CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Azerbaijan declared independence from Russian Empire in Tiflis on 28 May 1918. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was founded by the Azerbaijani National Council in Tiflis on 28 May 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanda Müstəqilliyin Bərpası Günü) is a state holiday in Azerbaijan. It is celebrated annually on October 18. On this day in 1991, the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan adopted a Constitutional Act on the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Azerbaijan was an independent nation from 1918 to 1920 but was then incorporated into the Soviet Union. It became a constituent (union) republic in 1936. Azerbaijan declared sovereignty on September 23, 1989, and independence on August 30, 1991.

Detailed explanation-4: -On May 28, 1918 at a meeting of the National Board, chaired by Hasan bey Agayev adopted the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan. 16 June 1918 Azerbaijan National Council and the Government moved from Tbilisi to Ganja.

Detailed explanation-5: -No specifically Azerbaijani state existed before 1918, and, rather than seeing themselves as part of a continuous national tradition, like the Georgians and Armenians, the Muslims of Transcaucasia saw themselves as part of the larger Muslim world, the ummah.