{"slug": "azerbaijan-soviet-socialist-republic", "label": "Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131337", "qid": "Q131337", "description": "constituent republic of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1920, 1990], "span_label": ["1920 CE", "1990 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Azerbaijan SSR"], "related": [{"slug": "soviet-union", "label": "Soviet Union", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "south-caucasus", "label": "South Caucasus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mikhail-gorbachev", "label": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "general-secretary-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union", "label": "General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baku", "label": "Baku", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caspian-sea", "label": "Caspian Sea", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – Ganja revolt: Anti-Soviet opposition in the Azerbaijan SSR launches an abortive revolt in Ganja.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#May", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Paris declaration: Representatives of the three states of Transcaucasia and the North Caucasus (the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian Socialist Soviet Republics) proclaim their independence, establishing a customs union and military alliance, not internationally recognized.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#June", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – The Treaty of Kars is signed between the Government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian Socialist Soviet Republics in Transcaucasia, establishing common boundaries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#October", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1936, "year_label": "1936 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – The 1936 Soviet Constitution, promulgated by Stalin, is adopted in the Soviet Union. The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic is dissolved, and Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia become full Republics of the Soviet Union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373216494#November–December", "title": "1936", "revid": 1373216494, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – Oil is discovered beneath the Caspian Sea, off the coast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370167995#November", "title": "1949", "revid": 1370167995, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and join the Armenian SSR, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#February", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Cold War: Black January – Soviet troops occupy Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, under the state of emergency decree issued by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, and kill over 130 protesters who were demonstrating for independence. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic declares its independence from the USSR.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#January", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › January"}}]}