Post by atabek on Jun 5, 2010 17:02:04 GMT 3
First ever democratic and secular Republic to be established in whole Turkic and Muslim world. Even tough it only existed for 2 years, 1918-1920 period.
"The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti) was the first successful attempt to establish a modern parliamentary republic in the Muslim world (pre-dating the Republic of Turkey).[1] The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in Tiflis[2]. Its established borders were with Russia in the north, Democratic Republic of Georgia in the north-west, Democratic Republic of Armenia in the west, and Persian Empire in the south. It had a population of 2 million.[3] Ganja was the temporary capital of the Republic as Baku was under Bolshevik control."
"The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti) was the first successful attempt to establish a modern parliamentary republic in the Muslim world (pre-dating the Republic of Turkey).[1] The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in Tiflis[2]. Its established borders were with Russia in the north, Democratic Republic of Georgia in the north-west, Democratic Republic of Armenia in the west, and Persian Empire in the south. It had a population of 2 million.[3] Ganja was the temporary capital of the Republic as Baku was under Bolshevik control."
