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[…]

In 1998, Azerbaijan was a newly independent nation located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It had achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and had since become a semi-presidential republic with a population[…]