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	THE EMERGING ARMY IN AZERBAIJAN by Patrick Gorman
		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		The MVD regiment in Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh was withdrawn during November and December 1991 in conjunction with the reorganization of the MVD and KGB.
		Azerbaijan's military position in Nagorno-Karabakh continued to be seriously undermined during the internecine political struggles between Mutalibov, his supporters, and members of the APF throughout March and April.
	zerbaijan.com /azeri/azarmy.htm (3554 words)

	RUSNET :: CIS Today :: 2005/08/08
		Russia's president has ordered an investigation into how a navy vessel rescued with foreign help on Sunday managed to get trapped in deep water.
		Mikhail Yevdokimov, 48, governor of the eastern Russian region of Altai and formerly one of Russia’s favorite standby comedians, has been killed in a car crash.
		The greatest part of Astrakhan's territory lies below the spring flood levels of the Volga
	rusnet.nl /news/2005/08/08 (275 words)

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	search.ebay.co.uk /coat_W0QQfrtsZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQsaatcZ3 (498 words)

	The Caspian: While Envoys meet in Baku, Kazakhstan announces military navy!
		He stressed that Kazakhstan's plan to create the navy was aimed purely at solving these problems and was not directed against other Caspian states.
		Working groups of the littoral states, which are Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran, are discussing the draft convention in Baku on Wednesday.
		He is visiting Azerbaijan, which is one of the five littoral states, apart from Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Iran.
	www.payvand.com /news/03/feb/1127.html (650 words)

	Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Gorshkov
		In the collapse of the Soviet Union, the city of Baku (which the ship was named after) became part of independent Azerbaijan, and afterwards the ship was renamed Admiral Gorshkov, in honour of Sergey Gorshkov commander in chief of the Soviet Navy during the cold war.
		The Admiral Gorshkov was an aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy.
		Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov is expected to enter the Indian Navy by 2008 to meet India's naval aspirations.
	www.buyitfast.org /q/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Gorshkov (477 words)

	MayportMirror.com: Simpson Welcomes Azerbaijani Navy 10/21/04
		The Azerbaijani Officers joined USS Simpson (FFG 56) as the first military personnel from their country to participate in a cultural swap with the United States Navy.
		USS Simpson (FFG 56) recently welcomed two officers from the Navy of Azerbaijan, during its deployment with NATO Standing Naval Forces Atlantic (SNFL).
		The Republic of Azerbaijan, a former state of the Soviet Union, became an independent country in 1991.
	www.mayportmirror.com /stories/102104/may_usssimpson001.shtml (493 words)

	FOR THE RECORD: Shcherbak on the status of Sevastopol (12/22/96)
		I would also like to mention that the Caspian flotilla of the former Soviet navy was divided among Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakstan.
		The Soviet Union viewed this navy base as a hypothetical bridgehead in contingency plans for seizing Black Sea straits in conjunction with ground forces deployed in the Balkans and the Caucasus.
		Its main task is to defend the southern sea borders of Ukraine in the area of the Black Sea.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1996/519604.shtml (2198 words)

	USATODAY.com - Four civilians killed in Iraq worked for N.C. security firm
		Another job offer said Blackwater USA had a Defense Department contract "to train, equip, and permanently establish a Naval Special Operations Unit in the Azerbaijan Armed Forces." The manager responsible for getting the job done would be paid $130,000 to $150,000 a year.
		Blackwater President Gary Jackson and two other company leaders are former Navy SEAL commandos.
		Privately owned Blackwater USA's range of paramilitary services include providing firearms and small-groups training facilities for Navy SEALs, police department SWAT teams and former special operations personnel.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-03-31-casualties_x.htm (682 words)

	The Soviet Military Awards Page..orders..page 2
		Azerbaijan was the first with the Order of the Red Banner of the Azerbaijan SSR.
		Awarded to military personnel of the Soviet Army and Navy who display exceptional courage, self-denial, and valor during combat.
		After the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922, the country's all-union military decoration became the Order of the Red Banner.
	www.soviet-awards.com /orders2.htm (682 words)

	The Soviet Military Awards Page..orders..page 2
		Azerbaijan was the first with the Order of the Red Banner of the Azerbaijan SSR.
		Awarded to military personnel of the Soviet Army and Navy who display exceptional courage, self-denial, and valor during combat.
		The Order of the Red Banner originally appeared in 1918, as the Order of the Red Banner of the Russian Federation.
	www.soviet-awards.com /orders2.htm (682 words)

	The Soviet Military Awards Page..orders..page 2
		Azerbaijan was the first with the Order of the Red Banner of the Azerbaijan SSR.
		Awarded to military personnel of the Soviet Army and Navy who display exceptional courage, self-denial, and valor during combat.
		The Order of the Red Banner originally appeared in 1918, as the Order of the Red Banner of the Russian Federation.
	www.soviet-awards.com /orders2.htm (682 words)

	Caspian Basin oil pipeline company founded
		When the Soviet Caspian Navy was disbanded after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia had to withdraw from its main naval base in the Azerbaijan capital Baku and create a new one at Astrakhan.
		Azer press declared the deployment a “warning to Azeri enemies” and in one article declared that Turkey and Azerbaijan may be two countries, “but we are one nation”.
		The Iranian government is demanding that Caspian Sea wealth be equally distributed between all countries with a Caspian coastline.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2002/aug2002/casp-a30.shtml (682 words)

	The Soviet Military Awards Page..orders..page 2
		Azerbaijan was the first with the Order of the Red Banner of the Azerbaijan SSR.
		Awarded to military personnel of the Soviet Army and Navy who display exceptional courage, self-denial, and valor during combat.
		The Order of the Red Banner originally appeared in 1918, as the Order of the Red Banner of the Russian Federation.
	www.soviet-awards.com /orders2.htm (406 words)

	The Soviet Military Awards Page..orders..page 2
		Azerbaijan was the first with the Order of the Red Banner of the Azerbaijan SSR.
		Awarded to military personnel of the Soviet Army and Navy who display exceptional courage, self-denial, and valor during combat.
		The Baltic Fleet was cited for its role in the Revolution of 1917, and all four fleets (Northern, Baltic, Black Sea and Pacific) and the Caspian Naval Flotilla were cited for their service in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
	www.soviet-awards.com /orders2.htm (406 words)

	The Soviet Military Awards Page..orders..page 2
		Azerbaijan was the first with the Order of the Red Banner of the Azerbaijan SSR.
		Awarded to military personnel of the Soviet Army and Navy who display exceptional courage, self-denial, and valor during combat.
		The Order of the Red Banner originally appeared in 1918, as the Order of the Red Banner of the Russian Federation.
	www.soviet-awards.com /orders2.htm (406 words)

	Cyrus Roberts Vance, Lieutenant, United States Navy & Public Official
		Vance was repeatedly called back to the public arena to use his quiet negotiating skills on some of the bloodiest conflicts of the 1980's and 1990's: in the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia; in South Africa; and in a disintegrating Yugoslavia.
		Vance was secretary of state from 1977 until 1980, when he resigned in protest over President Carter's decision to try a military rescue of American hostages in Iran, an action that he considered ill advised and futile.
		Cyrus R. Vance, who after two decades in public service was appointed secretary of state, and who then took the rare step of resigning from the nation's highest cabinet post on a matter of principle, died Saturday afternoon at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /crvance.htm (2924 words)

	Cyrus Roberts Vance, Lieutenant, United States Navy & Public Official
		Vance was repeatedly called back to the public arena to use his quiet negotiating skills on some of the bloodiest conflicts of the 1980's and 1990's: in the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia; in South Africa; and in a disintegrating Yugoslavia.
		Vance was secretary of state from 1977 until 1980, when he resigned in protest over President Carter's decision to try a military rescue of American hostages in Iran, an action that he considered ill advised and futile.
		Cyrus R. Vance, who after two decades in public service was appointed secretary of state, and who then took the rare step of resigning from the nation's highest cabinet post on a matter of principle, died Saturday afternoon at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /crvance.htm (2913 words)

	AllEmpires - The Ottoman Empire
		A war with Venice (1645-69) exposed Constantinople to an attack by the Venetian navy.
		The Ottomans were driven out of the Caucasus and Azerbaijan in 1603 and out of Iraq in 1604.
		Iraq was retaken by Murad IV (ruled 1623-40) in 1638, but Iran remained a persistent military threat in the east.
	www.allempires.com /empires/ottoman/ottoman2.htm (2913 words)

	AllRefer - Azerbaijan - Force Levels and Performance Azerbaijani Information Resource
		In 1994 estimated total troop strength had reached 56,000, of which 49,000 were in the army, 3,000 in the navy, 2,000 in the air force, and 2,000 in the air defense forces.
		The new Azerbaijani armed forces would rely almost exclusively on transferred or purchased Soviet equipment, although Azerbaijani machine industries had the capability to do some manufacturing and repairs.
		According to training plans, officers would graduate from a revamped Combined Command School (formerly the Baku Higher Arms Command School) and the Caspian High Naval School.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/azerbaijan/azerbaijan70.html (2913 words)

	Air Force Technology - Su-24M Fencer - Front Line Bomber
		Over 900 Su-24s have been delivered, and the aircraft is in service with the Russian Air Force and Navy and the air forces of Azerbaijan, Algeria, Iran, Libya, Poland, Syria and the Ukraine.
		The Su-24 Fencer and the Su-25 Frogfoot were the primary bombing aircraft in the Chechen campaign.
		The Su-24M entered service in 1983 and is a development of the Su-24, known by the NATO codename 'Fencer'.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/su24/index.html (622 words)

	Air Force Technology - Su-24M Fencer - Front Line Bomber
		Over 900 Su-24s have been delivered, and the aircraft is in service with the Russian Air Force and Navy and the air forces of Azerbaijan, Algeria, Iran, Libya, Poland, Syria and the Ukraine.
		400 Russian Air Force Su-24M are to have navigation and weapons systems upgraded to enable launch of new versions of Kh-29 and other missiles.
		The Su-24M entered service in 1983 and is a development of the Su-24, known by the NATO codename 'Fencer'.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/su24 (622 words)

	Pacific News Service > News > 'Armenstock' Music Festival Showcases Armenian Support for Kerry
		The founder of the Armenian Navy Band and frequent guest studio musician mesmerized the entire audience with his mastery of the various percussion instruments and his extraordinary vocalizations in a unique language of his own invention.
		Additionally, few know that he is the author of Section 907, an amendment to the Freedom Support Act of 1992, which placed restrictions on U.S. economic support to Azerbaijan as a result of its continued blockade of Armenia and Mountainous Karabagh Republic.
		A long-time supporter of Armenian issues, U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) thanked the Armenian community for its perseverance in demanding justice for the Armenian genocide, as it has heightened public awareness for the need to rectify all human rights violations.
	news.pacificnews.org /news/view_article.html?article_id=4e20ff84872c40f03b87d2be3a3f2d0a (1141 words)

	Chapter Three
		Russia has historically justified interference in nearby countries affairs in the name of its own national security and its desire to achieve a warm water port for its navy and access to shipping lanes.
		Russia claims oil as part of old Soviet deals and tries to manipulate local politics to their advantage and keep Azerbaijan from solidifying ties to Turkey and Iran.
		Russia's economic and military rivals have also been wary of its potential strength and this has led to a geopolitical theory called the Heartland Theory.
	www.accd.edu /sac/earthsci/sgirhard/1303.090/chap3.htm (1141 words)

	BIB45-53
		Edward J. Sheehy, The U.S. Navy, the Mediterranean and the Cold War 1945-47 (1992)
		Louise L. Faucett, Iran and the Cold War: The Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946 (1992)
		Bruce Cumings, The Origins of the Korean War (2 vols., 1981, 1990)
	www.richmond.edu /~ebolt/bib45-53.html (2170 words)

	Azerbaijan - Defence - Azerb.com
		In the Soviet military system, however, Azeris were underrepresented in the top ranks of the armed forces, despite the presence of the Higher All Arms Command School and the Caspian High Naval School in Azerbaijan.
		According to an agreement between Russia and the Transcaucasian states calling for distribution of former Soviet military assets among the participating parties, Azerbaijan would receive most of the matériel of the 4th Army that had been stationed there, together with part of the Caspian Flotilla.
		Formed in mid-1992, the Azeri navy has about 3,000 personnel in sixteen units from the former Soviet Caspian Flotilla and Border Guards.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/az-defe.html (2170 words)

	A General History of the Near East, Chapter 13
		The complete superiority of the new navy became clear at the battle of Diu (1509), where the Portuguese blew apart a much larger fleet of Egyptian and Indian ships.
		In 1583 they achieved the long hoped-for major victory against the Persians in the Battle of the Torches, so called because they fought the conflict by both day and night for nearly a week; disputed Azerbaijan now went to the Ottomans.
		The subsequent campaigns showed that Ottoman arms had lost none of their edge.
	www.xenohistorian.faithweb.com /neareast/ne13.html (2170 words)

	AllRefer - Azerbaijan - Azerbaijani Information Resource
		Volunteer Society for Assistance to the Army, Air Force, and Navy (DOSAAF)
		A tax applied to the additional value created at a given stage of production and calculated as a percentage of the difference between the product value at that stage and the cost of all materials and services purchased or introduced as inputs.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/azerbaijan/azerbaijan76.html (2170 words)

	Chapter Three
		Russia has historically justified interference in nearby countries affairs in the name of its own national security and its desire to achieve a warm water port for its navy and access to shipping lanes.
		Russia claims oil as part of old Soviet deals and tries to manipulate local politics to their advantage and keep Azerbaijan from solidifying ties to Turkey and Iran.
		Russia is a multicultural state with a complex domestic political geography.
	www.accd.edu /sac/earthsci/sgirhard/1303.090/chap3.htm (1684 words)

	The Online NewsHour
		Poet Wyatt Prunty, who served in the Navy during Vietnam, composed a poem in response to the NewsHour's broadcast of photos of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		The World Health Organization confirmed seven human cases of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu in Azerbaijan.
		Nearly seven months after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, officials and family members turn to the Louisiana Family Assistance Center in Baton Rouge to search for 1,400 who remain missing.
	www.pbs.org /newshour (167 words)

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