Regaining independence – development since 1991 On February 6, 1991, the state was renamed the Azerbaijan Republic. On August 30, 1991, Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence (formally enacted by parliament on October 18, 1991), and on[…]

Azerbaijan, officially Azerbaijani Azәrbaycan Respublikası, German Azerbaijan Republic, state in the south of the Caucasus with (2018) 9.9 million residents; The capital is Baku. Azerbaijan also includes the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic as a territorial exclave between[…]