Description
Azärbayjan Respublikasi.
Collective term for the region facing the Caspian Sea in the southeastern part of the South-East of Europe, in the southeastern part of the Zakhakhus region and in the northwest part of Iran. Part of the former Soviet Union was the Azerbaijan-Soviet Socialist Republic but it became independent in August 1991 as the Azerbaijan Republic. The part of Iranian territory is divided into two Azerbaijan provinces of east and west.
