Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

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democratic state former country republic secular state

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first secular democratic republic in the Muslim world, established in 1918 in the territory of present-day Azerbaijan.

Aliases (1)

Azərbaycan Demokratik Respublikası ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	democratic state → former country → republic → secular state →
capital	Baku →
coatOfArms	emblem with fire symbol and star →
continent	Asia →
conventionalLongName	Azerbaijan Democratic Republic →
country	Azerbaijan →
currency	Azerbaijani manat →
dateOfEstablishingBakuStateUniversity	1919-09-01 →
dissolved	1920-04-28 →
established	1918-05-28 →
firstHeadOfGovernment	Fatali Khan Khoyski →
firstHeadOfState	Mammad Amin Rasulzade →
flag	tricolour flag of blue, red, and green with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star →
foundingDocument	Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan →
governmentType	parliamentary republic →
headOfGovernment	Mammad Hasan Hajinski → Nasib Yusifbeyli →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister →
headOfStateTitle	Chairman of Parliament →
historicalEra	Interwar period → Russian Civil War period →
introducedInstitution	Baku State University →
introducedPolicy	universal suffrage including women →
legislature	Azerbaijani National Council → Parliament of Azerbaijan →
majorConflict	Armenian–Azerbaijani War → Georgian–Azerbaijani border conflicts →
motto	Bir kərə yüksələn bayraq bir daha enməz →
mottoInEnglish	The flag once raised will never fall →
nativeName	Azərbaycan Demokratik Respublikası →
notableFor	being the first secular democratic republic in the Muslim world →
occupiedBy	Red Army →
officialLanguage	Azerbaijani →
precededBy	Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic →
reasonForEnd	Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920 →
recognizedBy	France → Italy → Ottoman Empire → Persia → United Kingdom → United States (de facto) →
region	South Caucasus →
shortName	ADR →
succeededBy	Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic →
territoryIncludes	Baku Governorate → Elisabethpol Governorate → parts of Tiflis Governorate →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Azerbaijanis → Azərilər →	historicalState
Democratic Republic of Georgia →	borderedBy
First Republic of Armenia →	borderingCountry
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic →	conventionalLongName
Zakatal Okrug →	historicalSuccessorEntity
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic ("Azərbaycan Demokratik Respublikası") →	nativeName
Elisavetpol →	successorAdministrativeUnit