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  1. 2 days ago · The history of Azerbaijan is understood as the history of the region now forming the Republic of Azerbaijan. Topographically, the land is contained by the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains in the north, the Caspian Sea in the east, and the Armenian Highlands in the west.

  2. 1 day ago · Azerbaijan, country of eastern Transcaucasia. It was an independent country from 1918 to 1920 before being incorporated into the Soviet Union. It declared its sovereignty in 1989 and received independence in 1991. Its population is predominantly Azerbaijani (Azeri). The capital, Baku, lies on the Caspian Sea.

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  3. 2 days ago · Baku, city, capital of Azerbaijan. It lies on the western shore of the Caspian Sea on the southern side of the Abseron Peninsula, around the wide curving sweep of the Bay of Baku. The city derives its importance from its oil industry and its administrative functions.

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  4. May 14, 2024 · Ilham Aliyev (born December 24, 1961, Baku, Azerbaijan, U.S.S.R. [now Baku, Azerbaijan]) is the longtime president of Azerbaijan (2003– ) who has leveraged the country’s oil wealth to enrich his autocratic rule and build up a military capacity that in the 2020s allowed Azerbaijan to take control of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of southwestern ...

  5. 1 day ago · The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict [f] was an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians until 2023, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaijanis until their expulsion during the 1990s.

  6. Apr 24, 2024 · April 23, 2024 5:53 PM PT. YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday came a step closer toward normalizing relations after a bitter conflict over territory, as experts in both...

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