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	Azerbaijan International - Chronology of Major Events in Azerbaijan
		Situation at the northern borders of the Azerbaijan Republic is further aggravated by the advance of the Red (Soviet) Army on General Denikin's Volunteer Army.
		Republics of Azerbaijan and Georgia sign a defensive agreement, intended to prevent further advancement of Denikin's Army.
		Agreement is between the Armenian community and the government of Azerbaijan regarding the sovereignty of the Azerbaijan Republic in the region.
	www.azer.com /aiweb/categories/magazine/61_folder/61_articles/61_chronology.html (1448 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background
		An anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has grown to several thousand strong in recent years, challenging the insurgents for control of territory and the drug trade, and also the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas.
		Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Muslim Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow.
		The army placed Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA in the presidency in 1999 in a fraudulent election but claimed neutrality in his 2004 landslide reelection victory.
	www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html (1448 words)

	Operation Iranian Freedom
		But there were two major imperial powers, and as British dependence on the United States grew with every passing month of the war, they had little option but to agree to the ever-increasing US presence that had penetrated Kurdistan and Azerbaijan as early as 1943.
		The aim was clear: to transform Iran's ragtag army into a tough instrument that could defend imperial interests in the region.
		For him this meant the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Iranian Azerbaijan and the nationalization of the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20030818/ali/2 (1448 words)

	history1.htm
		He is a ruler of "Iraq, Azerbaijan Arran, Jibal,Rey, Isfahan, Hamadan and other territories" [Source: Sibt ibn al-Jauzi, Ibn Haldun] Benchmark Event: 1223 Kalka river battle between Rus' army and Mongols, Rus' army defeated 1225 A.D Mongol conquest of Azerbaijan.
		Azerbaijan is divided and rule by khans in different regions of the country.
		Azerbaijan is declared to be "eternal possesion" of Turks.
	www.zerbaijan.com /azeri/history1.htm (1448 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		While some pro-Armenian lawmakers voice concern that lifting the ban on military aid to Azerbaijan could lead to renewed aggression, Butt believes Azerbaijan -- whose army, she says, is "extremely poorly equipped and not very well trained" -- would have no interest in doing so.
		"I doubt they would risk pitting their army against Armenia's, which has had some funding from Russia and which is better-equipped than Azerbaijan's.
		Novruz Mamedov is director of Azerbaijan's foreign relations department in the office of the president.
	www.rferl.org /nca/features/2002/01/29012002090616.asp (986 words)

	Azerbaijan - World War I and Independence
		Muslim nationalists separately declared the establishment of the Azerbaijan People's Democratic Republic in May 1918 and formed the "Army of Islam," with substantial help from the Ottoman Turkish army, to defeat the Bolsheviks in Baku.
		Azerbaijan was occupied by Ottoman Turkish troops until the end of World War I in November 1918.
		In September 1920, Azerbaijan signed a treaty with Russia unifying its military forces, economy, and foreign trade with those of Russia, although the fiction of Azerbaijani political independence was maintained.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-948.html (986 words)

	Site Template -- Geneology
		Situation at the northern borders of the Azerbaijan Republic is further aggravated by the advance of the Red (Soviet) Army on General Denikin's Volunteer Army.
		Agreement is between the Armenian community and the government of Azerbaijan regarding the sovereignty of the Azerbaijan Republic in the region.
		Resignation of the Fifth Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic.
	huseyn75.4t.com (986 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
		The historian Ashurbeyli in "History of Azerbaijan" writes that in Azerbaijan "there were incurrsions of Turkic groups from the beginning of our era which increased in the 5th to the 7th and the 9th to the 11th centuries" and also states that "since antiquity" Turks have lived in Azerbaijan.
		Azerbaijan is located at the crossroads of different cultures and is the ancestral home of the Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijani Turks) who according to CIA and Ethnologue statistics number more than 8 million in the Republic of Azerbaijan and more than 20 million in the northwestern region of Iran, reffered to by the United Nations as
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Azerbaijan (311 words)

	History of Azerbaijan - Azerb.com
		Nakhichevan's close ties to Azerbaijan were confirmed by the Russo-Turkish Treaty of Moscow and the Treaty of Kars among the three Transcaucasian states and Turkey, both signed in 1921.
		Azerbaijan was occupied by Ottoman Turkish troops until the end of World War I in November 1918.
		In the treaty of Gulistan Persia and Russia agreed that Azerbaijan would be divided along the Araz River, with Russian Azerbaijan north of the river, and Iranian Azerbaijan to the South.
	www.travel-images.com /az-hist.html (4657 words)

	Azerbaijan Odlar Yurdu Radio- Keepers of the Fire
		The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan led by Jafar Pishevari was left at the mercy of the Iranian army and soon collapsed.
		In the southern Azerbaijan: Tebriz, Urmiye, Ardebil Khoi, Karadagh, Serab, Maraga and Maku khanates.
		Azerbaijan is a country of ancient history and culture, which is witnessed by numerous relics of the past.
	www.radioodlaryurdu.com /Hist.html (6738 words)

	Azerbaijan (10/04)
		Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
		Azerbaijan's embassy in the United States is at 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel (202) 337-3500; fax (202) 337-5911; Consular tel (202) 337-5912; Consular fax (202) 337-5913; www.azembassy.com.
		Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership, the World Health Organization, CFE Treaty member state, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe, the Community of Democracies, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2909.htm (6738 words)

	Contested Borders in the Caucasus : Chapter VII
		The Iranian public remembers this dynasty with hatred, holding it responsible for major defeats at the hands of the Russian army in 1813 and 1828, which led to the loss of vast areas of Iran's territory in the northwest of the country.
		After the occupation of Lachin by Armenian troops, pamphlets were distributed clandestinely in Tabriz, the biggest city in Iranian Azerbaijan, inviting people to support their brothers from the Republic of Azerbaijan.
		As Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan are homelands for some ethnic groups which also live in Iran, the political future of both of these new states - particulary Azerbaijan - is one of the primary concerns of Iran's foreign policy.
	poli.vub.ac.be /publi/ContBorders/eng/ch0701.htm (6062 words)

	Ambasada Republicii Azerbaijan Press Release 2
		During 40-70’s of the XI century Azerbaijan was subjected to numerous devastating raids of the Seljuks army that crippled the economy and the life of the country.
		Azerbaijan was not only drawn into the policy of the Seljuk state, it also became a part of the state system.
		Another occupation of the population of Azerbaijan in the III-VII centuries was fishing.
	www.azembassy.ro /English/pr02.htm (7954 words)

	frontline: target america: the evolution of islamic terrorism - an overview
		The group has threatened to strike the U.S. for its jailing of Shaykh al-Rahman and the arrests of EIJ cadres in Albania, Azerbaijan, and the United Kingdom..
		Islamic groups were supported by anti-nationalist conservative regimes, such as Saudi Arabia, to counter the expansion of nationalist ideology.
		In the Middle East, Islamic movements increasingly came into opposition with secular nationalism, providing an alternative source of social welfare and education in the vacuum left by the lack of government-led development -- a key example is The Muslim Brotherhood.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/etc/modern.html (7954 words)

	Karabakh Talks - After Key West - Azerbaijan Paper Says Pressure Was Exerted on Armenia in Key West Talks - April 17, 2001
		It concluded that Azerbaijan should capitalize on the growing trend in its favour by intensifying diplomacy, ensuring the army's combat readiness and mobilizing public opionion.
		In addition, Azerbaijan's stance was brought to the notice of the world community again and quite a lot of important events occured.
		The president said: "Due to the fact that a cease-fire agreement was reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia in 1994, the conflict as well as the need to settle it quickly has been forgotten in the international arena in the course of time.
	www.azer.com /aiweb/categories/karabakh/media/key_west_after/media_zerkalo.html (1523 words)

	ipedia.com: History of Azerbaijan Article
		Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
		The southern half of historical Azerbaijan corresponds to the modern-day region of northwestern Iran, an area that some refer to as South Azerbaijan.
		The Huns, Khazars, Barsils, Sabirs, Gokturks, Salars, Kutugurs, Kipchaks and others had been some of the Turkic people who had dwelled in Azerbaijan and participated in the ancient state formations of Albania and Media.
	www.ipedia.com /history_of_azerbaijan.html (1650 words)

	Azerbaijan (10/04)
		Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
		Azerbaijan's embassy in the United States is at 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel (202) 337-3500; fax (202) 337-5911; Consular tel (202) 337-5912; Consular fax (202) 337-5913; www.azembassy.com.
		Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership, the World Health Organization, CFE Treaty member state, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe, the Community of Democracies, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2909.htm (1650 words)

	U.S. AND BOLSHEVIK RELATIONS WITH THE TBMM GOVERNMENT: THE FIRST CONTACTS, 1919-1921
		Army Corps to the East, and have the TBMM participate in a "Caucasian Confederation." The primary aim of the related invitation was to involve the TBMM forces under Karabekir's command in the ongoing fighting, to cause attrition, to reduce its fighting capacity and morale.
		Army Corps (Erzurum) contained four (for a total of approximately 18,000 men), possibly because the Division in Trabzon was separated from its original command structure due to war conditions, attached, ad interim, to the XV.
		Army Corps: On 12 September 1919, Colonel Zehzild (Sp?), who was based in Malatya; on 13 September, 1919, Colonel Neil (Neal?) who especially came to Malatya in connection with this matter; on 12 September 1919, Colonel Pepl (Sp?), who arrived separately, from Aleppo, in Malatya; all of whom personally received hearty protests from the XIII.
	www.ku.edu /carrie/texts/carrie_books/paksoy-9 (16132 words)

	The Sparapetut'iwn in Armenia in the 4-5th Centuries
		The spahbad of the east controlled the armies of Khurasan, Sacastan, and Kerman; the spahbad of the south, the armies of Pars and Susiana; the spahbad of the west, the armies of Iraq to the Byzantine frontier; and the spahbad of the north, the armies of Media and Azerbaijan (4).
		The chief of the military was the Eran-spahbad, and until the time of Xosrov I (531 579), the Iranian army was under the command of a single Eran-spahbad who performed the threefold functions of minister of war, commander-in-chief, and negotiator of the peace (3).
		The almost perpetual state of war which was endemic between Armenia and its neighbors, as well as warfare within the country between the Arsacid kings of Armenia and their naxarar s, made the sparapetut'iwn an institution capable of rivaling the country's bnik ter s ("native lords"), that is, the Arsacid kings themselves.
	rbedrosian.com /spar1.htm (16132 words)

	Artsakh / Nagorno-Karabakh
		Now the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is not an enclave, since in the mid-1990s the Armenian troops occupied the territory between the former autonomous region and the former Armenian SSR (the so-called corridor of Latchin) and a lot of other adjoining Azerbaijan territory.
		On 12 January 1989 the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted the Decree "About introduction of special forms of management in the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region of Azerbaijan SSR", with effect on 20 January 1989.
		Artsakh is better known internationally as Nagorno-Karabakh, a former Azerbaijan enclave in Armenia.
	flagspot.net /flags/az-artsa.html (850 words)

	ARRÂN
		After foreign forces entered Iran in Shahrivar 1320 (August 1941), under the tutelage of the Red Army, a party was established in Tabriz called "The Party of Azerbaijan".
		Aliyov, a historian in the former Soviet Azerbaijan, in his article "Sources Relating the Ancient History of Caucasus's Albania", wrote that in the Parthian era, the eastern part of the Caucasus was called "Ardan".
		Following these actions, the terms "North Azerbaijan" and "South Azerbaijan" were skillfully manipulated into books and into translations from Turkish and Russian in order to inculcate this idea into the minds of readers.
	www.azargoshnasp.net /~iran/geography/azararan/realname.htm (850 words)

	Military of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Azerbaijan is also expanding its active forces, now numbering about 72,000, with an additional reserve of 82,000, as well as a "reserve of the reserve" of 1,314,955.
		Many believe this rise in military expenditure followed the Azeri announcement that the army would be willing to recapture the separatist region of Nagorno Karabakh, which is currently under the occupation of by troops from neighbouring Armenia who fought against Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh war during the early 1990s.
		Azerbaijan is further expanding its military budget to $1000 million within the year 2006 (that figure is equivalent to the entire Armenian state budget).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Azerbaijan (893 words)

	Azerbaijan (10/04)
		Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
		Azerbaijan's embassy in the United States is at 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel (202) 337-3500; fax (202) 337-5911; Consular tel (202) 337-5912; Consular fax (202) 337-5913; www.azembassy.com.
		Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership, the World Health Organization, CFE Treaty member state, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe, the Community of Democracies, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2909.htm (3081 words)

	Azerbaijan (10/04)
		Azerbaijan received de facto recognition by the Allies as an independent nation in January 1920, an independence terminated by the arrival of the Red Army in April.
		Azerbaijan's embassy in the United States is at 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel (202) 337-3500; fax (202) 337-5911; Consular tel (202) 337-5912; Consular fax (202) 337-5913; www.azembassy.com.
		Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership, the World Health Organization, CFE Treaty member state, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Council of Europe, the Community of Democracies, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2909.htm (3081 words)

	Welcome to Azerbaijan
		With the Red Army occu pying its territory, Azerbaijan was forcibly incorpo rated into the Soviet Union with the signing of the Treaty of Formation of the USSR on December 30, 1922.
		Azerbaijan today is a primary supplier of oil and related equipment to the states of the former Soviet Union.
		The Republic of Azerbaijan is a secular democracy, with the government based on the separation of powers among its three branches.
	www.brittany-net.com /azerbaijan.html (2126 words)

	THE EMERGING ARMY IN AZERBAIJAN by Patrick Gorman
		As was the case in OMON units in other republics of the Soviet Union, the OMON detachments in Azerbaijan were often manned by former soldiers of the Soviet Army and veterans of the war in Afghanistan.
		Under the military structure of the former Soviet Union, Azerbaijan was host to over 60,000 Soviet military personnel deployed throughout the country in units of the Ground Forces, Air Forces, Air Defense Forces, and Navy.
		The MVD regiment in Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh was withdrawn during November and December 1991 in conjunction with the reorganization of the MVD and KGB.
	zerbaijan.com /azeri/azarmy.htm (3554 words)

	USA plans to expand military presence in Azerbaijan, promises $100mil for Caspian guard EnergyBulletin.net Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
		Secondly, the USA is interested in establishing mobile army bases on the territory of Azerbaijan, which is stipulated in the plan to re-deploy US troops in Europe and Asia.
		Azerbaijan does not have anything against such cooperation: it is afraid of the Iranian ambition, especially when it comes to resources of the Caspian Sea.
		A lot of experts in Azerbaijan estimate the cooperation between Baku and Washington against the background of intense relations between the USA and Iran.
	www.energybulletin.net /6074.html (869 words)

	Eurasia Insight - Cadet Protest in Azerbaijan Indicative of Military Tension
		Azerbaijani military and political leaders are downplaying recent upheaval at Azerbaijan’s top military academy, saying the school is again operating on a “normal schedule.” But some observers say the cadet protest is an indicator of serious unrest within the military establishment.
		Though the protest exposed a festering mood of discontent throughout Azerbaijan’s military establishment — all connected with lax discipline, pervasive corruption and abusive behavior by senior officers — political analysts differ on the incident’s implications.
		As for the military, some analysts say that, given current conditions, the army may be prone to future mutinies.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav0912a_pr.shtml (894 words)

	History of Azerbaijan - Azerb.com
		Nakhichevan's close ties to Azerbaijan were confirmed by the Russo-Turkish Treaty of Moscow and the Treaty of Kars among the three Transcaucasian states and Turkey, both signed in 1921.
		In the treaty of Gulistan Persia and Russia agreed that Azerbaijan would be divided along the Araz River, with Russian Azerbaijan north of the river, and Iranian Azerbaijan to the South.
		Azerbaijan was occupied by Ottoman Turkish troops until the end of World War I in November 1918.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/az-hist.html (4657 words)

	Azerbaijan: history
		Former Azerbaijani Defense Minister and army commander Arkady Gukasyan, accused of having planned the attack, was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
		On December 22 1991, Azerbaijan joined the new Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) which replaced the Soviet Union, and on February 2 1992 it was admitted to the UN as a new member.
		It was proclaimed the Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of Azerbaijan and in March 1922, became part of the Transcaucasian Federation of Soviet Socialist Republics, along with Armenia and Georgia.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=207 (1835 words)

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