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  1. Constituent republic (Azerbaydzhan
  2. Soviet Socialist Republic) of the USSR from
  3. 1936. area 86,600 sq km/33,436 sq mi capital
  4. Baku towns Kirovabad physical Caspian Sea;
  5. the country ranges from semi-desert to the
  6. Caucasus mountains products oil, iron,
  7. copper, fruit, vines, cotton, silk, carpets
  8. population (1987) 6,811,000; 78% Azerbaijani,
  9. 8% Russian, 8% Armenian language Turkic
  10. religion traditionally Shi'ite Muslim recent
  11. history a member of the Transcaucasian
  12. Federation 1917, it became an independent
  13. republic 1918, but was occupied by the Red
  14. Army 1920. Early in 1990, riots led to the
  15. death of many Armenians.
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  17. Subject by: Russell Webb
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