DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES

Country Profiles

from BBC Country Profiles; from World Desk Reference ; from Nations Encyclopedia; from Wikipedia; from Virtual Azerbaijan, from CIA World Factbook Country : Azerbaijan Library of Congress, Country Studies : Azerbaijan; Encyclopedia of the Orient : Encyclopedia of the Orient; Azerbaijan Page, by Yusif

Links, General

from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL; from dmoz; from Virtual Library Caucasus List of Azerbaijan-related Topics, from Wikipedia Links on Azerbaijani, from SEELRC

Links, on History

from Virtual Azerbaijan

Historical Maps

Maps of Azerbaijan, from PCL, UTexas The Caucasus, from Atlas of Ethnic Conflicts, Ideological Clashes and Border Disputes, has maps since 2000 B.C. Azerbaijan : List of Maps, posted by Tabib Huseynov

Historical Dictionaries

Caucasian Knot Encyclopedia

Timelines

see here from BBC News, from timelines.ws

Accounts of History

History of Azerbaijan, from Lonely Planet, from Regisseur, from Russian News Network History of Azerbaijan, from Embassy of Azerbaijan in Romania Article History of Azerbaijan, from Wikipedia from Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World (Robert Winslow)

Encyclopedia Entries

Note : Articles "Azerbaijan" (spelling varieties) in pre-WW I encyclopedias relate to the Persian province by that name, not to 'Russian' Azerbaijan. Article Kaukasien, Baku, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1889, in German Article Baku, Caucasia, from EB 1911 Entries Centro-Caspian Dictatorship, Karabakh, from Footnotes to History, by James L. Erwin

Politics

Political Resources on the Net : Azerbaijan; Governments on the WWW : Azerbaijan; Article Politics of Azerbaijan, from Wikipedia Azerbaijan Profile, from International Crisis Group

Military

Economy & Finances

A Global History of Currencies : Azerbaijan; Article Economy of Azerbaijan, from Wikipedia Article Azerbaijani Manat, from Wikipedia History of Azerbaijan's Oil Industry, by Mir Yusif Mir Babayev, from Wikipedia Global Integrity : Azerbaijan 2006, Azerbaijan 2007

Ethnography

Languages of Azerbaijan (14), from Ethnologue Minorities at Risk, scroll down for Azerbaijan - Armenians, Lezgins, Russians Country Report Azerbaijan, from U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (1997-2005) FMO Research Guide : Azerbaijan (2003), from FMO Azerbaijan, from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Azerbaijan

Religion

Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Azerbaijan, from Kirken i Norge Category Religion in Azerbaijan, from Wikipedia Jewish Virtual History Tour : Azerbaijan; Azerbaijan, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project

History of Regions

History of Nakhchivan, from Azeri Vista Provinces of the Philippines, Municipalities of the Philippines, from www.statoids.com

History of Cities

Baku Chronology, from Baku Pages; History of Baku, from Azeri Vista; from Wikipedia History of Sheki, from Azeri Vista

Institutions

Article Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Baku), from Wikipedia Article Azeri TV Tower, from Wikipedia Article Azerbaijan University of Languages, from Wikipedia Azerbaijan, from Airline History

Bibliographies

Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Aserbeidschan, Azerbaijan (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970)

Biographies

List of Azerbaijanis, from Wikipedia Chinese Ambassadors to Azerbaijan, from PRC MOFA

Others

Disaster History by Country : Azerbaijan, from Relief Web Palearctic Ecoregion, from WWF

DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS

Lists of Statesmen

from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel); Regnal Chronologies : Caucasus from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated); Political Leaders, from ZPC, including party leaders

Lists of Ambassadors

Heads of Canadian Legation / Embassy in Baku (since 1992), from MOFA Canada

Population Figures

Historical Population Statistics, Azerbaijan, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht Population of Cities : Azerbaijan, from City Population Historical Abortion Statistics : Azerbaijan, from Johnston's Archive

Document Collections

World History Archives : Armenia & Azerbaijan Internet Law Library : Azerbaijan; Constitution of 1995, from UNDP Documents by Country : Azerbaijan, from Council of Europe List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Azerbaijan, from ILO, 53 docs. since 1992 Newspaper Archive, requires registration, charges a modest fee Jewish Chronicle, since 1841, online New York Times, click Archive 1851-1980; since 1980 Azerbaijan Article Archives, from Keepmedia

Online Newspapers

links from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers

Election Results

from Psephos (since 1998); from IFES Election Guide (since 1998) Elections and Electoral Systems : Azerbaijan

Archives, Musea, Libraries

Libraries in Azerbaijan, from LibDex, 3 entries Voices from the Past. Treasures from Azerbaijan's Voice Recording Archive, from Azerbaijan International

National Symbols

Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry; National Anthem, from National Anthems Net

Coins, Banknotes

Banknotes of Azerbaijan, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Coins of Late Caucasia and Transcaucasia, from Zeno

Stamps

Azerbaijan Stamps 1919-1923, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer

Others

License plates from Azerbaijan, from Francoplaque; from License Plates of the World Passport, from Passports of the World Airline Timetable Images : Azerbaijan Nagorno War and Armenian Deforestation, ICE Case Studies 1997 Michael Goulet, Azerbaijan and Oil, TED Case Study 2006

PRINTED REFERENCE

General Accounts

M. Iskenderov, Azerbaijan - a Land in Bloom (1959), posted on Internet Archive

Specific Periods

Chapter XXI : Across the Black Sea to the Caucasus, pp.425-449 in : John Gunther, Inside Russia Today, NY : Harper & Bros. (1957) 1958 [G] Across the Black Sea to the Caucasus, pp.193-219 in : John Gunther, Meet Soviet Russia. I : Land, People, Sights, NY : Harper & Bros. 1962 [G] Frank Huddle Jr., Azerbaidzhan and the Azerbaidzhanis, pp.189-210 in : Zev Katz et al. (ed.), Handbook of Major Soviet Nationalities, NY : The Free Press 1975 [G] Tadeusz Swietochowski, Russian Azerbaijan 1905-1920, Cambridge : UP (1985) 2004, KMLA Lib.Sign.947 54083 S975r Ch.Th. Marvin, The region of the eternal fire; an account of a journey to the petroleum region of the Caspian in 1883 (1891), posted on Internet Archive

Historical Dictionaries

Articles : Artsakh pp.38-40, in : James Minahan, Nations without Sates, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G]

Yearbooks

Article : Azerbaijan, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1993 pp.426-427, 557, 1994 pp.423-424, 557, 1995 pp.376, 557, 1996 pp.375, 557, 1997 pp.393-394, 555, 2002 pp.391, 551 [G] Article USSR : Azerbaijan, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1924 pp.1259-1260, 1925 p.1267, 1926 pp.1230-1231 [G] Article USSR : Trans-Caucasian SSR : Azerbaijan, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1928 pp.1270-1271, 1929 pp.1246-1247, 1932 p.1267 [G] Article USSR : Azerbaijan, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1937 pp.1295-1296, 1943 pp.1249-1250 [G] Article : Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : Azerbaijan, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.1421-1424, 1975-1976 pp.1426-1429, 1976-1977 pp.1425-1426, 1978-1979 pp.1244-1246, 1979-1980 pp.1253-1255, 1980-1981 pp.1249-1251, 1981-1982 pp.1257-1259, 1983-1984 pp.1253-1255, 1984-1985 pp.1250-1253, 1985-1986 pp.1251-1254, 1986-1987 pp.1250-1253, 1987-1988 pp.1254-1257, 1988-1989 pp.1258-1261, 1989-1990 pp.1264-1267, 1990-1991 pp.1268-1270, 1991-1992 pp.1267-1269 [G] Article : Commonwealth of Independent States : Azerbaijan, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1992-1993 pp.420-423, 1993-1994 pp.423-426, 1994-1995 pp.412-415, 1995-1996 pp.401-405 [G] Article : Azerbaijan, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1996-1997 pp.169-172, 1997-1998 pp.174-177, 1998-1999 pp.199-202, 2000 pp.248-252, 2001 pp.238-244, 2002 pp.247-252, 2003 pp.247-252, 2004 pp.249-254, 2005 pp.242-247, 2006 pp.239-244 [G] Entry : Azerbaijan, Cabinet, p.8; Background Notes, pp.257-261, in : Countries of the World and their Leaders Yearbook, 2003 [G] Entry : Azerbaijan, pp.232-235 in : IMF, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2001 [G] Article : Azerbaijan, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.84, 1928 p.74, 1930 p.89, 1931 p.89, 1932 pp.88-89, 1933 p.80, 1934 pp.76-77, 1935 p.80, 1936 p.74, 1937 p.61-62, 1938 p.65, 1939 p.71, 1940 p.57 [G] Article : Azerbaijan SSR, in : Americana Annual 1943 p.84, 1944 pp.74-75 [G] Article : Azerbaijan, in : New International Year Book 1920 p.76, 1921 pp.71-72, 1923 p.76, 1925 p.78, 1928 p.81, 1930 p.81, 1932 p.81, 1933 p.76 Article : Azerbaijan SSR, in : New International Year Book 1934 p.71, 1935 p.67, 1938 p.77, 1939 p.62 [G] Article : Azerbaijan, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1932 p.89, 1933 p.70, 1934 p.76, 1935 p.72 [G]