1991 in Azerbaijan

This is a list of events that took place in the year 1991 in Azerbaijan.

February
Date Events
February 5 Renaming of the Azerbaijan SSR as the Republic of Azerbaijan
Approval of the triangular flag of the People's Republic of Azerbaijan as the State Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan[1]

March
Date Events
March 18 Establishment of Khazar University.
March 17 Holding a referendum on the union's maintenance in the USSR.

June
Date Events
June 21 Signing a decree on Award of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Major-General Hazi Aslanov with the Order of Lenin and the second Golden Star medal by the USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev [2]

August
Date Events
August 30 Declaration on the Restoration of State Independence of Azerbaijan [3]

September
Date Events
September 5 The establishment of Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan [4]
September 8 Azerbaijani presidential election [5]

October
Date Events
October 18 Adoption of the Constitutional Act “On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan” [6]
Restoration of State Independence [7]

December
Date Events
December 29 Azerbaijani independence referendum

References
  1. "Flag of Azerbaijan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. "Асланов Ази Ахад оглы - Ленкорань". glory.rin.ru. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  3. "Declaration of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Azerbaijan about a restoration of independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan" (PDF).
  4. "Ministry of Defense of Republic of Azerbaijan".
  5. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p357 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  6. "The 26th Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan".
  7. "Independence Day | Azerbaijani Holidays | Office Holidays". officeholidays.com. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
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