History of Azerbaijan: Primary Documents

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Accounts of Albania, region and people of the S. Caucasus, primarily in modern Azerbaijan. Authors include Strabo, Augustus, etc. "People" filter can be removed for wider search results within the continental region.
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(antiquity; English translation)
Greek traveler Strabo’s encyclopedia on the ancient world as he knew it. Section focusing specifically on the Amazons and the Caucasus (from the region of modern day Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia).
Compiled by Lacus Curtius
(7 BC; English translations)
Collection of peace agreements entered into by Azerbaijan.
(English)
Medieval persian text describing a the known world. Title means "The Limits of The World."
(982; English translation)
"We begin in the middle of an account “of the country of Taron”, which in the time of Constantine’s father Leo VI was ruled by one Krikorikios."
From A Corner of Tenth-Century Europe
(10th century; English translation)
Chronicle of Caucasian Albania, whose territory now belongs to Azerbaijan.
(1200; English translation)
Acts dealing with the Orthodox church, taxes, and military affairs.
Primarily in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
(1398-1799; Russian translations)
Epic stories describing the mythic origin of the Oghuz Turks. Originated in oral traditions.
(15th century; English translation)
  • Jean Chardin's account of travels through Transcaucasia
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
(1672-1678; Russian transcription)
Treaty between Russians and the general of the Caucuses. Also, available in Russian.
(May 14, 1805; English)
Treaty between Russia and Persia.
Lead to inclusion of modern Azerbaijan, Daghestan, and Eastern Georgia in Russian Empire.
(12 October 1813; Russian transcription)
Treaty in which Persia ceded control of territory in the Caucuses.
(February 21, 1828; Russian)
Includes a letter of resettlement from Persia, a report of investigation of Muslim villages, data on Armenian barbarities in Shemakha uyezd, etc.
(20th century; English)
Report of Joseph Stalin on the status of the Caucuses during their brief independence.
(May 23, 1918; Russian)
Declaration of Independence of the first Republic of Azerbaijan. Facsimiles in French and Azerbaijani also available.
(May 28, 1918; English)
Includes account from the Battle of Baku.
(26 August - 14 of September 1918; Russian transcription)
Collection of speeches from communist conference in Baku.
(September 1920; English)
Treaty of friendship between Turkey and the Soviet Republics of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Russian translation
(October 23, 1921; English translation)
(July 7 1923; Russian)
On resettlement of collective farmers and other Azeri population from the Armenian SSR to Kur-Araks lowlands of the Azerbaijan SSR.
(23 December 1947; English transcription)
Over 200 pictures (especially depicting poverty) from the DeGreorio Collection of Antiquities.
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In cooperation with ARTSTOR.
(1979-2005; photos)
Laws and information concerning language in Azerbaijan.
(1991-1992; English)
Resolution regarding the racial conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
(April 30, 1993; English)
Resolution regarding the racial conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis and expanding on Resolution 822.
(July 29, 1993; English)
Resolution regarding a ceasefire in racial conflict.
(October 14, 1993; English)
Resolution condemning violations in the ceasefire.
(November 12, 1993; English)
(May 1994; Russian transcription)
A provisional ceasefire agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Artsakh.
(May 1994; PDF transcription)
From the United Nations Peacemaker
The current constitution of Azerbaijan.
(November 12, 1995; English translation)
A rogue reporter's adventures in an oil-rich, war-torn, post-soviet republic
(1997; English facsimile)
Collection of Azerbaijan Laws.
Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.
(Transcriptions and translations)
Laws passed by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.
(Azerbaijani)
Official documents of the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development. The four member nations are Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
(2006-present)
Resolution concerning fires in occupied territories.
(September 7, 2006; Russian)
Constitution of small republic on territory of Azerbaijan, which is not internationally recognized.
(December 10, 2006; English)
Declaration between Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Russian governments on conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh]
(2 November 2008; Russian and English translation)
Orders of the president of Azerbaijan.
(2010s; English)
Government statistics collected by State Statistical Committee.
(Azerbaijani data, Azerbaijani and English interfaces available)
Collection of historical documents on territorial conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan. More available in Azerbaijani.
(Azerbaijani and English interface)
Collection of Azerbaijan historical documents.
(Azerbaijani transcriptions and English translations)
Collection of historical maps of Azerbaijan.
(Facsimiles)
Collection of historical maps of Europe.
(Facsimiles; Hungarian)

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