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A view of Baku, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia. 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 first ruled by Caucasian Albania and later 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 also an observer state of the World Trade Organization. (Full article...)

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Azerbaijani youth celebrating Novruz.

Novruz in Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Novruz Bayramı) is a traditional holiday which celebrates the astronomical spring equinox and the coming of Spring. When Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union, the celebration of Novruz was generally unofficial and at times even prohibited. Currently in Azerbaijan, Novruz is treated as an official public holiday. In accordance with Article 105 of the Labour Code of Azerbaijan passed in 2006, workers receive five days off for Novruz. After neighbouring Iran, Azerbaijan hosts the longest observance and number of public days related to Novruz, with a total (including weekend) of five days. (Full article...)

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... 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 the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan made the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic the first successful republic in the Muslim world?
... that in 2017 the British travel magazine Wanderlust rated Azerbaijan's electronic visa as the easiest visa to obtain in the world?
... that the blue stripe in the Azerbaijani flag reflects the country's Turkic heritage?
... 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?

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...that Huseyn Khan Nakhichevanski (pictured) was the only Muslim to be appointed General-Adjutant of the Emperor of Russia?

...that Javad Malik-Yeganov was exiled to Karelia following the collapse of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on suspicion of being a member of Musavat?

...that the crude oil found in Naftalan, Azerbaijan has been used for centuries in therapeutic baths?

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The following are images from various Azerbaijan-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Carpet based on Nizami Ganjavi's 12th-century Layla and Majnun (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 21748 maps of Shirvan, the Caucasus and Persia (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 3Gobustan rock art (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 4Early caliphates:
  Muhammad, 622–632

  Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661

  Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750
(from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 5Salt bag circa 1880, Karabakh (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 6Arabic inscriptions on the surviving Gate of Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 7Qajar-style painting of mullahs with the shah (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 8Topographic map of Azerbaijan (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 915th-century Shirvanshah mausoleum in Baku (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 10Oil derricks in Balaxanı around 1890 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 11Ilham Aliyev in Munich in 2010 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 12Late-19th-century rug market in Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 13The Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 14Baku's first film studio during the early 1920s (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 15Transcaucasia in the early 19th century (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 16Mammad 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 17Heydar Aliyev during a 1997 Pentagon visit (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 18"Hounds and Jackals" game (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 1919th-century Gasimushaghi carpet from Şəlvə, Lachin (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 201996 Azerbaijani postage stamp commemorating Novruz (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 21Azerbaijani deputies to the 1907 Second Russian State Duma. Seated left is Fatali Khan Khoyski; seated right is Khalil Khasmammadov. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 22Shah Abbas I of Safavid at a banquet. Detail from a ceiling fresco, Chehel Sotoun palace, Isfahan. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 23Azerbaijan map of Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 24Ismail I's empire (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 25Cut pomegranate (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 26The Maiden Tower, in Baku's Old City (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 27Goytepe site (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 28Momine Khatun Mausoleum in Nakhchivan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 29Pottery from Kul-Tepe I (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 30Ateshgah of Baku, a Hindu and Zoroastrian temple (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 31Battle-scene miniature in the Palace of Shaki Khans (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 32Side view of the Church of Kish (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 33Shah Abbas I at a banquet (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 34The 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 35Roman inscription in Qobustan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 36Sasanid silver plate from Shamakhi District (Azerbaijan State Museum of History) (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 37Iran around 1900 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 38Petroglyphs in Gobustan National Park date back to 10000 BC. (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 39Soviet postage stamp commemorating Azerbaijani musical instruments (from Culture of Azerbaijan)

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