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Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia. 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 first ruled by Caucasian Albania and later 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 CIS, and the OPCW. Azerbaijan is also an observer state of the WTO. (Full article...)

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Neftçi Peşəkar Futbol Klubu, known simply as Neftçi (pronounced [nefˈtʃi]) or Neftchi Baku in English-speaking media, is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in the capital, Baku, that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the highest tier of Azerbaijan football. The club was founded on 18 March 1937 and played under the name of Neftyanik until 1968. Since then the club has been competing under the name of Neftçi.

Neftçi played for a total of 27 seasons in the Top Division of Soviet football. The main achievement of that period is the bronze medals of the USSR Championship won in 1966. Neftçi has won nine Azerbaijan Premier League titles, six Azerbaijan Cups and two Azerbaijan Supercup titles. The club is one of the two teams in Azerbaijan, along with Qarabağ, which has participated in all Azerbaijan Premier League championships so far. (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 with the help of Turkish and Azerbaijani agents, Muslims in Armenia revolted in 1919–1920 and massacred over 10,000 Armenians?
... 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 scholarly study of the poetry of Kishvari, one of the most important Azerbaijani poets of the 15th and 16th centuries, only started in 1928?
... that the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan made the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic the first successful republic in the Muslim world?
... that Marina Nekrasova was the first woman artistic gymnast to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics?

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...that the origins of the Church of Caucasian Albania date to St. Eliseus' efforts in the first century AD to spread Christianity to the area?

...that the first co-ed school in Azerbaijan was founded by Hamida Javanshir in 1908?

...that Sakina Akhundzadeh is considered the first female playwright and dramatist in Azerbaijani literature?

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

Image 1Carpet based on Nizami Ganjavi's 12th-century Layla and Majnun (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 2Shah Abbas I at a banquet (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 3Soviet postage stamp commemorating Azerbaijani musical instruments (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 4"Hounds and Jackals" game (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 5Topographic map of Azerbaijan (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 61748 maps of Shirvan, the Caucasus and Persia (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 7Roman inscription in Qobustan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 81996 Azerbaijani postage stamp commemorating Novruz (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 9Ateshgah of Baku, a Hindu and Zoroastrian temple (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 10Late-19th-century rug market in Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 11The 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 12Iran around 1900 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 13Qajar-style painting of mullahs with the shah (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 14The Maiden Tower, in Baku's Old City (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 15Early caliphates:
  Muhammad, 622–632

  Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661

  Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750
(from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 16Pottery from Kul-Tepe I (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 17Heydar Aliyev during a 1997 Pentagon visit (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 18Azerbaijan map of Köppen climate classification zones (from Geography of Azerbaijan)
Image 19Ilham Aliyev in Munich in 2010 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 20Side view of the Church of Kish (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 21The Achaemenid empire at its greatest extent (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 22Sasanid silver plate from Shamakhi District (Azerbaijan State Museum of History) (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 23Gobustan rock art (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 24Goytepe site (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 2519th-century Gasimushaghi carpet from Şəlvə, Lachin (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 26Petroglyphs in Gobustan National Park date back to 10000 BC. (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 27Momine Khatun Mausoleum in Nakhchivan (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 28Salt bag circa 1880, Karabakh (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 29Oil derricks in Balaxanı around 1890 (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 30Battle-scene miniature in the Palace of Shaki Khans (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 31Mammad 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 32Arabic inscriptions on the surviving Gate of Ganja (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 33Baku's first film studio during the early 1920s (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 34Transcaucasia in the early 19th century (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 3515th-century Shirvanshah mausoleum in Baku (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 36Ismail I's empire (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 37Azerbaijani deputies to the 1907 Second Russian State Duma. Seated left is Fatali Khan Khoyski; seated right is Khalil Khasmammadov. (from History of Azerbaijan)
Image 38Cut pomegranate (from Culture of Azerbaijan)
Image 39Shah Abbas I of Safavid at a banquet. Detail from a ceiling fresco, Chehel Sotoun palace, Isfahan. (from History of Azerbaijan)

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