Azerbaijan is located in the southeast of Transcaucasia in western Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea in the east, Iran in the south, Russia in the north, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan across the sea in the east, and Georgia and Armenia in the west. The lakeshore line is 800 kilometers long. Nakhichevan in the southwest is separated from Armenia and not adjacent to the mainland. During the Soviet period, Azerbaijan and Russia were the only two republics that did not need central financial subsidies. After independence, from the perspective of comprehensive national strength, Azerbaijan ranks third among the five Central Asian countries plus Transcaucasia, second only to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and is the fourth largest economy in the former Soviet Union. Azerbaijan means "the country of fire".

It was ruled by Iran and the Arab caliph in the 3rd 3- 10/0th century. During the 9th-/kloc-0th-6th century, there were feudal countries such as sylvain. Tribes in Azerbaijan were formed in11~13rd century. 13 ~16th century, it was carved up by foreign invasion. From 16 to 18, it was ruled by the Safavid dynasty of Iran. /kloc-split into more than a dozen small feudal countries in the middle of the 0/8th century. 65438+In 1930s, North Azerbaijan (now the Republic of Azerbaijan) was merged into Russia. 19171kloc-0/Soviet regime-Baku commune was established in October. 1965438+On May 28th, 2008, the Albanian bourgeoisie announced the establishment of "Azerbaijan Democratic Republic". 1920 was replaced by "Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic" on April 28th. 1922, 12 joined the Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Federation in March (the Federation joined the Soviet Union on February 30th, 19). On February 5th,1936,65438 was changed to join the Republic of China directly under the Soviet Union. 199 1 February 6, 2008, the name of the country was changed to "Azerbaijan Republic",1October 8, 10, and 65438 officially became independent.