article: History of Azerbaijan
links: Arab Azerbaijani people Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1804 7th century 1920 Wealth May 28 December 25 9th century April 28 % 15th century Baku Soviet Nagorno-Karabakh Occupation Red Army Parliamentary system 1993 2003 1918 October 18 Muslim World First World War Azerbaijan President of Azerbaijan BBC News 1991 Russian Empire 1813 Mikhail Gorbachev Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Library of Congress January 1990 Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic 1994 Heydar Aliyev Ilham Aliyev Muslim Second World War May Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan Islam Nagorno-Karabakh War Turkic people Russia 1917 Soviet Union