subdivision of the Turkic language family, and is spoken by around 95% of the republic’s population, as well as about a quarter of the population of Iran.
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 US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan [ɑ:zɚbai'ʤɑ:n] (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a country in the South Caucasus.
Azerbaijan is the name of the region stretching from the northern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains along the Caspian Sea to the Iranian plateau.
In 1936, the TSFSR was dissolved and Azerbaijan became constituent republic of the USSR as the Azerbaijan SSR.
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 Azerbaijan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Azerbaijan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Azerbaijan shares a common language and culture with Turkey; however, before its conquest by tsarist Russia in the early 19th century, it was a province of Persia, and today 20 million Shiite Azeris live across the border in Iran.
In the March 1991 USSR constitutional referendum, the Azerbaijan population voted overwhelmingly in favour of preserving the Union and the August 1991 attempted anti-Gorbachev coup in Moscow was warmly welcomed by President Mutalibov, who ordered the military suppression of demonstrations organized by the Popular Front.
In January 2001, Azerbaijan was admitted to the Council of Europe.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Azerbaijan   (1066 words)

  
 Azerbaijan -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.
Some opponents of the name Azerbaijan assert that it is anachronistic to use it in a historical context before 1918, because, they say, the term was first introduced by the national intelligentsia in early 20th century and later was endorsed by the Bolsheviks, with intention of claiming the northern province of Persia.
The official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, a member of the Oguz subdivision of the Turkic language family, and is spoken by around 95% of the republic’s population, as well as about a third of the population of Iran.
en.wikipedia.2es.com.pl /wiki/Azerbaijan   (2222 words)

  
 Flag of Azerbaijan - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The flag of Azerbaijan consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a white crescent and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band.
State symbols of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall be: the Republic of Azerbaijan Flag, the Republic of Azerbaijan Emblem, the Republic of Azerbaijan National Anthem.
The proportion of the width to the length shall be 1 by 2.
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 Azerbaijan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Azerbaijan ([?:z?bai'??:n]; Azerbaijani: Az?rbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Az?rbaycan Respublikasi), is a country in the South Caucasus.
By the Safavid period, the turkification of Azerbaijan continued with the influence of the Kizilbash.
The modern presence of the Iranian Talysh and Tats in Azerbaijan is further evidence of the former Iranian character of the region.
www.libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Azerbaijan.html   (6452 words)

  
 Azerbaijan SSR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In March 12, 1922, under heavy pressure from Moscow, the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenian, and Georgian Soviet Socialist Republics established a union known as the Transcaucasian SFSR.
An event that greatly impacted Azeris on both sides of the border was the Soviet occupation of Iranian Azerbaijan in the summer of 1941.
Azerbaijan declared its independence from the USSR on August 30, 1991, and became part of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Azerbaijan_SSR   (2101 words)

  
 Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku (or Bakı [Baky]) pronounced ba-KEY, Bakı in Azeri, is the capital of Azerbaijan.
Baku is located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea and is Azerbaijan's largest city, one of very few places where Soviet citizens could actually experience beaches or relax in now-dilapidated spa complexes overlooking the salty Caspian Sea.
Fifty years before the battle, Baku produced half of the world's oil supply: Azerbaijan and the United States are the only two countries ever to have been the world's majority oil producer.
www.creekin.net /c1293-n12-baku-azerbaijan.html   (876 words)

  
 Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is a Turkic state in the Caucasus of Southwestern Asia.
Azerbaijan includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991, but receives support from Armenia.
Azerbaijan has lost 16% of its territory and must support some 800,000 refugees and internally displaced persons as a result of the conflict.
e-journey.net /Azerbaijan   (1142 words)

  
 Wikipedia:Naming conventions
Since Transportation in Azerbaijan could just as well be considered a subdivision of Transportation as of Azerbaijan, do not use a name like Azerbaijan/Transportation (a so-called subpage, formerly used to indicate that the page is a subdivision of the topic Azerbaijan).
Convention: In general, use the most common form of the name used in English and disambiguate the names of monarchs of modern countries in the format [[{Monarch's first name and ordinal} of {Country}]] (example: Edward I of England).
When disambiguating a movie from something else use (movie) in the title when only one movie had that name and (YEAR movie) in the title when there are more than one movies by that name (example: Titanic (1997 movie)).
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 Qwika - similar:History_of_Azerbaijan
Politics - Politics portal Azerbaijan This article is part of the series: Politics and government ofAzerbaijan President: Ilham Aliyev Prime Minister: Artur Rasizade Political parties Elections Foreign relations See also: Politics of Nagorno Karabakh edit Politics of Azerbaijan takes place in a framework of a presidential republic,, with the President of Azerbaijan as the hea...
Map of Azerbaijan with cities Detailed map of Azerbaijan Subtle changes due to rising sea level can be seen along this coastline Azerbaijan is situated in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia.
Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Azerbaijan SSR on October 7, 1952.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Azerbaijan SSR
During the Soviet occupation a revival of the Azerbaijani literary language, which had largely been supplanted by Persian, was promoted with the help of writers, journalists, and teachers from Soviet Azerbaijan.
As it turned out, the issue of Iranian Azerbaijan became one of the first conflicts of the Cold War, and under pressure by the Western powers, the Soviet army was withdrawn.
Azerbaijan's crucial oil industry lost its relative importance in the Soviet economy, partly because of a shift of oil production to other regions of the Soviet Union and partly because of the depletion of known oil resources on land, while offshore production was not deemed cost effective.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Azerbaijan_SSR   (2064 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has population of 8.5 million (data of UN), 90.6% of whom are ethnic Azerbaijani (also called Azeris; 1999 census figures).
The second largest ethnic group are Russians, who now form roughly 1.8% of the population, most having emigrated since independence.
Some people argue that the number of Talysh is greater than officially recorded, as many of them are counted as Azerbaijanis.Around the town of Quba in the north live the Tats, also known as the Mountain Jews, who are also to be found in Dagestan.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Republic_of_Azerbaijan   (2070 words)

  
 Azerbaijan | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Azerbaijan (; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a country in the South Caucasus.
Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Azerbaijan has lost 16% of its territory and must support some 571,000 internally displaced persons as a result of the conflict.
www.babylon.com /definition/Azerbaijan/English   (265 words)

  
 Asia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Because in linguistic terms, "continent" implies a distinct landmass, it is becoming increasingly common to substitute the term "region" for "continent" to avoid the problem of disambiguation altogether.
Naxçivan is an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.
Shia Islam: largely to specific Iran, Azerbaijan, parts of Iraq, Bahrain, parts of Afghanistan, parts of India, parts of Pakistan.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Asia   (3008 words)

  
 Ganja Summary
In 1918 Ganja became a tempopary capital of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which renamed it back to Ganja, until Baku was recaptured from the British backed Centro Caspian Dictatorship.
In 1920 the Red Army conquered Azerbaijan and in 1935 Joseph Stalin renamed the city Kirovabad after Sergei Kirov.
In 1991, Azerbaijan became independent, and the ancient name of the city was re-established.
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The nation-states that compose the Caucasus today are northeastern Turkey, the post-Soviet states: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, as well as various parts of Russia and Iran.
The Caucasus is an area of great ecological significance; among its native animals are leopards, brown bears, wolves, European bison, marals and golden eagles.
Azerbaijan has the widest biodiversity of all Caucasus and European states.
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 Azerbaijan infoTurkish.com Herşey Hakkında Türkçe Bilgi
Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan) is a country in the Caucasus, at the crossroads of Europe and Southwest Asia, with an eastern coast on the Caspian Sea.
In the 11th century, the Seljuk Turks became the dominant force in Azerbaijan and laid the ethnic foundation of contemporary Azerbaijanis.
Azerbaijan has lost some of its territory around Karabakh as a result of its aggression against Armenians in Karabakh, and must support some 1,000,000 refugees and internally displaced persons as a result of the conflict.
www.infoturkish.com /Turkey/Azerbaijan.html   (5925 words)

  
 ClubWiki:Naming conventions - ClubWiki
Since Transportation in Azerbaijan could just as well be considered a subdivision of Transport as of Azerbaijan, do not use a name like Azerbaijan/Transportation (the old ClubWiki software created a subpage when the article name contained a forward slash; this feature is discontinued for articles, but you may use it on user and talk pages).
When disambiguating a film from something else use "(film)" in the title when only one film had that name and (YEAR film) in the title when there are two or more films by that name (example: Titanic (1997 film)).
When necessary, disambiguation should be done using (band), (album), or (song) (such as Iron Maiden (band) or Insomniac (album)); use further disambiguation only when needed (for example X (U.S. band), X (Australian band)).
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 ☞ REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN: Top rated Azerbaijan reviews!
Republic of azerbaijan: Azerbaijan (; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan) republic of azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası) republic of azerbaijan, is a country in the South Caucasus.
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 Qwika - similar:Nakhichevan
Map of Azerbaijan showing Nakhichevan sahar Momine Khatun Mausoleum Nakhichevan (Naxçıvan in Azerbaijani) is the main city and capital of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, also called Nakhchivan, was an ancient trading centre.
Julfa may refer to: Julfa, East Azarbaijan, Iran city in the East Azarbaijan Province Julfa (rayon) (Culfa) in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan Julfa, Azerbaijan (town) in Nakhchivan Julfa, Isfahan, Iran is the name of an Armenian quarter in Isfahan (city), Iran.
It is in the northwest of the country, bordering Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the provinces of Ardabil, West Azarbaijan, and Zanjan.
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 Azerbaijan travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Azerbaijan [1] is a Turkic state in the Caucasus of Southeastern Europe.
Azerbaijan is known for having 9 of the 11 existing ecological zones, although a great deal of it is dry and semiarid steppe.
National air company AZAL (Azerbaijan Airlines) is the main carrier which flies to Ganja, Nakhchivan, Yevlakh, Tbilisi, Aktau, Tehran, Tel-Aviv, Ankara, Istanbul, Trabzon, Antalya, Dubai, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Nizhniy Novgorod, Urumqi, Mineralniye Vodi, Milan, London, Paris.
wikitravel.org /en/Azerbaijan   (1228 words)

  
 Armenia - Gurupedia
Transcaucasia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, with Turkey to the west and Georgia to the north, and sharing borders with Azerbaijan in the east, and Iran and the Naxcivan exclave of Azerbaijan in the south.
Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the enclave in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
DDT is not helping the already poor soil quality in many parts of the county.
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