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Azerbaijan

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The Statesman’s Yearbook

Part of the book series: The Statesman’s Yearbook ((SYBK))

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Abstract

In 1920 Azerbaijan was proclaimed a Soviet Socialist Republic. From 1922, with Georgia and Armenia, it formed the Transcaucasian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic. Conflict with Armenia over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh escalated in 1988, leading to violent expulsions of Armenians in Azerbaijan and Azeris in Armenia. In ‘Black January’ 1990 Soviet tanks moved in to react to rioting in Baku, and over 100 civilians were killed. War broke out between the two countries in 1992 after the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh declared their independence from Azerbaijan. A ceasefire was agreed in 1994 but the dispute over territory remains unsettled, although negotiations in Florida in 2001 promised a peaceful solution.

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Further Reading

  • Azerbaijan. A Country Study. R. A. Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish, Montana, 2004

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  • Chorbajian, Levon, The Making of Nagorno-Karabagh: From Secession to Republic. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2001

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  • De Waal, Thomas, Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. New York Univ. Press, 2003

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  • Swietochowski, T., Russia and a Divided Azerbaijan. Columbia Univ. Press, 1995

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  • Van Der Leeuw, C., Azerbaijan. Saint Martin’s Press, New York, 1999

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  • National Statistical Office: The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Inshaatchilar Av., Baku AZ1136.

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  • Website: http://www.azstat.org

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  1. Barry Turner
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© 2008 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Turner, B. (2008). Azerbaijan. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74027-7_120

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