Baku Art

BBC Youth Diary – Armenians and Azerbaijanis

http://azeri.org/Inst. of Manuscripts_

http://azfreespeech.az 

http://whc.unesco.org/statesparties/az

Azerbaijan (pronounced /ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan RespublikasÄ), is one of the six independent Turkic states in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia,it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west, while having a short borderline with Turkey to the northwest. Enclaves Karki, YuxarÄ Əskipara, BarxudarlÄ and Sofulu is surrounded by Armenia and has been controlled it since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The majority-Armenian populated Nagorno-Karabakh region in the southwest of Azerbaijan declared itself independent from Azerbaijan in 1991, but it is not diplomatically recognised by any nation and is still considered a de jure part of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenian forces. Read More: > HERE <

The Azerbaijanis are an ethnic group mainly living in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Commonly referred to as Azeris/ÄzarÄs (آذری – Azərilər) or Azerbaijani Turks (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan türkləri), they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to the Iranian plateau. The Azeris are predominantly Shia Muslim and have a mixed heritage of Turkic, Caucasian and Iranic elements. Read More: > HERE <

Jafar Gafar oglu Jabbarly, often spelled Jabbarli (Azerbaijani: Cəfər CabbarlÄ, 20 March 1899, XÄzÄ – 31 December 1934, Baku) was an Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter. Read More: > HERE <

X International Conference by name „From libraries to the future“ will be held in Sochi city of Russian Federation from September 20 to 25.

Republican Youth Library named after Jafar Jabbarli click here and employees of Centralized Library System of Gusar region will represent our country in conference. Purpose of conference is to propagate literature about sport which praise healthy life. Library workers from different countries of the world will join to the measure. Exchange of mutual experience will be carried out there.