Azerbaijan: Polity Style: 1918-2024 |
28 May 1918 |
a declaration of independence is passed by the Azerbaijani National Council sitting in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) (Minutes of Meetings of the Muslim Parliamentary Group of the Transcaucasian Diet and of the Azerbaijani National Council, pp. 60, 61-63) [1] |
28 May 1918 - 27 Apr 1920 |
Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti | Azerbaijan People's Republic [1][2] |
27 Apr 1920 - 5 Feb 1991 |
continued in Azerbaijan (Soviet Republic) |
5 Feb 1991 |
name of the state is changed in accordance with a law passed by the Supreme Council 5 Feb 1991 with immediate effect (Kommunist, No. 28, 8 Feb 1991, p. 2) |
5 Feb 1991 - |
Azәrbaycan Respublikası | Azerbaijani Republic [3] |
30 Aug 1991 |
declaration of restoration of state independence |