Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was a state in Caucasus (Middle East) that lasted from 1918 to 1920 CE, about 2 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

First secular parliamentary republic in the Muslim world, which gave women the vote. The Red Army took Baku and its oil fields in April 1920.

See Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1918 to 1920 CE

Duration

2 years

Type

State

Region

Caucasus, Middle East

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Ganja, later Baku

Came from

• Russian Caucasus 1801 to 1917 CE

Became

• Soviet Transcaucasia 1920 to 1991 CE

Neighbours in Middle East

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Zaydi Imamate of Yemen 897 to 1918 CE
• Ottoman Syria and Palestine 1516 to 1918 CE
• Ottoman Iraq 1534 to 1918 CE
• Qajar dynasty 1789 to 1925 CE
• Soviet Transcaucasia 1920 to 1991 CE
• Mandatory Palestine 1920 to 1948 CE
• French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon 1920 to 1946 CE
• Sharifate of Mecca 967 to 1925 CE
• Ottoman Hejaz and Yemen 1517 to 1918 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE, East Asia

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