Azerbaijan

Aserbaidschan (aserbaidschanisch Azərbaycan) is an internal state in the Near East. Located between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus, it is bordered to the north by Russia (Dagestan) - and only here in Europe, in the northwest of Georgia, on the south by Iran, on the west by Armenia and - on the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan - to the Turkey. The exclave of Nakhchivan is separated from Azerbaijan's heartland by an Armenian territory stripes. The capital of Azerbaijan is Baku (Azerbaijani Bakı), a major port city on the Caspian Sea. The total area of ​​the country is 86,600 km2. "Azerbaijan" originally referred to the further south Azerbaijan (Iran); however, said today's territory Arran and Albania. When the Russian Empire collapsed, the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was proclaimed on May 28, 1918th The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was a part of state of the Soviet Union. They became independent in 1991.