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Constituent republic (Azerbaydzhan
Soviet Socialist Republic) of the USSR from
1936. area 86,600 sq km/33,436 sq mi capital
Baku towns Kirovabad physical Caspian Sea;
the country ranges from semi-desert to the
Caucasus mountains products oil, iron,
copper, fruit, vines, cotton, silk, carpets
population (1987) 6,811,000; 78% Azerbaijani,
8% Russian, 8% Armenian language Turkic
religion traditionally Shi'ite Muslim recent
history a member of the Transcaucasian
Federation 1917, it became an independent
republic 1918, but was occupied by the Red
Army 1920. Early in 1990, riots led to the
death of many Armenians.
Subject by: Russell Webb