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Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Index Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the Azerbaijani government ministry, associated with the Azerbaijani military. [1]

59 relations: Abulfaz Elchibey, Afghanistan, Aliheydar Garayev, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Azerbaijan International, Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, Battle of Baku, Bishkek Protocol, Cabinet of Azerbaijan, Capture of Garadaghly, Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli, Capture of Shusha, Caspian Sea, Chingiz Ildyrym, Commander-in-chief, Commissar, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Dadash Rzayev, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Division (military), Fatali Khan Khoyski, Fifth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, First cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Heydar Aliyev, Independent politician, International Committee of the Red Cross, International humanitarian law, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Iraq, Ittihad, Khojaly Massacre, Khosrov bey Sultanov, Mammadrafi Mammadov, Military, Military history of Azerbaijan, Ministry (government department), NATO, New Azerbaijan Party, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Partnership for Peace, President of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Rahim Gaziyev, Safar Abiyev, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Shahin Musayev, Surat Huseynov, Tahir Aliyev, ..., Tajaddin Mehdiyev, Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, Vahid Musayev, Valeh Barshadly, War on Terror, Zakir Hasanov, 11th Army (RSFSR), 1920 Ganja revolt, 1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt. Expand index (9 more) »

Abulfaz Elchibey

Abulfaz Elchibey, (Əbülfəz Elçibəy; 24 June 1938 in Nakhchivan – 22 August 2000 in Ankara) was an Azerbaijani political figure and a former Soviet dissident.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan (Pashto/Dari:, Pashto: Afġānistān, Dari: Afġānestān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.

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Aliheydar Garayev

Aliheydar Garayev Agakerim oglu (Əliheydər Qarayev Ağakərim oğlu) (June 20, 1896 - April 24, 1938) also spelled as Aliheydar Qarayev, was a Menshevik-turned-Bolshevik revolutionary, People's Commissar of Justice of Azerbaijan SSR, People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of Azerbaijan during Soviet period.

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Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR; Azərbaycan Demokratik Respublikası), also known as Azerbaijan People's Republic (Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti) or Caucasus Azerbaijan in diplomatic documents, was the third democratic republic in the Turkic world and Muslim world, after the Crimean People's Republic and Idel-Ural Republic.

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Azerbaijan International

Azerbaijan International is a magazine that discusses issues related to Azerbaijanis around the world.

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Azerbaijani Armed Forces

The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Armed Forces from 9 October 1991.

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Azerbaijani Popular Front Party

The Azerbaijani Popular Front Party (APFP) (Azərbaycan Xalq Cəbhəsi Partiyası) is an opposition political party in Azerbaijan, founded in 1992 by Abulfaz Elchibey.

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Battle of Baku

The Battle of Baku (Bakı döyüşü, Битва за Баку, Bakü Muharebesi) was a battle in World War I that took place on August–September 1918 between the Ottoman–Azerbaijani coalition forces led by Nuri Pasha and Bolshevik–Dashnak Baku Soviet forces, later succeeded by the British–Armenian–White Russian forces led by Lionel Dunsterville and saw briefly Soviet Russia renter the war.

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Bishkek Protocol

The Bishkek Protocol is a provisional ceasefire agreement, signed by representatives of Armenia (Parliament Speaker Babken Ararktsian), Republic of Azerbaijan (First Deputy Parliament Speaker Afiyaddin Jalilov), the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (chairman of NKR parliament Karen Baburian), and Russia's representative to the CSCE Minsk Group Vladimir Kazimirov on May 5, 1994 in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.

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Cabinet of Azerbaijan

|President |İlham Aliyev |New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) |October 15, 2003 |- |First vice President |Mehriban Aliyeva |New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) |February 21, 2017 | The head of state and head of government are separate from the country’s law-making body.

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Capture of Garadaghly

The Capture of Garadaghly (Qaradağlının işğalı) or Garadaghly Massacre (Qaradağlı qətliamı) occurred when Armenian troops captured Garadaghly, a village in Khojavend district of Azerbaijan, on 17 February 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

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Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli

Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli (Malıbəyli və Quşçular qətliamı) were incidents in which eight civilians were killed, according to Helsinki Watch, and according to Azerbaijani sources, 15–50 (exact number unknown) ethnic Azerbaijani civilians, by Armenian irregular armed units in simultaneous attacks on the villages of Malibeyli, Ashaghi Gushchular, and Yukhari Gushchular of Shusha district of Azerbaijan, on February 10–12, 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

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Capture of Shusha

The Capture of Shusha, referred to by Armenians as the Liberation of Shushi (Shushii azatagrum) and by Azerbaijanis as the Occupation of Shusha (Şuşanın işğalı) was the first significant military victory by Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

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Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea.

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Chingiz Ildyrym

Chingiz Ildyrym oglu Sultanov (Çingiz İldırım oğlu Sultanov) (1890–1937) better known as Chingiz Ildyrym, was an Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary, innovator and the first People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of Azerbaijan after the Sovietization of Azerbaijan.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief, also sometimes called supreme commander, or chief commander, is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces.

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Commissar

Commissar (or sometimes Kommissar) is an English transliteration of the Russian комиссáр, which means commissary.

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Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the founding and ruling political party of the Soviet Union.

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Dadash Rzayev

Dadash Rzayev Garib oglu (Dadaş Rzayev Qərib oğlu) was Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan from February to June 1993 and is currently the Chairman of Confederation of Azerbaijani Officers in Reserve.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

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Fatali Khan Khoyski

Fatali Khan Isgender oglu Khoyski (Fətəli-xan İsgəndər oğlu Xoyski; – 19 June 1920) was an attorney, a member of the Second State Duma of the Russian Empire, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Defense and, later the first Prime Minister of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

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Fifth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Fifth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic governed Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) between December 22, 1919 and April 1, 1920.

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First cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

First cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic governed Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) between May 28, 1918 and June 17, 1918.

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Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev, also spelled Gaydar Aliev (Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev; Гейда́р Али́евич Али́ев Geydar Aliyevich Aliyev; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003), was the third President of Azerbaijan who served from October 1993 to October 2003.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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International Committee of the Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate.

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International humanitarian law

International humanitarian law (IHL) is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello).

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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 17 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.

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Iraq

Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

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Ittihad

The Ittihad Party (Azeri: İttihad firqəsi) was a radical Islamist party in the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1917–1920.

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Khojaly Massacre

The Khojaly Massacre, also known as the Khojaly tragedy, was the killing of at least 161 ethnic Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly on 26 February 1992.

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Khosrov bey Sultanov

Khosrov bey Pasha bey oglu Sultanov (Xosrov bəy Sultanov Paşa bəy oğlu; 1879 – 1947), also spelled as Khosrow Sultanov, was an Azerbaijani statesman, General Governor of Karabakh and Minister of Defense of Azerbaijani Democratic Republic.

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Mammadrafi Mammadov

Mammadrafi Mammadov Ismayil oglu (Məmmədrəfi Məmmədov İsmayıl oğlu) was Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan from September 2, 1993 until February 6, 1995.

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Military

A military or armed force is a professional organization formally authorized by a sovereign state to use lethal or deadly force and weapons to support the interests of the state.

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Military history of Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijanis are believed to be inheritors of various ancient civilizations and peoples including the indigenous Caucasian Albanians, Iranian tribes such as Scythians and Alans, and Oghuz Turks among others (note that several modern peoples of the Caucasus can trace their ancestries to more than one of these same ancient peoples).

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Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a governmental organisation, headed by a minister, that is meant to manage a specific sector of public administration.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.

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New Azerbaijan Party

The New Azerbaijan Party (Yeni Azərbaycan Partiyası, YAP) is the ruling political party in Azerbaijan.

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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization.

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Partnership for Peace

The Partnership for Peace (PfP) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 21 states are members.

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President of Azerbaijan

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state of Azerbaijan.

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Prime Minister of Azerbaijan

The Prime Minister of Azerbaijan is the head of government of Azerbaijan.

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Rahim Gaziyev

Rahim Hasan oglu Gaziyev (Rəhim Qazıyev Həsən oğlu; born 1943, in Shaki) was Azerbaijani Defense Minister in 1992–1993, in the turmoil of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, and later a political prisoner.

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Safar Abiyev

Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oglu Abiyev (Səfər Axundbala oğlu Əbiyev; born January 27, 1950) was the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2013.

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Samad bey Mehmandarov

Samadbey Mehmandarov Sadykhbey oglu (Səməd bəy Mehmandarov Sadıx bəy oğlu, Самедбек Садыхбек оглы Мехмандаров; October 16, 1855 – February 12, 1931) was an Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Imperial Russian Army and served as Minister of Defense of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

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Shahin Musayev

Shahin Musayev Kheyreddin oglu (Şahin Musayev Xeyrəddin oğlu) was the deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Chief of Staff, and Acting Minister within a few weeks in January – February (unspecified), 1992.

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Surat Huseynov

Surat Davud oglu Huseynov (Surət Davud oğlu Hüseynov; born 12 February 1959 in Ganja) is an Azerbaijani colonel and ex-Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, who rose to prominence during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

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Tahir Aliyev

Tahir Aliyev Yunis oglu (Tahir Əliyev Yunis oğlu) was the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic and Chairman of State Customs Committee.

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Tajaddin Mehdiyev

Tajaddin Mehdiyev (Tacəddin Mehdiyev) was the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan and is the Chairman of Committee for Protection of Rights of Officers in Azerbaijan.

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Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

The original Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) was negotiated and concluded during the last years of the Cold War and established comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment in Europe (from the Atlantic to the Urals) and mandated the destruction of excess weaponry.

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Vahid Musayev

Vahid Musayev Abdulla oglu (Vahid Musayev Abdulla oğlu) (died January 8, 1999) was the deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan and Acting Minister within the month of August (unspecified), 1993.

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Valeh Barshadly

Valeh Barshadly Eyyub oglu (Valeh Bərşadlı Eyyub oğlu) (July 6, 1927 – May 15, 1999) also spelled as Valeh Barshadli, was the first Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan after restoration of its independence in 1991.

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War on Terror

The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that was launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001.

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Zakir Hasanov

Colonel General Zakir Hasanov (born 6 June 1959) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been the Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan since 2013.

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11th Army (RSFSR)

The 11th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which fought on the Caspian-Caucasian Front.

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1920 Ganja revolt

The 1920 Ganja revolt (Azeri: Gəncə üsyanı), also referred to as the Ganja Uprising, was an anti-Bolshevik rebellion that took place in Ganja, Azerbaijan from 26 to 31 May 1920 as a reaction to Azerbaijan's Sovietisation.

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1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt

The 1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt, also known as the Turkish coup in Baku, was a coup d'état attempt by members of the Azerbaijani military, led by Colonel Rovshan Javadov at the head of a unit of Special Purpose Police Unit ("OPON").

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_of_the_Republic_of_Azerbaijan

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