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Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city.

The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of 1804–1813 and 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Gulistan in 1813 and Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north of the Aras was part of Iran until it was conquered by Russia in the 19th century, where it was administered as part of the Caucasus Viceroyalty.

Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is one of six independent Turkic states and an active member of the Organization of Turkic States and the TÜRKSOY community. Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 182 countries and holds membership in 38 international organizations, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Non-Aligned Movement, the OSCE, and the NATO PfP program. It is one of the founding members of GUAM, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the OPCW. Azerbaijan is an observer state of the World Trade Organization. (Full article...)

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The 42nd Chess Olympiad (Azerbaijani: 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournaments, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, was an international team chess event held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 1 to 14 September 2016. It was the first time that the Chess Olympiad had been hosted in Azerbaijan, the birthplace of former world champion Garry Kasparov; however, Azerbaijan had previously hosted strong tournaments, including the annual Shamkir Chess super-tournament in memory of Vugar Gashimov (1986–2014) and the Chess World Cup 2015.

The total number of participants was 1,587, with 894 in the Open and 693 in the Women's event. The number of registered teams was 180 from 175 countries in the Open section and 142 from 138 countries in the Women's section. Both sections set team participation records. Eritrea, Kosovo, and South Sudan competed in the tournament for the first time. The venue of the Chess Olympiad was the Baku Crystal Hall. The Chief Arbiter of the event was Azerbaijan's International Arbiter Faiq Hasanov. (Full article...)

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... that the 14th- and 15th-century Azerbaijani poet Imadaddin Nasimi was possibly flayed alive after he was accused of being a kafir by Sunni scholars?
... that the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan made the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic the first successful republic in the Muslim world?
... that a 14th-century work, originally attributed to another poet, was discovered in 2018 to be the creation of the Azerbaijani poet Yusuf Meddah?
... that Ashiq Peri was the first prominent female folk poet in Azerbaijan?
... that Marina Nekrasova was the first woman artistic gymnast to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics?
... that in 2017 the British travel magazine Wanderlust rated Azerbaijan's electronic visa as the easiest visa to obtain in the world?

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...that during the G8 Summit in Germany on June 7-8, Russian president Vladimir Putin offered to deploy elements of an American anti-misssile shield in Qabala Radiolocation Station in Azerbaijan instead of Poland and the Czech Republic?

...that the first Azerbaijani language newspaper, Akinchi was founded in 1875 by Hasan bey Zardabi?

... that Badr Shirvani, a Persian poet from Shirvan in the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan, received patronage from numerous rulers at the same time?

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The following are images from various Azerbaijan-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Heydar Aliyev during a 1997 Pentagon visit (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 2Iran around 1900 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 3"Hounds and Jackals" game (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 4Oil derricks in Balaxanı around 1890 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 5Early caliphates:
  Muhammad, 622–632

  Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661

  Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750
(from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 6Ilham Aliyev in Munich in 2010 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 7Goytepe site (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 8Side view of the Church of Kish (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 9Arabic inscriptions on the surviving Gate of Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 10Late-19th-century rug market in Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 11Gobustan rock art (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 12Mammad Amin Rasulzade, a founder and spokesperson of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918, was widely regarded as Azerbaijan's national leader. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 13Shah Abbas I of Safavid at a banquet. Detail from a ceiling fresco, Chehel Sotoun palace, Isfahan. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 14Momine Khatun Mausoleum in Nakhchivan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 15Cut pomegranate (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 16Shah Abbas I at a banquet (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 17Azerbaijan map of Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 18Battle-scene miniature in the Palace of Shaki Khans (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 19Transcaucasia in the early 19th century (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 20Topographic map of Azerbaijan (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 211748 maps of Shirvan, the Caucasus and Persia (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 22The Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 23Qajar-style painting of mullahs with the shah (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 2419th-century Gasimushaghi carpet from Şəlvə, Lachin (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 25Ateshgah of Baku, a Hindu and Zoroastrian temple (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 26Roman inscription in Qobustan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 27The Caucasus after the Treaty of Gulistan, in which Persia ceded most of its northern khanates to Russia after the first Russo-Persian war (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 28Sasanid silver plate from Shamakhi District (Azerbaijan State Museum of History) (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 29Ismail I's empire (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 30The Maiden Tower, in Baku's Old City (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 31Baku's first film studio during the early 1920s (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 321996 Azerbaijani postage stamp commemorating Novruz (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 3315th-century Shirvanshah mausoleum in Baku (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 34Petroglyphs in Gobustan National Park date back to 10000 BC. (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 35Soviet postage stamp commemorating Azerbaijani musical instruments (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 36Carpet based on Nizami Ganjavi's 12th-century Layla and Majnun (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 37Salt bag circa 1880, Karabakh (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 38Azerbaijani deputies to the 1907 Second Russian State Duma. Seated left is Fatali Khan Khoyski; seated right is Khalil Khasmammadov. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 39Pottery from Kul-Tepe I (from History of Azerbaijan)