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Azerbaijan

Russian Commanders-in-chief of the Caspian Provinces
1723 - 1726 Mikhail Afanasyevich Matyushkin (b. 1676 - d. 1737)
1726 - 1728 Knyaz' Vasiliy Vladimirovich (b. 1667 - d. 1746)
Dolgorukiy
1728 - 1730 Aleksandr Ivanovich Rumyantsev (b. 1680 - d. 1749)
1730 - 1732 Vasiliy Yakovlevich Levashov (b. 1667 - d. 1751)
(1st time)
1732 - 1733 Ludwig Wilhelm von Hessen-Homburg (b. 1705 - d. 1745)
1733 - 1735 Vasiliy Yakovlevich Levashov (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Russian Military Administrators of the Muslim District
1815 - 1817 Fyodor Isayevich Akhverdov (b. 1773 - d. 1820)
(Tevdore Akhverdashvili)
1817 - 1829 Valeryan Grigoryevich Madatov (b. 1782 - d. 1829)
(Rostom Madatyan)
1829 - 1831 Knyaz' Ivan Nikolayevich Abkhazov (b. 1764 - d. 1831)
(Ivane Apkhazi)
1831 - 1832 Stepan Stepanovich Zhukovskiy (b. 1788 - d. 1864)1832 - af.1837 Karl Karlovich Grabbe (b. 1781 - d. 1854)
1839 - 1840 Ivan Nikitich Tarakanov (d. 1849)
Russian Administrators of Caspian (Kaspiyskaya) Oblast 1841 - 1842 Baron Nikolay Fyodorovich fon (b. 1789 - d. 1852)
Asheberg
1842 - 28 Sep 1844 Apollon Alekseyevich Ivanov (b. 1798 - d. 1844)
1844 - 1846 Baron Aleksandr Yevstafyevich fon (b. 1804 - d. 1881)
Vrangel'
Military Governors and Administrators of Civil Affairs of Shemakha (from 18 Dec 1858, Baku) Governorate
1846 - 1850 Baron Aleksandr Yevstafyevich fon (s.a.)
Vrangel'
18 Dec 1850 - 1857 Sergey Gavrilovich Chilyayev (b. 1803 - d. 1864)
29 Apr 1857 - 1863 Knyaz'Konstantin Davydovich (b. 1811 - d. 1869)
Tarkhan-Mouravov
1863 - 1872 Mikhail Petrovich Kolyubakin (b. 1806 - d. 1872)
Governors of Baku Governorate
10 Apr 1872 - 13 Jun 1876 Dmitriy Semenovich Starosel'skiy (b. 1832 - d. 1884)
1876 - 1881 Valeriy Mikhaylovich Pozen (b. 1832 - d. af.1897)
5 Apr 1882 - 20 Jan 1888 Baron Yustin Kazimirovich Gyubsh (b. 1822 - d. 1898)
fon Grostal'
2 Feb 1888 - 13 Jun 1899 Vladimir Petrovich Rogge (b. 1843 - d. 1907)
30 Jun 1899 - 11 Mar 1904 Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Odintsov (b. 1852 - d. af.1909)
11 Mar 1904 - 14 May 1905 Knyaz' Mikhail Aleksandrovich (b. 1873 - d. 1906)
Nakashidze
24 Nov 1905 - Dec 1915 Vladimir Vladimirovich Alyshevskiy(b. 1869 - d. af.1921)
1916 - Mar 1917 Lev Vladimirovich Potulov (b. 1877 - d. af.1931)C ommissar of Baku Governorate
1917 Pyotr Fyodorovich Ilyushkin
Governors of Yelizavetpol Governorate
1868 - 1876 Fokion Yevstafevich Bulatov (b. 1823 - d. 1896)
1877 - 1880? Konstantin Khristoforovich (b. 1824 - d. 1900)
Mamatsev (= Konstantine Mamatsashvili)
(governor-general)
28 Feb 1880 - 1 Jun 1897 Knyaz'Aleksandr Davydovich (b. 1837 - d. 1905)
Nakashidze
3 Jun 1897 - 18 Jul 1900 Ivan Petrovich Kireyev (b. 1838 - d. 19..)
25 Jul 1900 - 2 Sep 1905 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Luttsau (b. 1853 - d. 19..)
(Lutzau)(acting to 19 Apr 1903)
2 Sep 1905 - 1908 Aleksey Alekseyevich Kalachev
1908 - 1916 Georgiy Samoylovich Kovalev
1916 - Mar 1917 Mikhail Petrovich Poyarkov (d. 1927)
Commissar of Yelizavetpol Governorate
c.Mar 1918 Ismail Khan Ziyadkhanov (b. 1867 � d. 1920) Non-party
Chairman of the Transcaucasia Muslim National Council Oct 1917 - 28 May 1918 Alimardan bey Alakbar oglu (b. 1863 - d. 1934) TPM
Topchubashov
(in Tifis, Georgia)
Chairmen of the Azerbaijani National Council
28 May 1918 - 17 Jun 1918 Memmed Emin Aga oglu Resulzade (b. 1884 - d. 1955) TPM
(1st time)(in Tiflis, Georgia exile to 16 Nov 1918)
17 Jun 1918 - 16 Nov 1918 authority of the Council transferred to the Council of Ministers
16 Nov 1918 - 7 Dec 1918 Memmed Emin Aga oglu Resulzade (s.a.) TPM (2nd time)**Chairman of the Parliament of Azerbaijan 7 Dec 1918 - 27 Apr 1920 Alimardan bey Alakbar oglu (s.a.) TPM
Topchubashov
(exercised functions of diplomatic representation abroad)
First Deputy Chairmen of the Parliament (acting for the absent chairman)
7 Dec 1918 - 22 Jan 1920 Hasan bey Mashadi H�sseyn oglu (b. 1875 - d. 1920) TPM
Agayev
22 Jan 1920 - 2 Feb 1920 Vacant
2 Feb 1920 Mammadrza Aga Mansur oglu Vakilov (b. 1864 - d. 1944)
(acting)
2 Feb 1920 - 27 Apr 1920 Mammad Yusif Hajibaba oglu (b. 1895 - d. 1938) TPM
Kafarov
Chairman of Azerbaijan Salvation Committee
May 1920 - 1920 Shafi Bey Rustambekov (b. 1892 - d. 1960) TPM
(in exile in Tiflis, Georgia)
Presidents
5 Feb 1991 - 6 Mar 1992 Ayaz Niyazi oglu Mutalibov (b. 1938 - d. 2022) AKP; 1991
(1st time) Non-party
6 Mar 1992 - 14 May 1992 Yaqub Javad oglu Mammadov (acting)(b. 1941) Non-party
(1st time)
14 May 1992 - 16 May 1992 Ayaz Niyazi oglu Mutalibov (s.a.) Non-party
(2nd time)
16 May 1992 - 18 May 1992 Yaqub Javad oglu Mammadov (acting)(s.a.) Non-party
(2nd time)
18 May 1992 - 16 Jun 1992 İsa Yunis oglu Gambarov (acting) (b. 1957) AKC
16 Jun 1992 - 1 Sep 1993 Abulfez Kadyrgula oglu Elchibey (b. 1938 - d. 2000) AKC
24 Jun 1993 - 31 Oct 2003 Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev (b. 1923 - d. 2003) YAP
(acting to 10 Oct 1993 [for Elchibey to 1 Sep 1993])
31 Oct 2003 - İlham Heydar oglu Aliyev (b. 1961) YAP

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers ( Prime ministers)
28 May 1918 - 14 Apr 1919 Fath Ali Khan Khoyski (b. 1876 - d. 1920) Non-party
(in Tiflis, Georgia 28 May - 16 Jun 1918)
14 Apr 1919 - 30 Mar 1920 Nasibbey Yusifbeyli (b. 1881 - d. 1920) TPM
1 Apr 1920 - 28 Apr 1920 Mammad Hasan Hacınski (Hajinski) (b. 1875 - d. 1931) TPM
C hairman of the Council of Ministers
5 Feb 1991 - 7 Feb 1991 Hasan Aziz oglu Hasanov (b. 1940) AKP
Prime Ministers 7 Feb 1991 - 4 Apr 1992 Hasan Aziz oglu Hasanov (s.a.) AKP;1991 Non-party
4 Apr 1992 - 16 May 1992 Firuz Rajab oglu Mustafayev (b. 1933 - d. 2018) Non-party
(acting)
16 May 1992 - 26 Jan 1993 Rahim Ali H�seyn oglu H�seynov (b. 1936 - d. 2023) Non-party
26 Jan 1993 - 28 Apr 1993 Ali Ahmed oglu Masimov (acting) (b. 1952) Non-party
28 Apr 1993 - 30 Jun 1993 Panah Chodar oglu H�seyn (b. 1957) AKC
30 Jun 1993 - 7 Oct 1994 Surat Davud oglu H�seynov (b. 1959 - d. 2023) Mil
7 Oct 1994 - 20 Jul 1996 Fuad Khalil oglu Guliyev (b. 1941) YAP
(acting to 2 May 1995)
20 Jul 1996 - 4 Aug 2003 Artur Tair oglu Rasizade (b. 1935) YAP
(1st time)(acting to 26 Nov 1996 and 18-24 Oct 1998)
4 Aug 2003 - 31 Oct 2003 İlham Heydar oglu Aliyev (s.a.) YAP
6 Aug 2003 - 31 Oct 2003 Artur Tair oglu Rasizade (s.a.) YAP
(acting for Aliyev)
31 Oct 2003 - 21 Apr 2018 Artur Tair oglu Rasizade (s.a.) YAP
(2nd time)(acting to 4 Nov 2003)
21 Apr 2018 - 8 Oct 2019 Novruz İsmayıl oglu Mamedov (b. 1947) YAP
8 Oct 2019 - Ali Hidayat oglu Asadov (b. 1956) YAP

Allied (British) Occupation 1918-1919

Commanders of Allied (British) Occupation Forces in Baku (from 11 Mar 1919, in Azerbaijan, Petrovsk-Port and Krasnovodsk) (commanders of the 39th Infantry Brigade)
17 Nov 1918 - 9 Mar 1919 William Montgomerie Thomson (b. 1877 - d. 1963)(by virtue of being a commander of
North Persia Force Sep 1918-May 1919)
Jan 1919 - 9 Mar 1919 Richard Price Jordan (b. 1869 - d. 1963)
(acting for absent Thomson)
9 Mar 1919 - 23 Aug 1919 Digby Inglis Shuttleworth (b. 1876 - d. 1948)
Central Powers (Ottoman) Occupation

Commander of Ottoman Occupation Forces ("Islamic Army of the Caucasus") (to Sep 1918 at Ganja, then at Baku)10 Jul 1918 - 18 Oct 1918 Mustafa Nuri Pasha (b. 1889 - d. 1949)

Territorial Disputes: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia ratified the Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance, while Iran continues to insist on a one-fifth slice of the sea; local border forces struggle to control the illegal transit of goods and people across the porous, undemarcated Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian borders; residents have evacuated the former Soviet-era small ethnic enclaves in Armenia and Azerbaijan; tensions existed for years over the break-away Nagorno-Karabakh region and the Armenian military occupation of surrounding lands in Azerbaijan; Azerbaijan seized part of the enclave during six weeks of fighting in 2020 and the remainder in a short conflict in Sep 2023; in Oct 2023, Baku and Yerevan began preliminary discussions on a peace treaty, the demarcation of borders, and full normalization of relations; nevertheless, concerns persist in Armenia that Azerbaijan could invade in order to force the establishment of a transit corridor to the exclave of Naxicvan (Nakhichevan); On 16 May 2024, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed on the demarcation of 12.7 kilometers (almost seven miles) of their border that returned the villages of Baghanis Ayrum, Asagi Askipara (Lower Askipara), Xeyrimli, and Qizilhacili to Azerbaijan effective 24 May 2024; bilateral talks continue with Turkmenistan on dividing the seabed and contested oilfields in the middle of the Caspian.

Party abbreviations: AKC = Azerbaycan Xalq Cebhesi Partiyasi (Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, reformist, est.1989); AKP = Azerbaycan Kommunist Partiyasi (Azerbaijan Communist Party, to 1952 named Azerbaijan Communist [Bolshevik] Party, Marxist-Leninist communist, state party, 1920-16 Sep 1991, re-est.Dec 1993); YAP = Yeni Azerbaycan Partiyasi (New Azerbaijan Party, nationalist, center-right, est.18 Dec 1992); Mil = Military
- Former parties: TPM = Turk Adam-i Markaziyyat-Musavat Firqasi (Turkic Party of Federalists - Equality Party, liberal, pan-Turkist, nationalist, in 1920 banned, 1917-1923)

Baku

13 Nov 1917 Baku Governorate Soviet of Deputies assumed "supreme authority"
subject to the Russian Soviet republic, in opposition to
Transcaucasia (from May 1918, Azerbaijan).
25 Apr 1918 - 31 Jul 1918 Known as the Baku Soviet Commune.
1 Aug 1918 - 15 Sep 1918 Central Caspian Provisional Dictatorship (also called Centro-
Caspian Directorate [Diktatura Tsentrokaspiya/Sentrokaspi _Diktaturası_]) in Baku replaces the Commune; supported by British
troops and in opposition to Azeri national government at Ganja.
4 Aug 1918 - 15 Sep 1918 Baku garrisoned by Allied (U.K.) forces.
15 Sep 1918 Baku occupied by Ottoman-Azerbaijani forces, part of the Republic
of Azerbaijan (Ottoman forces leave Baku 14 Nov 1918).
17 Nov 1918 - 23 Aug 1919 Baku garrisoned by Allied (U.K.) forces (see under Azerbaijan).

Chairman of Executive Committee of Baku Governorate Soviet of Deputies
26 Oct 1917 - 25 Dec 1917 Stepan Georgiyevich Shaumyan (b. 1878 - d. 1918) RSDRP-B
Chairman of Revolutionary Committee
25 Dec 1917 - 13 Jan 1918 Ivan Alekseyevich Sukhartsev (b. 1881 - d. 1931) PLSR
Chairman of Executive Committee of Baku Governorate Soviet of Deputies 13 Jan 1918 - 31 Jul 1918 Prokopiy Aprasionovich Dzhaparidze(b. 1880 - d. 1918) RSDRP-B
(without executive role after 25 Apr 1918)
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
25 Apr 1918 - 31 Jul 1918 Stepan Georgiyevich Shaumyan (s.a.) RSDRP-B
1 Aug 1918 - 15 Sep 1918 Central Caspian Provisional Dictatorship of the Central Committee of the Caspian Flotilla and of the Provisional Executive Committee of Baku Governorate Soviet of Deputies � [five military and
three political members, as announced in early Aug 1918]
- Nikolay Bushev Mil
- Vasiliy Vasilyevich Lemmleyn (b. 1894 - d. 1967) Mil
- Aleksey Mikhaylovich Pechenkin (b. 1893? - d. 1942?)Mil
- M. Tyushkov Mil
- Yermakov Mil
- Aleksandr Arakelyan HHD
- Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sadovskiy(b. 1882 � d. 19..) RSDRP-M
- Abram Velunts PSR

Commander of Allied (U.K.) Forces ("Dunsterforce")
4 Aug 1918 - 15 Sep 1918 Lionel Charles Dunsterville (b. 1865 - d. 1946) Mil

�Modern sources report three additional, possibly alternate, political members of the Dictatorship - Grigoriy G. Ayollo (d. 1940), RSDRP-M; Artashes Melik-Yolchyan, HHD; and Lev Umanskiy, PSR.

Party abbreviations: **HHD = Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian Revolutionary Federation, "Dashnak", democratic socialist, Armenian nationalist, anti-communist, 1890-1920, banned 1920); PLSR = Partiya Levykh Sotsialistov-Revolyutsionerov (Party of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, democratic socialist, Aug 1917�1923, split from PSR, allied with RSDRP-B/RKP); PSR = Partiya Sotsialistov-Revolyutsionerov (Party of Socialists-Revolutionaries, "SRs", democratic socialist, agrarian socialist, split Aug 1917 into Left [became PLSR] and Right wings, Jan 1902-1922);RSDRP-B = Rossiyskaya Sotsial-Demokraticheskaya Rabochaya Partiya (Bol'shevikov)(Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party [Bolsheviks], Russian revolutionary socialist, Marxist communist, from 8 Nov 1917 state party, on 1 Jan 1912 split from RSDRP, on 8 Mar 1918, renamed Russian Communist Party [Bolsheviks]); RSDRP-M = Rossiyskaya Sotsial-Demokraticheskaya Rabochaya Partiya (Men'shevikov)(Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party [Mensheviks], split from RSDRP, democratic socialist, Orthodox Marxist, 1 Jan 1912-1922)

Azerbaidzhan Soviet Socialist Republic

28 Apr 1920 - 19 May 1921 Unofficial	19 May 1921 - 30 Dec 1922	30 Dec 1922 - 14 Mar 1925
14 Mar 1925 - 26 Mar 1927	26 Mar 1927 - 1 Jan 1929	1 Jan 1929 - 14 Feb 1931
14 Feb 1931 - 1933	1933 - 14 Mar 1937	14 Mar 1937 - 20 Mar 1940
20 Mar 1940 - 7 Oct 1952	7 Oct 1952 - 5 Feb 1991	16 Mar 1981 - 5 Feb 1991 Reverse

28 Apr 1920 Azerbaijani Socialist Conciliar ("Soviet") Republic (Azərbaycan İctimai Şura C�mhuriyyəti/Azərbaycan Sosialist Şura C�mhuriyyəti).
30 Sep 1920 Union Treaty with the Russian S.F.S.R.
12 Mar 1922 - 13 Dec 1922 Part of the Soviet Socialist Republics of Transcaucasia
(see under Georgia).
13 Dec 1922 - 5 Dec 1936 Part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
(see under Georgia).
5 Dec 1936 Accession individually to the Soviet Union (see under Russia).
5 Dec 1936 Renamed Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azәrbaycan Sovet
Sosialist Respublikası/Azerbaydzhanska y a Sovetskaya
Socialisticheskaja Respublika).
21 Aug 1956 Azerbaijani is designated as the state language in accordance
with an amendment to the constitution.
25 Sep 1989 State sovereignty declared (by law of 23 Sep 1989).
5 Feb 1991 Azerbaijani Republic (Azәrbaycan Respublikası).

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Azerbaijan
28 Apr 1920 - 23 Jul 1920 Mirza Davud Baghir oglu H�seynov (b. 1894 - d. 1938)
(Mirza Davud Bagir ogly Guseynov)
23 Jul 1920 - 9 Sep 1920 Viktor Ivanovich Naneyshvili (b. 1878 - d. 1940)
(Viktor Naneyşvili)
9 Sep 1920 - 15 Sep 1920 Yelena Dmitriyevna Stasova (f) (b. 1873 - d. 1966)
15 Sep 1920 - 24 Oct 1920 Vladimir Yelizbarovich Dumbadze (b. 1879 - d. 1934)
Executive Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Azerbaijan
24 Oct 1920 - 24 Jul 1921 Griqoriy Naum oğlu Kaminski (b. 1895 - d. 1938)
(Grigoriy Naumovich Kaminskiy)
First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of **Azerbaijan (from 13 Oct 1952, Communist Party of Azerbaijan) 24 Jul 1921 - 21 Jan 1926 Sergey Mironovich Kirov (b. 1886 - d. 1934)
(= Sergey Mironovich Kostrikov)
21 Jan 1926 - 11 Jul 1929 Levon Isayevich Mirzoyan (b. 1887 - d. 1939)
11 Jul 1929 - 5 Aug 1930 Nikolay Fyodorovich Gikalo (b. 1897 - d. 1938)
5 Aug 1930 - 8 Feb 1933 Vladimir Ivan oğlu Polonski (b. 1893 - d. 1939)
(Vladimir Ivanovich Polonskiy)
(= Reven Gershevich)
8 Feb 1933 - 10 Dec 1933 Ruben Gukasovich Rubenov (b. 1894 - d. 1937)
(Mkrytyan)
10 Dec 1933 - 18 Apr 1953 Mir Dzhafar Abas ogly Bagirov (b. 1896 - d. 1956)
18 Apr 1953 - 17 Feb 1954 Mir Teymur Mir Alekper ogly (b. 1904 - d. 1970)
Yakubov
17 Feb 1954 - 10 Jul 1959 İmam Dashdemir ogly Mustafayev (b. 1910 - d. 1997)
10 Jul 1959 - 14 Jul 1969 Veli Yusif ogly Akhundov (b. 1916 - d. 1986)
(Vali Akhundov)
14 Jul 1969 - 3 Dec 1982 Heydar Ali Rza ogly Aliyev (b. 1923 - d. 2003)
(Heydar Aliyevich Aliyev)
3 Dec 1982 - 21 May 1988 Kyamran Mamed ogly Bagirov (b. 1933 - d. 2000)
(Kamran Baghirov)
21 May 1988 - 25 Jan 1990 Abdul Rahman Khalil ogly Vezirov (b. 1930 - d. 2022)
(Abdurakhman Vezirov)
25 Jan 1990 - 14 Sep 1991 Ayaz Niyazi ogly Mutalibov (b. 1938 - d. 2022)
(Ayaz Niyazovich Mutalibov)

Chairmen of the Provisional Revolutionary Committee
28 Apr 1920 - 16 May 1920 Mirza Davud Bagir ogly H�seynov (s.a.) AKP
(acting)
16 May 1920 - 21 May 1921 Nariman Kerbalay Nadzhaf ogly (b. 1870 - d. 1925) AKP
Narimanov
Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee
21 May 1921 - 7 May 1922 Mukhtar Gadzhi ogly Gadzhiyev (b. 1876 - d. 1938) AKP
7 May 1922 - 18 Sep 1929 Samed Aga Agamali ogly Aliyev (b. 1867 - d. 1930) AKP
18 Sep 1929 - 14 Mar 1930 Sultan Medzhid Medzhid ogly (b. 1887 - d. 1938) AKP
Efendiyev (1st time)(acting)
14 Mar 1930 - 13 Dec 1931 Gazanfar Makhmud ogly Musabekov (b. 1888 - d. 1938) AKP
13 Dec 1931 - 10 Jun 1937 Sultan Medzhid Medzhid ogly (s.a.) AKP
Efendiyev (2nd time)
10 Jun 1937 - 18 Jul 1938 Mir Bashir Fattakh ogly Kasumov (b. 1879 - d. 1949) AKP
(acting)
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
21 Jul 1938 - 23 Apr 1949 Mir Bashir Fattakh ogly Kasumov (s.a.) AKP
23 Apr 1949 - 18 May 1949 Dzhabrail Ibragim ogly Mamedov (b. 1910 - d. 1976) AKP
+ Yegishe Semyonovich Akopov (b. 1902 - d. ....) AKP
(acting)
18 May 1949 - 9 Mar 1954 Nazar Heydar ogly Heydarov (b. 1896 - d. 1968) AKP
9 Mar 1954 - 23 Jan 1958 Mirza Azhdar ogly Ibragimov (b. 1911 - d. 1993) AKP
23 Jan 1958 - 26 Nov 1959 Ilyas Kerim ogly Abdullayev (b. 1913 - d. 1985) AKP
26 Nov 1959 - 16 Nov 1961 Saftar Mamed ogly Dzhafarov (b. 1900 - d. 1961) AKP
16 Nov 1961 - 29 Dec 1961 Huseyn Kurban ogly Mamedov (b. 1906 - d. 1970) AKP
+ Ruben Tevosovich Shakhramanyan (b. 1914 - d. 19..) AKP
(acting)
29 Dec 1961 - 25 Dec 1969 Mamed Abdul ogly Iskenderov (b. 1915 - d. 1985) AKP
25 Dec 1969 - 30 Dec 1985 Kurban Ali ogly Khalilov (b. 1906 - d. 2000) AKP
30 Dec 1985 - 22 Jun 1989 Suleyman Bayram ogly Tatliyev (b. 1925 - d. 2014) AKP
22 Jun 1989 - 18 May 1990 El'mira Mikail kyzy Kafarova (f) (b. 1934 - d. 1993) AKP
President
19 May 1990 - 5 Feb 1991 Ayaz Niyazi oglu Mutalibov (b. 1938 - d. 2022) AKP

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
21 May 1921 - 7 May 1922 Nariman Kerbalay Nadzhaf ogly (s.a.) AKP
Narimanov
7 May 1922 - 14 Mar 1930 Gazanfar Makhmud ogly Musabekov (s.a.) AKP
14 Mar 1930 - 20 Oct 1932 Dadash Khodzha ogly Buniyatzade (b. 1888 - d. 1938) AKP
20 Oct 1932 - 12 Dec 1933 Mir Dzhafar Abbas ogly Bagirov (s.a.) AKP
12 Dec 1933 - 1937 Huseyn Pasha ogly Rakhmanov (b. 1902 - d. 1938) AKP
13 Nov 1937 - 28 Mar 1946 Teymur Imam Kuli ogly Kuliyev (b. 1888 - d. 1965) AKP
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
29 Mar 1946 - 6 Apr 1953 Teymur Imam Kuli ogly Kuliyev (s.a.) AKP
(1st time)
6 Apr 1953 - 13 Jul 1953 Mir Dzhafar Abbas ogly Bagirov (s.a.) AKP
13 Jul 1953 - 9 Mar 1954 Teymur Imam Kuli ogly Kuliyev (s.a.) AKP
(2nd time)
9 Mar 1954 - 8 Jul 1958 Sadykh Gadzhiyar Ali ogly Ragimov (b. 1914 - d. 1975) AKP
8 Jul 1958 - 10 Jul 1959 Veli Yusif ogly Akhundov (s.a.) AKP
10 Jul 1959 - 29 Dec 1961 Mamed Abdul ogly Iskenderov (s.a.) AKP
29 Dec 1961 - 10 Apr 1970 Enver Nazar ogly Alikhanov (b. 1917 - d. 1992) AKP
10 Apr 1970 - 22 Jan 1981 Ali Ismail ogly Ibraimov (b. 1913 - d. 1990) AKP
22 Jan 1981 - 27 Jan 1989 Gasan Neimat ogly Seidov (b. 1932 - d. 2004) AKP
27 Jan 1989 - 26 Jan 1990 Ayaz Niyazi ogly Mutalibov (s.a.) AKP
26 Jan 1990 - 5 Feb 1991 Hasan Aziz ogly Hasanov (b. 1940) AKP

Party abbreviation: AKP = Azerbaycan Kommunist Partiyasi (Azerbaijan Communist Party, to 1952 named Azerbaijan Communist [Bolshevik] Party, Marxist-Leninistcommunist, from 1920 state party, 1920-16 Sep 1991)

Baku

3 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Baku oblast (Bakı vilayəti)(within Azerbaijan S.S.R).

First Secretary of the Baku Regional Committee of the Azerbaijani Communist Party
Apr 1952 - Apr 1953 Mir Teymur Mir Alekper oglu(b. 1904 - d. 1970) AKP
Yakubov

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Baku Regional Council
Apr 1952 - Apr 1953 Hasan Ali oglu Seidov (b. 1906 - d. 1999) AKP

Ganja

3 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Ganja oblast (Gəncə vilayəti)(within Azerbaijan S.S.R).

First Secretary of the Ganja Regional Committee of the Azerbaijani Communist Party
Apr 1952 - Apr 1953 Imam Dashdemir oglu Mustafayev (b. 1910 - d. 1997) AKP

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ganja Regional Council
Apr 1952 - Apr 1953 Sadykh Hadzhiyar Ali oglu Rahimov (b. 1914 - d. 1975) AKP

Baku city

3 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Baku city remains a "city of republican subordination"
(economically, but not administratively separated from
Baku oblast).

First Secretary of the Baku City Committee of the Azerbaijani Communist Party
Apr 1952 - Apr 1953 Rzakuliyev

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Baku City Council
1950 - Apr 1953 Rustam Hadzhiali oglu Ismailov (b. 1909 - d. 1972) AKP

Nakhichevan (Nax�ıvan)

Nakhchivan Khanate Flag c.1827	25 Jul 1919- 28 Jul 1920	28 Jul 1920 - 1921
1921 - 14 Mar 1925	14 Mar 1925 - 18 Apr 1926	18 Apr 1926 - 26 Mar 1927
26 Mar 1927 - 1 Jan 1929	1 Jan 1929 - 14 Feb 1931	14 Feb 1931 - 1933
1933 - 14 Mar 1937	18 Sep 1937 - 25 Aug 1938	25 Aug 1938 - 1 Jan 1940
1 Jan 1940 - 1945	1945 - 22 Aug 1953	22 Aug 1953 - 17 Jul 1956
17 Jul 1956 - Apr 1978	Apr 1978 - 17 Nov 1990	17 Nov 1990 - 5 Feb 1991
Adopted 5 Feb 1991 (confirmed 12 Nov 1995)

1501 Part of Persia
1588 - 1604 Part of the Ottoman Empire.
1604 Part of Persia.
1635 - 1636 Ottoman occupation.
1722 - 1736 Ottoman occupation (annexed in 1724).
1747 Khanate of Nakhchivan (Nakhchevān).
1808 Briefly occupied by Russians.
26 Jun 1827 Surrendered to Russia.
22 Feb 1828 Annexed to Russia by the Treaty of Turkmenchay.
Apr 1828 Khanate abolished by Russia.
1828 - 10 Apr 1840 Part of Armenian oblast (see Armenia).
10 Apr 1840 - 9 Jun 1849 Part of Georgia-Imeretia (from 14 Dec 1846, Tiflis) governorate
(see under Georgia).
9 Jun 1849 - May 1918 Part of Yerevan governorate (see under Armenia).
4 Jun 1918 Recognized as part of the Ottoman Empire by the Treaty of Batum,
but remained under local Azerbaijani control.
20 Jun 1918 - 20 Jul 1918 Irregular Armenian Special Striking Division under Andranik Ozanyan
occupies Nakhichevan, who declares his command under the Russian
S.F.S.R.
20 Jul 1918 Ottoman Empire occupation and (from 15 Aug 1918) annexation (ceased
following the Armistice of Mudros of 30 Oct 1918, the Ottoman
troops left 4 Dec 1918).
1 Nov 1918 - 25 Jan 1919 Nakhichevan District Government proclaimed by Azeris in
Nakhichevan.
18 Nov 1918 - Jan 1919 Aras Turkish Government (later sometimes referred to as 'Republic
of Aras' [Araz]) proclaimed by Turkish and Azeris in areas
along Araks river between Nakhichevan and Kars regions (in Dec
1918 those areas are lost to Armenia).
25 Jan 1919 Nakhichevan and Aras governments merged into Nakhichevan Turkish
Government.
26 Jan 1919 - 6 Jun 1919 Allied (British) occupation of Nakhichevan.
28 Feb 1919 Nakhichevan Turkish Government dissolved, the Nakhichevan region
declared a part of Azerbaijan (largely not effected until Aug
1919), with the Muslim National Council of Nakhichevan acting as
local authority.
20 May 1919 - 25 Jul 1919 Occupied by Armenia (transfer of the Nakhichevan region to Armenia
decided by the Allies on 16 May 1919), the Armenian troops left
the region by 10 Aug 1919.
23 Nov 1919 Treaty of Tiflis failed to establish a boundary between Armenia and
Azerbaijan, but sanctioned the effective status quo control.
Jun 1920 Occupied by Turkey.
20 Jul 1920 Muslim National Council of Nakhichevan (acting independently of
Azerbaijan S.S.R. and with sanction of Turkey) recognized
Nakhichevan as an integral part of the Republic of Armenia,
provided it enjoys full autonomy (not effected).
28 Jul 1920 Nakhichevan occupied by Soviet Russian forces (Turkish troops
remained there). The Socialist Soviet Republic of Nakhichevan
(Nax�ıvan Sosialist Sovet Respublikası/Nakhichevanskaya
Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika) proclaimed, declared
itself a part of the Azerbaijan S.S.R.
2 Dec 1920 Azerbaijan S.S.R. recognizes Nakhichevan as part of Armenian S.S.R.
(not effected).
16 Mar 1921 Nakhichevan to remain "autonomous" under Azerbaijani "protection"
by the Soviet-Turkish Treaty of Moscow (confirmed on 13 Oct 1921
by the Treaty of Kars), the Turkish troops left Nakhichevan.
5 Jul 1921 Boundary between Azerbaijan S.S.R. and Armenian S.S.R. established,
Nakhchevan recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
27 Feb 1923 Nakhichevan Autonomous Region (Nakhichevanskiy Avtonomnyy Kray),part
of Azerbaijan S.S.R. (confirmed on 19 Jun 1923).
9 Feb 1924 Nakhichevan Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (Nax�ıvan Muxtar Sosialist Sovet Respublikası /Nakhichevanskaya Avtonomnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika), withinAzerbaijan
S.S.R.
5 Dec 1936 Renamed Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
(Nax�ıvan Muxtar Sovet Sosialist Respublikası/ Nakhichevanskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya _Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika).
18 Jan 1990 - Armenia occupies the Kerki/Karki exclave of the Nakhichevan.
20 Jan 1990 Independence declared from Soviet Union, but not Azerbaijan
(not effected).
17 Nov 1990 Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Nax�ıvan Muxtar Respublikası),
within Azerbaijan (confirmed by Azerbaijan 12 Nov 1995 in its
constitution).

Authorized Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic 22 Dec 2022 - Fuad Vahid oglu Nacafli (b. 1975) YAR

Executive Secretaries of the Nakhichevan Regional Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of A zerbaijan
Apr 1921 - 1921 Bagatur Kasum ogly Velibekov (b. 1894 - d. 1940)c.1923 Shamil Makhmudbekov (b. 1898 - d. 1936)
c.1924 Yusif Pasha ogly Tairov (b. 1893 - d. 1938)
1925 - 192. Alesker Abbas ogly Shakhbazov (b. 1898 - d. 1973)
192. - 1929 Ibragim Tagi ogly Tagiyev (b. 1894 - d. 1937)
1929 - 193. Aga Verdi Gadzhi Yarali ogly (b. 1895 - d. 1937)
Ragimov
First Secretaries of the Nakhichevan Regional Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Azerbaijan (from 13 Oct 1952, Communist Party of Azerbaijan)
1931 - 1933 Bagatur Kasum ogly Velibekov (s.a.)
Feb 1933 - May 1934 Ali Kara Yakhya ogly Mamedov (b. 1902 - d. 1937)
Jun 1934 - Dec 1936 Mekhti Adi Gyozal ogly Mekhtiyev (b. 1895 - d. 1937)
Dec 1936 - Oct 1937 Gasan Ali Pasha ogly Rakhmanov (b. 1900 - d. 1938)
Oct 1937 - Dec 1937 Sultan Teymur ogly Sultanov (b. 1905 - d. 1938)
Dec 1937 - Oct 1940 Kyazim Geydar ogly Ismailov (b. 1905 - d. 1981)
Oct 1940 - Jan 1948 Guseyn Gumbat ogly Nadzhafov (b. 1907 - d. 1967)
Jan 1948 - May 1951 Yusif Niftali ogly Yusifov (b. 1906 - d. 1995)
1951 - 1952 Allakhverdi Mukhtar ogly Isayev (b. 1908 - d. 1988)
1952 - Dec 1955 Ismail Nasrulla ogly Askerov (b. 1914 - d. 2003)
Dec 1955 - 3 Oct 1961 Khurshud Bayram Kulu ogly (b. 1906 - d. 19..)
Mamedov
3 Oct 1961 - Mar 1970 Gadzhi Aga Khalil ogly (b. 1923 - d. 1992)
Ibragimov
Mar 1970 - 28 Dec 1975 Aslan Aga Huseyn ogly Huseynov (b. 1916 - d. 1991)
28 Dec 1975 - 6 Dec 1983 Kamran Nabi ogly Rahimov (b. 1928 - d. 2007)
6 Dec 1983 - Nov 1988 Nuraddin Elyaz ogly Mustafayev (b. 1942)
Nov 1988 - Jan 1990 Geydar Isa ogly Isayev (b. 1936 - d. 1999)
Jan 1990 - 1990 Afiyaddin Dzhalil ogly Dzhalilov (b. 1946 - d. 1994)
First Secretaries of the Nakhichevan Republican Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan 1990 - Apr 1991 Afiyaddin Dzhalil ogly Dzhalilov (s.a.)
Apr 1991 - 14 Sep 1991 Akper Fattah ogly Aliyev (b. 1950)

Khans of Nakhchivan (Nakhchevān)
1747 - 1764 Haydar Quli Khan (d. 1764)
1764 - 1765 Haji Khan
1765 - 1770 Rahim Khan
1770 - 1773 `Ali Quli Khan
1773 - 1781 Veli Quli Khan (d. 1781)
1781 - 1783 Abbas Quli Khan (1st time) (d. 1812)
1783 - 1785 Ja`far Quli Khan
1785 - 1787 Shukur `Ali Khan (d. 1787)
1787 - 1796 Kalb `Ali Khan (1st time) (d. 1820)
1797 - 1801 Abbas Quli Khan (2nd time)
1801 - 1804 Kalb `Ali Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
1804 Abbas Quli Khan (3rd time)
1804 - 1807 Kalb `Ali Khan (3rd time) (s.a.)
1807 - 1808 Abbas Quli Khan (4th time) (s.a.)
1808 Kalb `Ali Khan (4th time) (s.a.)
1808 - 1809 Karim Khan (1st time) (d. af.1834)
1809 - 1810 Kalb `Ali Khan (5th time) (s.a.)
1810 - 1812 Abbas Quli Khan (5th time) (s.a.)
1812 - 1813 Kalb `Ali Khan (6th time) (s.a.)
1813 - 1816 Karim Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
1816 - 1820 Kalb `Ali Khan (7th time) (s.a.)
1820 Nezereli `Ali Khan
1820 - 1827 Karim Khan (3rd time) (s.a.)
1827 - Apr 1828 Ehsan Khan (b. 1789 - d. 1846)
Commander of the Armenian Special Striking Division 20 Jun 1918 - 20 Jul 1918 Andranik Ozanyan (b. 1865 - d. 1927) Mil/HHD
Chairman of the Nakhijevan Armenian National Council c.Jul 1918 K. Aghayan
Heads of the Nakhichevan District Government 1 Nov 1918 - Dec 1918 Mirza Nasrulla Bey Amirov
Dec 1918 - 25 Jan 1919 Haji Mekhti Bahirov
Dictator of the Aras Turkish Government (at Ghamarlu [modern Artashat, in modern
Armenia], in Dec 1918 at Igdir [in modern Turkey], in Jan 1919 at Nakhichevan)18 Nov 1918 - Jan 1919 Amir Bey Zamanbeyzade
Head of the Nakhichevan Turkish Government 25 Jan 1919 - 28 Feb 1919 Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski (b. 1859 - d. 1929) Non-party
(Cafar Qulu Xan Nax�ıvanski)
(= Jafar-Quli Khan of Nakhichevan)
Allied (British) Military Governors of Nakhichevan
26 Jan 1919 - 2 Apr 1919 Francis Eugene Laughton (b. 1887 - d. 1955) Mil
3 Apr 1919 - 1 Jun 1919 John Chalmers Simpson (b. 1876 - d. 1957) Mil
British Military Representative, Nakhichevan
15 May 1919 - 6 Jun 1919 F.L. Schwind Mil
Azerbaijani Governors-general of South-West Azerbaijan (largely nominal and not present)
28 Feb 1919 - 16 Mar 1919 Bahram Khan Nakhichevanskiy (b. 1872 - d. 1946) Mil
16 Mar 1919 - Aug 1919 Aliyar Bey Hashimbeyov (b. 1856 - d. 1920) Mil
Armenian Governor of Nakhichevan District 14 May 1919 - 5 Aug 1919 Gevorg Petros Varshamyan HHD
(left Nakhichevan on 25 Jul 1919)
Chairman of the Muslim National Council of Nakhichevan c.Aug 1919 Heydar Gulu Bey Muradasilov
Azerbaijani Governor-general of South-West Azerbaijan Aug 1919 - Mar 1920 Abdul Samed Bey Jamillinskiy (b. 1892 - d. 1937) Non-party
Turkish commander (of the Nakhichevan Detachment)
Jun 1920 - Mar 1921 Veysel Bey (b. 189. - d.af.1948)Mil
(from Jul 1920, at Shahtaxti)
Chairman of the Muslim National Council of Nakhichevan c.Jul 1920 Haji Mekhti Bahirov ?
Chairmen of the Nakhichevan Revolutionary Committee
28 Jul 1920 - 1920 Mustafa (Mirzali Bek) Baktashev AKP
1920 - Feb 1921 Garaf Askerov (d. 1921) AKP
1920 - 25 Jan 1922 Beybut Aga Shakhtakhtinskiy (b. 1881 - d. 1924) AKP
Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee (Feb 1923-Jan 1924 Executive Committee)
Jan 1922 - 1923 Bagatur Kasum ogly Velibekov (s.a.) AKP
(1st time)
bf.1927 - af.1928 Baba Babayev AKP
1930 - 1931 Bagatur Kasum ogly Velibekov (s.a.) AKP
(2nd time)
1931 - 1933 ....
1933 - 1934 Khalil Agamir ogly Agamirov (b. 1897 - d. 1940) AKP
1934 - 1936 Aga Verdi Gadzhi Yarali ogly (s.a.) AKP
Ragimov
1936 - 1937 .... (acting)
1937 Saftar Mamed ogly Dzhafarov (b. 1900 - d. 1961) AKP
1937 - 24 Jul 1938 Mamed Ali ogly Ragimov AKP
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Jul 1938 - af.1940 Mamed Ali ogly Ragimov AKP
Oct 1943 - Apr 1952 Dzhabrail Ibragim ogly Mamedov (b. 1910 - d. 1976) AKP
Apr 1952 - 1963 Guseyn Kurban ogly Mamedov (b. 1900 - d. 1970) AKP
1963 - Apr 1990 Sakina Abbas kyzy Aliyeva (f) (b. 1925 - d. 2010) AKP
Apr 1990 - 17 Nov 1990 Afiyaddin Dzhalil ogly Dzhalilov (s.a.) AKP
Chairmen of the Supreme Council (Ali Majlis)
17 Nov 1990 - Apr 1991 Afiyaddin Dzhalil oglu Dzhalilov (s.a.) AKP
Apr 1991 - Sep 1991 Akper Fattakh oglu Aliyev (s.a.) AKP
5 Sep 1991 - 23 Jun 1993 Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev (b. 1923 - d. 2003) 1992:YAP
3 Jul 1993 - 4 Apr 1994 Vasif Yusif oglu Talibov (b. 1960) YAP
(1st time) (acting)
4 Apr 1994 - 16 Dec 1995 Namiq Hasanov (b. 1944 - d. 2020) YAP
16 Dec 1995 - 21 Dec 2022 Vasif Yusif oglu Talibov (s.a.) YAP
(2nd time)
21 Dec 2022 - 5 Oct 2023 Azer Yadulla oglu Zeynalov (b. 1970) YAP
(acting)
5 Oct 2023 - Anar Adil oglu Ibrahimov (acting)(b. 1976) YAP

Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars
Apr 1921 - 1922 Abbas Kadymov AKP
Jan 1922 - 3 May 1922 Beybut Aga Shakhtakhtinskiy (s.a.) AKP
1922 - 27 Feb 1923 Teymur Makhmud ogly Aliyev (b. 1896 - d. 1938) AKP
(1st time)
Feb 1923 - Jan 1924 Council abolished
18 Jan 1924 - 1925 Akper Akhundov (b. 1900 - d. 1938) AKP
1925 - 1927 Hamid Hasan ogly Sultanov (b. 1889 - d. 1937) AKP
1927 - af.1928 Huseyn Musayev (d. 1938) AKP
1929 - 1930 Teymur Makhmud ogly Aliyev (s.a.) AKP
(2nd time)
1930 - 1938 authority of the Council transferred to Presidium of the Central Executive Committee
1938 - 1942 Balamet Yuzamad ogly Balametov (b. 1906 - d. 2007) AKP
c.1943 Ishak Musa ogly Gyulmammadov
1943 - 1947 Adigyozal Khalil ogly Gyozalov (b. 1907 - d. 1966) AKP
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
1947 - af.1950 Balamet Yuzamad ogly Balametov (s.a.) AKP
195. - 1953 Ishak Musa ogly Gyulmammadov AKP
Jun 1953 - 1955 Neymat Huseyn ogly Novruzov (b. 1908 - d. 19..) AKP
1955 - 1959 Ragim Karam ogly Ragimov (b. 1920 - d. 2009) AKP
1959 - 1964 Mamed Gasan ogly Askerov (b. 1918 - d. 1988) AKP
1964 - 1970 Ramazan Akper ogly Ismailov (b. 1928 - d.af.1975)AKP
1970 - Jan 1979 Yusif Mustafa ogly Nabiyev (b. 1926 - d. 1980) AKP
Jan 1979 - May 1983 Imran Azim ogly Mekhdiyev (b. 1936 - d. 2023) AKP
May 1983 - Mar 1988 Zul'fi Salekh ogly Gadzhiyev (b. 1935 - d. 1991) AKP
Mar 1988 - Nov 1988 Geydar Isa ogly Isayev (s.a.) AKP
Nov 1988 - 1989 .... (acting)
1989 - Jan 1990 Afiyaddin Dzhalil ogly Dzhalilov (s.a.) AKP
1990 - Sep 1991 Mir Ismail Mir Ali ogly Aliyev (b. 1941) AKP
Prime ministers
Sep 1991 - 1993 Bejan Ibrahim oglu Farzaliyev (b. 1946) 1992:YAP
1993 - 2000 Shamsaddin Huseyn oglu (b. 1939) YAP
Khanbabayev
2000 - 23 May 2020 Alovsat Gazanfar oglu Bakhshiyev (b. 1956) YAP
23 May 2020 - 25 Apr 2024 Sabuhi Hidayat oglu Mammadov (b. 1969) YAP
25 Apr 2024 - Jeyhun Ramiz oghlu Jalilov (b. 1987) Non-party

Party abbreviation: YAP = Yeni Azerbaycan Partiyasi (New Azerbaijan Party, nationalist, center-right, est.18 Dec 1992);
- Former parties: AKP = Azerbaycan Kommunist Partiyasi (Azerbaijan Communist Party, to 1952 named Azerbaijan Communist [Bolshevik] Party, Marxist-Leninistcommunist, state party, 1920-16 Sep 1991); **HHD = Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian Revolutionary Federation, "Dashnak", democratic socialist, Armenian nationalist, anti-communist, 1920-90 and 1994-98 banned, 1890-1920,re-est.1991); RKP = Rossiyskaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya (Bol'shevikov)(Russian Communist Party [Bolsheviks], Marxist-Leninistcommunist, state party, former RSDRP-B, 8 Mar 1918-31 Dec 1925, renamed All-Union Communist Party [Bolsheviks])

Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh)

1501 Part of Persia.
1588 - 1606 Part of the Ottoman Empire.
c.1606 Five Armenian sub-states (melikdoms) of Mountainos Karabakh
("Khamsa") established.
1723 - 1735 Part of the Ottoman Empire (annexed in 1724).
1747 Khanate of Qarabagh (Karabakh) founded, the five melikdoms
continued as its sub-states.
14 May 1805 Annexed to Russia by Treaty of Kurekchay.
Oct 1822 Khanate, and melikdoms, abolished by Russia.
1826 Briefly occupied by Persians, khanate restored.
Nov 1917 Under the Transcaucasian Commissariat.
4 Jun 1918 Treaty of Batum recognizes Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan.
24 Jul 1918 (Armenian) People's Government of Karabakh established (from Sep
1918, renamed Karabakh Armenian National Council), in opposition
to Ottoman-Azerbaijani troops, and declared Mountainous Karabakh
an integral part of Armenia (not accepted by Armenia).
16 Sep 1918 - Nov 1918 Armenian National Council of Karabakh recognizes 'temporarily' the
government of Azerbaijan under Ottoman pressure.
25 Sep 1918 - Nov 1918 Ottoman Empire occupation (ceased following the Armistice of
Mudros of 30 Oct 1918).
Nov 1918 Armenian National Council of Karabakh declared that Mountainous
Karabakh is an integral part of Armenia (not accepted by
Armenia), on 23 Nov 1918 the Azerbaijani troops withdrew.
5 Feb 1919 - 16 Aug 1919 Allied (British) troops garrison Shusha (Shushi).
7 Jun 1919 Azerbaijani troops re-entered Shusha, but not the Mountainous
Karabakh countryside.
22 Aug 1919 - 22 Apr 1920 Mountainous Karabakh (Armenian populated uezds of Shushi, Jevanshir
and Jebrail) agrees to consider itself to be "provisionally"
within the borders of Republic of Azerbaijan with autonomy.
23 Nov 1919 Treaty of Tiflis failed to establish boundary between Armenia and
Azerbaijan, but sanctioned effective status quo control.
22 Apr 1920 Mountainous Karabakh declared itself being incorporated into
Armenia as its integral part.
12 May 1920 Soviet Russian troops reached Shusha (Shushi)(on 22 May 1920 the
Karabakh Armenians recognized Soviet Azerbaijani rule).
10 Aug 1920 Armenia and Soviet Russia agreement under which Soviet Russian
troops to remain in Karabakh.
2 Dec 1920 Azerbaijan S.S.R. recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Armenian
S.S.R. (not effected).
5 Jul 1921 Boundary between Azerbaijan S.S.R. and Armenian S.S.R. established,
Mountainous (Nagorno-) Karabakh recognized as part of Azerbaijan
with the provision of establishment of autonomy.
7 Jul 1923 Autonomous Oblast of Nagorno Karabakh (Nagorno-Karabakhskaya
Avtonomnaya Oblast')(within Azerbaijan S.S.R.)
5 Dec 1936 Renamed Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (Nagorno-Karabakhskaya
Avtonomnaya Oblast').
20 Feb 1988 Soviet of People's Deputies of Nagorno-Karabakh approves a
resolution requesting the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union,
Armenian S.S.R. and Azerbaijan S.S.R. to consider the transfer of
Nagorno-Karabakh under the jurisdiction of Armenian S.S.R.
(rejected by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan
S.S.R. 13 Jun 1988, rejected by the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan
S.S.R. 17 Jun 1988, accepted by the Supreme Soviet of Armenian
S.S.R. 15 Jun 1988).
12 Jul 1988 Soviet of People's Deputies of Nagorno-Karabakh approves secession
from Azerbaijan S.S.R.
18 Jul 1988 Request of the Supreme Soviet of Armenian S.S.R. of 15 Jun 1988 on
the transfer of Nagorno-Karabakh under jurisdiction of Armenian
S.S.R. is rejected by the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the
Soviet Union.
20 Jan 1989 - 28 Nov 1989 Special direct administration for Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous
Oblast established by the Soviet Union.
1 Sep 1989 - 18 May 1992 Azerbaijan economic blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh andArmenia.
28 Nov 1989 Special direct administration abolished (effectively Jan 1990).
1 Dec 1989 Unification of Armenian S.S.R. and Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous
Oblast is proclaimed by a joint session of the Supreme Soviet
of Armenian S.S.R. and the National Council of Nagorno-Karabakh.
(not recognized by Azerbaijan S.S.R. or Soviet Union).
15 Jan 1990 State of emergency is declared in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous
O blast by the Soviet Union.
2 Sep 1991 Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut'yun),
a joint session of the Council (Soviet) of People's Deputies of
the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and Shahumian Rayon
Council (Soviet) declared the establishment of the Republic of
Nagorno-Karabakh within the borders of the former Nagorno-
Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and the Shahumian Rayon), as part of
the Soviet Union.
26 Nov 1991 Azerbaijan abolishes the Nagorno-Karabakh A.O and it is divided
into five raions. Stepanakert is renamed Khankendi, Martakert
as Aghdara, and Martuni as Khojavend (not effected).
10 Dec 1991 Referendum votes for Nagorno-Karabakhindependence by 99.98%
6 Jan 1992 Independence declared (not internationally recognized; only
recognized and by the unrecognized states of Abkhazia, South
Ossetia, and Transnistria [on 17 Nov 2006]).
10 Apr 1992 Azerbaijan occupies Şıxarx (Maragha), and Aşaghı Aghcakend
(Shahumyan) on 13 Jun 1992.
19 May 1992 - 1 Dec 2020 Occupation by Nagorno-Karabakh of adjacent Azeri cities of La�ın
(Berdzor) 18 May 1992 - 1 Dec 2020; Khojavend (Martuni) 2 Oct
1992 - 15 Nov 2020; Kalbajar (Karvachar) 2 Apr 1993 - 25 Nov
2020; Aghdam (Akna) 23 Jul 1993 - 20 Nov 2020; F�zuli (Varanda)
23 Aug 1993 - 19 Oct 2020; C�brayıl (Jrakan) 26 Aug 1993 - 9 Oct
2020; Qubadlı (Kashunik) 31 Aug 1993 - 25 Oct 2020; Horadiz 24
Oct 1993 - 5 Jan 1994; Z�ngilan (Kovsakan) 29 Oct 1993 - 22 Oct
2020; Suqovuşan (Madaghis) 10 Apr 1994 - 3 Oct 2020; and Talış
(Talish) 11 Apr 1994 - 3 Oct 2020.
12 May 1994 - 27 Sep 2020 Cease-fire by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh (with
frequent scattered interruptions).
10 Dec 2006 Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh(Republic of Artsakh)
(_Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut'yun [__Artsakhi Hanrapetut'yun_]).
10 Mar 2017 Renamed Republic of Artsakh (Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh)
(Artsakhi Hanrapetut'yun [_Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut'yun_]).
3 Oct 2020 Azerbaijan occupies Talış (Talish) and Suqovuşan (Mataghis) on 3 Oct
2020, Aghoghlan (Hadrut) 9 Oct 2020, Şuşa (Shushi) 7 Nov 2020 and
Khojavend (Martuni) on 15 Nov 2020.
10 Nov 2020 By joint Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia ceasefire agreement:
Armenian forces (of Nagorno-Karabakh) to withdraw from Kalbajar
region by 15 Nov 2020 (delayed to 25 Nov 2020), and from Lachin
region by 1 Dec 2020, and from the Agdam region 20 Nov 2020. At
Lachin a corridor (5 km wide) will be maintained to ensure the
connection of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, and transportation
links between the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and Azerbaijan
will be guaranteed. Russia to deploy a regional peacekeeping
forces for five years (Russian forces withdraw 12 Jun 2024).
12 Dec 2022 - 24 Sep 2023 Lachin (La�ın) corridor linking Artsakh to Armenia blockaded by
Azerbaijan.
19-20 Sep 2023 Azerbaijan military offensive against Artsakh occupies Charektar
(��rekdar), Chapar (�apar), Getavan (Qozluk�rp�) and Vaghuhas
(Qozlu) on 19 Sep 2023; and Amaras, Chankatagh (Canyataq), Drmbon
(Heyvalı), Harav (Harov), Khachmach (Xa�ma�), Karmir Shuka
(Qırmızı Bazar), Karmirgyugh (Qızıloba), Machkalashen (C�tc�),
Sarushen (Dağy�rd), Shosh (Şuşikend), and Verin Sznekon (Yuxarı
Yemişcan) on 20 Sep 2023.
20 Sep 2023 Ceasefire agreement between Azerbaijan and the Artsakh government.
Artsakh agrees to disarm and enter talks with Azerbaijan. The
Artsakh Defence Army is disbanded on 21 Sep 2023.
28 Sep 2023 The President of Artsakh signs a decree to complete the dissolution
of the institutions of Artsakh effective 1 Jan 2024. Azerbaijani
authorities begin take over of region, de facto end of Artsakh.
1 Oct 2023 De facto extinguished. Almost all ethnic Armenians have fled the
region to Armenia.
22 Dec 2023 The president of Artsakh, Samvel Shahramanyan, declares void his
28 Sep 2023 decree providing for the dissolution of the republic
by 1 Jan 2024 (not implemented as region remains under
Azerbaijan control).

Executive Secretaries of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Azerbaijan
7 Jul 1923 - Dec 1923 Sero Barkhudarovich Manutsyan (b. 1890 - d. 1961)
17 Dec 1923 - 7 Apr 1924 Akop Minayevich Kamari (b. 1885 - d. 1930)
(Bedzhanyan)
7 Apr 1924 - 7 Oct 1924 Nikolay Abasovich Sarkisov
Oct 1924 - 1925 Gayk Khachaturovich Silanyan (b. 1898 - d. 1937)
1925 - Aug 1929 Artavazd Aleksandrovich Saakyants (b. 1895 - d. 1939)
Aug 1929 - Jun 1930 Ashot Abramovich Karamyan (b. 1898 - d. 1938)
Jun 1930 - 7 Aug 1931 Khoren Varunts
7 Aug 1931 - c.1932 Karo (Karapet) Shamirovich (b. 1899 - d. 1938)
Grigoryan
First Secretaries of the Nagorno-Karabakh **Autonomous Oblast Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Azerbaijan (from 13 Oct 1952, Communist Party of Azerbaijan) c.1932 - 7 Aug 1933 Karo (Karapet) Shamirovich (s.a.)
Grigoryan
7 Aug 1933 - 30 Aug 1933 El'man Aghabashir ogly Mansurzade (b. 1890 - d. 1933)
30 Aug 1933 - 1 Mar 1934 Bagrat Sarkisovich Batikyan (b. 1899 - d. 1944)
1 Mar 1934 - 7 Sep 1937 Pyotr Albertovich Pogosov (b. 1901 - d. 1938)
7 Sep 1937 - 1 Jan 1940 Mikhail Sergeyevich Manukyants (b. 1909 - d. 1968)
(1st time)
1 Jan 1940 - 1 Jan 1942 Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Avanesov (b. 1901 - d. 1942)
1 Jan 1942 - 13 Mar 1942 Stepan Aleksandrovich Zamarayev (b. 1904 - d. 1960)
(acting)
13 Mar 1942 - 7 Mar 1946 Yegishe Petrosovich Grigoryan (b. 1902 - d. 19..)
(1st time)
7 Mar 1946 - 7 Mar 1948 Mikhail Sergeyevich Manukyants (s.a.)
(2nd time)
7 Mar 1948 - 1 Jan 1949 Tigran Grigoryevich Grigoryan (b. 1899 - d. 1983)
1 Jan 1949 - 1 Feb 1952 Sedrak Karapetovich Abramov (b. 1900 - d. 19..)
1 Feb 1952 - 1 Dec 1958 Yegishe Petrosovich Grigoryan (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Dec 1958 - 25 Oct 1962 Nikolay Samsonovich Shakhnazarov (b. 1908 - d. 19..)
25 Oct 1962 - 27 Oct 1973 Gurgen Allakhverdiyevich Melkumyan(b. 1915 - d. 2007)
27 Oct 1973 - 24 Feb 1988 Boris Sarkisovich Kevorkov (b. 1932 - d. 1998)
24 Feb 1988 - 20 Jan 1989 Genrikh Andreyevich Pogosyan (b. 1931 - d. 2000)
20 Jan 1989 - 27 Aug 1990 Vagan Askarovich Gabrielyan (b. 1936 - d. 1993)
1990 - 1991 Boris Alekandrovich Malkov (acting)
(oblast committee second secretary)

Khans of Qarabagh
1747 - 1763 Panah `Ali Khan (b. 1693 - d. 1763)
1759 - 1763 Mehr`Ali Beg -Regent (b. 1735 - d. 1785)
1763 - 14 Jun 1806 Ibrahim Khalil Khan (b. 1732 - d. 1806)
(also in Ganja)
13 Sep 1806 - Oct 1822 Mahdi Quli Khan (1st time) (b. 1763 - d. 1845)
1826 Mahdi Quli Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
Commissioner of the People's Government of Karabakh (from Sep 1918, Chief minister of the Karabakh Armenian National Council)
22 Jul 1918 - 20 Feb 1919 Yeghishe Ishkhanyan (b. 1886 - d. 1975) HHD
(Ottoman prisoner 1-31 Oct 1918)
Heads of the British Mission, Shushi
(commanders of 84th Punjabi Regiment, Indian Army)5 Feb 1919 - Jun 1919 Godfrey Noel Grey Monck-Mason (b. 1882 - d. 1956) MilJun 1919 - 16 Aug 1919 Reginald Tyrer (acting) (b. 1876 - d. 19..) Mil
Azerbaijan Governor-general of the Uyezds of Zangezur and Karabakh (Shushi, Jevanshir, and Jebrail )
15 Jan 1919 - 16 May 1920 Khosrov Bey Sultanov (b. 1879 - d. 1947) TPM
(arrived to Shusha on 10 Feb 1919)
Commissioner (sometimes titled Chairman) of the Karabakh Armenian National Council Feb 1919 - Apr? 1920 Aslan Melik-Shakhnazaryan Non-party?
(at Shushakend Jun 1919 - Aug 1919)**President of the Karabakh Armenian Provisional Authority (at Taghavard)25 Apr 1920 - 22 May 1920 Arsen Mikaelyan (Ter-Ogannesyan)? (d. af.1923) Mil/HHD
Chairman of the Karabakh Armenian Revolutionary Committee (at Taghavard)
22 May 1920 - Jul 1920 Sarkis (Sako) Ambartsumyan (b. 1870 - d. 1944) AKP
Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Committee of Nagorno Karabakh 24 Jul 1923 - 6 Nov 1923 Armenak Makichevich Karakozov (b. 1890 - d. 1938) AKP
(= Armenak Mkrtychevich Karagyozyan)
Chairman of the **CentralExecutive Committee
6 Nov 1923 - 1928 Armenak Makichevich Karakozov (s.a.) AKP
Chairmen of the Executive Committee 1928 - Dec 1929 Armenak Mkrtychevich Karakozov (s.a.) AKP
1930 - 1931 Islam Abdulla ogly Gadzhiyev (b. 1889 - d. 1938) AKP
bf.1935 - Sep 1937 Suren Mirzoyevich Badamyan (b. 1895 - d. 1980) AKP
1937 - 1939 Gayk Avetisovich Karkaryan (b. 1904 - d. 1988) AKP
Dec 1940 - Oct 1944 Grigoriy Sergeyevich Petrosyan AKP
1944 - 1945 Musheg Avakovich Grigoryan (b. 1907 - d. 1969) AKP
1945 - 1953 Yegishe Semyonovich Akopov (b. 1902 - d. 19..) AKP
May 1953 - Mar 1954 Pasha Astsaturovich Arushanov (b. 1916 - d. 2004) AKP
Mar 1954 - Mar 1963 Ruben Tevosovich Shakhramanyan (b. 1914 - d. 19..) AKP
Mar 1963 - Feb 1974 Musheg Grigoryevich Ogandzhanyan (b. 1924 - d. 2017) AKP
Feb 1974 - Aug 1988 Armais Amirovich Aslanov (b. 1923 - d. 1992) AKP
Aug 1988 - Jul 1991 Semyon Amayakovich Babayan (b. 1932 - d. 2023) AKP
(authority suspended from Jan 1989)
Jul 1991 - 2 Sep 1991 Leonard Georgiyevich Petrosyan (b. 1953 - d. 1999) AKP
(acting) (authority suspended)
Chairman of the Special Administration Committee of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous O blast
(appointed by the Soviet Union central government)
20 Jan 1989 - 10 Jan 1990 Arkadiy Ivanovich Vol'skiy (b. 1932 - d. 2006) KPSS
Chairmen of the Organizational Committee on Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
(appointed by Azerbaijan S.S.R. under the authority given by the Soviet Union)
27 Jan 1990 - Aug 1991 Viktor Petrovich Polyanichko (b. 1937 - d. 1993) AKP
(appointed 6 Dec 1989)
Aug 1991 - 20 Nov 1991 Zul'fi Salekh ogly Gadzhiyev (b. 1935 - d. 1991) AKP (= Z�lf� Saleh oğlu Hacıyev)
Chairman of the Presidium of the National Council of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous O blast
(representative body of Armenians during suspension of the Soviet of People's Deputies;
dissolved by order of the Commandant of the Emergency Region on 18 Jan 1990)16 Aug 1989 - 18 Jan 1990 Vachagan Santurovich Grigoryan (b. 1935 - d. 1991)
(in opposition)
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies 2 Sep 1991 - 6 Jan 1992 Leonard Georgi Petrosyan (s.a.) Non-party
(= Leonard Georgiyevich Petrosyan)
Chairmen of the Supreme Council
7 Jan 1992 - 14 Apr 1992 Artur Aslani Mkrtchyan (b. 1959 - d. 1992) Non-party
14 Apr 1992 - 14 Jun 1993 Georgi Mikayeli Petrosyan (b. 1953) Non-party
(acting)
14 Jun 1993 - 23 Dec 1994 Karen Zarmayri Baburyan (b. 1954 - d. 2011) Non-party
(acting)
Presidents
23 Dec 1994 - 20 Mar 1997 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (b. 1954) Non-party
20 Mar 1997 - 8 Sep 1997 Leonard Georgi Petrosyan (acting) (s.a.) Non-party
8 Sep 1997 - 7 Sep 2007 Arkadiy Arshaviri Ghukasyan (b. 1957) Non-party
7 Sep 2007 - 21 May 2020 Bako SahakiSahakyan (b. 1960) Non-party
21 May 2020 - 4 Sep 2023 Arayik Vladimiri Arutyunyan (b. 1973) AHK
4 Sep 2023 - 10 Sep 2023 Davit Rubeni Ishkhanyan (acting) (b. 1968) HHD
10 Sep 2023 - 1 Jan 2024 Samvel Sergeyi Shahramanyan (b. 1978) Non-party
(from 4 Oct 2023, in Yerevan, Armenia exile)

Prime Minister
8 Jan 1992 - 14 Aug 1992 Oleg Yesayu Yesayan (b. 1946) Non-party
Chairman of the State Committee of Defense
15 Aug 1992 - 23 Dec 1994 Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (s.a.) Non-party
Prime Ministers 27 Dec 1994 - 15 Jun 1998 Leonard Georgi Petrosyan (s.a.) Non-party
15 Jun 1998 - 30 Jun 1999 Zhirayr Tevani Poghosyan (b. 1942) Non-party
30 Jun 1999 - 14 Sep 2007 Anushavan Sureni Danielyan (b. 1956) Non-party
14 Sep 2007 - 25 Sep 2017 Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan (s.a.) AHK
Ministers of State
25 Sep 2017 - 6 Jun 2018 Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan (s.a.) AHK
6 Jun 2018 - 1 Jul 2022 Grigori Igori Martirosyan (b. 1978) Non-party
1 Jun 2021 - 4 Nov 2022 Artak Artyomi Beglaryan (b. 1988) Non-party
4 Nov 2022 - 23 Feb 2023 Ruben Karleni Vardanyan (b. 1968) Non-party
23 Feb 2023 - 31 Aug 2023 Gurgen Garaniki Nersisyan (b. 1985) Non-party
31 Aug 2023 - 18 Sep 2023 Samvel Sergeyi Shahramanyan (s.a.) Non-party
18 Sep 2023 - 1 Jan 2024 Artur Ivani Harutyunyan (b. 1979) AHK
(Azeri prisoner from 3 Oct 2023)

**Soviet Union Commandants of the Emergency Region
(subordinated to the Soviet Union central government)28 Nov 1989 - Jan 1990 Vladislav Nikolayevich Safonov Mil
(1st time)
15 Jan 1990 - 23? Jan 1990 Yuriy Anatolyevich Kosolapov (b. 1938 - d. 2019) Mil
23? Jan 1990 - Nov 1990 Vladislav Nikolayevich Safonov Mil
(2nd time)1990 - Jul 1990 Genrikh Aleksandrovich Malyshkin Mil
(acting for absent Safonov)
Aug 1990 - 1990 Vyacheslav Viktorovich (b. 1946) Mil
Ovchinnikov
(acting for absent Safonov)
Nov 1990 - Feb/Apr 1991 Vladimir Anatolyevich Shevelev Mil
Feb/Apr 1991 - af.Aug 1991 Valentin M. Zhukov Mil
1991 - 20 Nov 1991 Nikolay Vladimirovich Zhinkin (b. 1946 - d. 1991) Mil

Party abbreviations: AHK= Azat Hayrenik Kusaktsutyun (Free Motherland Party, Artsakh nationalist, center-right, est.29 Jan 2005); HHD = Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian Revolutionary Federation, "Dashnak", democratic socialist, Armenian nationalist, anti-communist, 1920-90 and 1994-98 banned,1890-1920, re-est.1991);HHK = Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun (Republican Party of Armenia, center-right, nationalist, refounded 1998, est.1990); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: AKP = Azerbaycan Kommunist Partiyasi (Azerbaijan Communist Party,Marxist-Leninist communist, from 1920 state party, 1918-16 Sep 1991); KPSS = Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza (Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Marxist-Leninist communist, USSR state party to 13 Mar 1990, formerAll-Union Communist Party [Bolsheviks],13 Oct 1952 - 29 Aug 1991); RKP = Rossiyskaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya (Bol'shevikov)(Russian Communist Party [Bolsheviks], Marxist-Leninistcommunist, state party, former RSDRP-B, 8 Mar 1918-31 Dec 1925, renamed All-Union Communist Party [Bolsheviks]);**TPM = Turk Adam-i Markaziyyat-Musavat Firqasi (Turkic Party of Federalists - Equality Party, liberal, pan-Turkist, nationalist, 1917-1923)

Talysh-Mughan (Talishtan)

1500 Part of Persia.
1723 - 1732 Russian rule, a Khan of Lankaran recognized by Russia.
1747 Talysh (Talesh)(also known as Lankaran by name of capital)
Khanate founded.
1785 - 1789 Subordinated to the Quba Khanate.
1809 Under the Russian suzerainty.
1812 - 1813 Occupied by Persia.
12 Oct 1813 Annexed to Russia.
1826 Briefly occupied by Persia.
1840 Khanate abolished.
Nov 1917 Under the Transcaucasian Commissariat.
14 Apr 1918 Soviet rule of Baku Commune (see there) established at Lenkoran.
4 Aug 1918 Provisional Military Dictatorship of Mughan formed (which does
not support independence of Azerbaijan), claimed allegiance to
Central Caspian Dictatorship and declared to be part of Russia.
Sep 1918 Re-organized as the Mughan Kray Board, loyal to Caucasus-Caspian
Government (see under Dagestan).
Oct 1918 - 28 Dec 1918 Area occupied by the Azerbaijani troops.
28 Dec 1918 Mughan Kray Board restored, loyal to "White" Russian forces under
Denikin (see South of Russia).
25 Apr 1919 A local Bolshevik-led committee dissolved the Kray Board.
15 May 1919 Mughan Soviet Republic (Muğan Sovet Respublikası/Muganskaya
Sovetskaya Respublika) proclaimed, within Russian S.F.S.R.,
by the Extraordinary Congress of Soviets of Workers' and
Peasants' Deputies of Lenkoran district.
25 Jul 1919 Local Russian anti-Bolshevik units dispersed the Soviets, claimed
loyalty to "White" Russian forces under Denikin.
13 Aug 1919 Azerbaijani troops terminated local rule, part of the Republic
of Azerbaijan.
21 Jun 1993 - 23 Aug 1993 Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic (Talış-Muğan Muxtar Respublikası)
declaredin seven districts around Lankaran in rebellion (not
recognized by Azerbaijan).

Khans of Talysh (Lankaran)
1723 - 1726 Mir Abbas Quli Khan (d. 1726)
1726 - 173. Mir Aziz Khan
1732 - 1747 Persian rule
1747 - Jun/Jul 1787 Mir Said Jamaladdin Khan (b. 1708 - d. 1787)
"Gara Khan"
Jun/Jul 1787 - 7 Aug 1814 Mir Mustafa Khan (b. 1747 - d. 1814)
Aug 1814 - Jun 1826 Mir Hasan Khan (b. 1787 - d. 1832)
(in exile 1826 - 25 Jun 1826)1826 - 1840 Provisional Administration (Diwan) [3 members]
Dictators of the Provisional Military Dictatorship of Mughan
4 Aug 1918 - Sep 1918 Terentiy Pavlovich Sukhorukov (d. 1919) Mil/PLSR
+ Fyodor M. Ilyashevich (d. 1920) Mil
(the above two were the leaders of Dictatorship)
+ Dmitriy Nikolayevich Kropotov (d. 1919) Mil
+ Samuil Bezhanovich Saratikov (b. 1889 - d. 1938) RKP
+ Shimanov
Chairman of the Mughan Kray Board
Sep 1918 - 25 Apr 1919 Fyodor M. Ilyashevich (s.a.) Mil
(interrupted Oct 1918 � 28 Dec 1918)
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Regional Soviet of Deputies of the Mughan Soviet Republic
25 Apr 1919 - May 1919 the Communication Committee
15/18 May 1919-25 Jul 1919 Nikolay Ivanovich Tutyshkin (b. 1886 - d. 1940) RKP
Azerbaijani Governor-general of Lankaran Uyzed Aug 1919 - Apr 1920 Javad Bey Malik-Yeganov (b. 1878 - d. 1937) TPM
President of the Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic
21 Jun 1993 - 23 Aug 1993 Alikram H�mmatov (b. 1948 - d. 2022) PEP/Mil
(Alikram Alekperovich Gumbatov)

Party abbreviation s: PEP = Party for Equality of the People's of Azerbaijan (formerly Party of the Talesh People, Talysh autonomist, 1992-Oct 1993); **PLSR= Partiya Levykh Sotsialistov-Revolyutsionerov (Party of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, democratic socialist, Aug 1917�1923, split from PSR, allied with RSDRP-B/RKP); **RKP = Rossiyskaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya (Bol'shevikov)(Russian Communist Party [Bolsheviks], Marxist-Leninistcommunist, state party, former RSDRP-B, 8 Mar 1918-31 Dec 1925, renamed All-Union Communist Party [Bolsheviks]);**TPM = Turk Adam-i Markaziyyat-Musavat Firqasi (Turkic Party of Federalists - Equality Party, liberal, pan-Turkist, nationalist, 1917-1923); Mil = Military

Azeri Khanates under Persian ruleNote: Recorded here are Azeri khanates under mostly nominal Persian rule in present-day Azerbaijan. Azeri sultanates of Arash and Qutqashen (subdivisions of the khanate of Sheki) and Azeri sultanates of Qazakh and Shamshaddil (subdivisions of Kartli-Kakheti), as well as Persian governors (some were named or styled Khans) are omitted. There were further Azeri khanates in Southern Azerbaijan (in modern Iran) and in Erivan and Derbent. Azeri khans ruled largely independently from Persia, but recognized Persian suzerainty, for example by minting coins with name of Persian rulers. By the Persian suzerain the khans were merely styled Hakim. Additionally two ethnic Daghestani polities in the territory of modern Azerbaijan (Jar-Balakan and Ilisu) are recorded at the end of this record.

Baku

Flag c.1806

1538 Part of Persia.
1588 - 1607 Part of the Ottoman Empire (occupied from 1583).
10 Jul 1723 - 10 Mar 1735 Occupied by Russia (annexed 12 Sep 1723), a khanate
recognized by Russia from 1727.
1735 Re-annexed to Persia.
1747 Khanate of Baku re-founded.
1768 - 1789 Vassal of khanate of Quba.
Jul 1796 - Mar 1797 Occupied by Russia.
14 May 1805 Under the Russian suzerainty.
6 Oct 1806 Annexed to Russia.
1826 Baku briefly under siege by Persia.

Khans
1727 - 1730 Dargah Quli Khan (d. 1738)
1731 - 1735 Salim Khan (d. af.1747)
1735 - 1747 Persian rule
1747 - 1768 Haji Mirza Muhammad Khan I (b. 1727 - d. 1768)
1768 - 1772 Fath `Ali Khan (b. 1736 - d. 1789)
(also in Quba, Shamakha)
1770- 1772 `Abd Allah Beg -Regent (d. 1772)
(also in Shamakha)
1772 - 1784 Malik Muhammad Khan (b. 1736 - d. 1784)
1784 - 1791 Mirza Muhammad Khan II (1st time)(b. 1770 - d. 1836)
1784 - 1791 Khadija Bike (f) -Regent (b. 1739 - d. 1803)
1791 - 1792 Muhammad Quli Khan (d. 1792)
1792 - 1797 Husayn Quli Khan (1st time) (b. 1774 - d. 1845)
1797 - 1801 Mirza Muhammad Khan II (2nd time)(s.a.)
1801 - 6 Oct 1806 Husayn Quli Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
1826 Husayn Quli Khan (3rd time) (s.a.)

Ganja

Flag c.1804

1501 Part of Persia.
1588 - 1606 Part of the Ottoman Empire.
1723 - 1734 Ottoman occupation (annexed in 1724)
1747 Khanate of Ganja founded.
1796 - 1797 Occupied by Russia.
3 Jan 1804 Annexed to Russia.

Khans
1747 - 1760 Shah Wardi Khan (d. 1760)
1760 - 1778 Muhammad Hasan Khan (1st time) (b. 1742 - d. 1785)
1778 - 1780 Muhammad Khan (d. 1789)
1780 - 1784 Ibrahim Khalil Khan (b. 1732 - d. 1806)
(Khan in Qarabagh)
1784 - 1785 Muhammad Hasan Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
1785 - 1786 Muhammad Rahim Khan (b. 1745 - d. 17..)
1786 - 3 Jan 1804 Jawad Khan (b. 1748 - d. 1804)

Jawad

1607 Part of Persia.
1726 - 1735 Russian rule.
1747 Khanate of Jawad founded.
1768 - 1789 Vassal of khanate of Quba.
1796 Annexed to khanate of Shamakha.

Khans
1747 - 1750 Qiyas Khan (b. 1696 - d. 1750)
1750 - 1789 Tala Hasan Khan (b. 1730 - d. 1789)
1789 - 1794 Ibrahim Khan (b. 1738 - d. 1794)
1794 - 1796 Safi Khan (d. af.1805)

Nakhchivan: see under Nakhichevan

Qarabagh: see under Nagorno-Karabakh

Quba (Kuba)

1538 Part of Persia.
1588 - 1607 Annexed to the Ottoman Empire.
1722 - 1726 Part of khanate of Shirvan (Shamakha).
1726 - 1734 Russian rule, a nominal khan at Khudat appointed by Russians.
1747 Khanate of Quba founded.
1768 - 1789 Khan of Quba ruled over most of other Azeri khanates (Baku,
Shamakha, Derbent, Salyan, Jawad, Sheki, Talysh).
1774 - 1776 Occupied by Qazi-Qumuq of Daghestan, khan relocated to Salyan.
1796 - 1797 Occupied by Russia.
1806 Russian protectorate.
29 Mar 1810 Annexed to Russia.
1826 Quba briefly under siege by Persia.

Khans
1726 - 1734 Husayn `Ali Khan (1st time) (b. c.1711 - d. 1758)
1734 - 1747 **Persian rule**
1747 - 1758 Husayn `Ali Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
1758 - Mar 1789 Fath `Ali Khan (b. 1736 - d. 1789)
(also in Baku, Shamakha, Derbent, Salyan)
(also styled himself _Wali_ of all Shirvan)
1789 - 1791 Ahmad Khan I (d. 1791)
1791 - 1806 Shaykh `Ali Khan (b. 1761 - d. 1820)
(also in Derbent, Salyan)
1806 - 1810 Provisional Administration (Diwan) [4 members]
1826 Ahmad Khan II

Salyan

1607 Part of Persia.
1723 - 1732 Russian rule, from 1730 a khanate recognized by Russia.
1747 Khanate of Salyan re-founded.
1796 Annexed to khanate of Shamakha.

Khans
1730 - 1732 `Ali Quli Khan (d. af.1735)
1732 - 1747 Persian rule
1747 - 1757 Ibrahim Khan
1757 - 1796 khans of Quba
**Regents**
1757 - 1768 Kalb `Ali Sultan
1768 - 1782 Qubad Sultan
1782 - 1791 Shaykh `Ali Agha (b. 1761 - d. 1820)
1791 - 1796 Hassan Agha

Shakki (Sheki)

Flag c.1806

c.1380 Khanate of Sheki founded.
1551 Annexed to Persia.
1583 - 1603 Annexed to Ottoman Empire.
1722 - 1734 Part of khanate of Shirvan (Shamakha).
1743 - 1746 Occupied by local rebels.
1747 Khanate of Sheki re-founded.
1761 - 1762 Occupied by Qazi-Qumuq of Daghestan.
1768 - 1789 Vassal of khanate of Quba (interrupted 1774 - 1785).
1796 - 1797 Occupied by Russia.
21 May 1805 Annexed to Russia.
5 Aug 1819 Khanate abolished
1826 Khanate proclaimed in brief rebellion.

Ruler (title Bashchi)
1743 - 1746 Haji Chalabi Khan (b. 1703 - d. 1755)
Khans
1747 � 1755 Haji Chalabi Khan (s.a.)
1755 - 1759 Agha Kishi Khan (d. 1759)
1759 - 1780 Muhammad Husayn Khan (d. 1780)
1780 - 1783 `Abd al-Qadir Khan (d. 1783)
21 Dec 1783 - 1795 Muhammad Hasan Khan (1st time) (b. c.1758 - d. 1831)
1795 - 1797 Mustafa Salim Khan (1st itme) (d. 1826)
1797 - 1805 Muhammad Hasan Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
1805 Fath `Ali Khan (d. 1815)
1805 - Nov 1806 Mustafa Salim Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Dec 1806 - Dec 1814 Ja�far Quli Khan (d. 1814)
1815 - 5 Aug 1819 Isma�il Khan (d. 1819)
1826 Husayn Khan (d. 1829)

Shamakha

861 - 1538 Shirvan, ruled by a Shah, with its capital in Shamakha, as the
most prominent state in modern-day Azerbaijan.
1538 Part of Persia.
1588 - 1603 Part of the Ottoman Empire (occupied from 1583).
1721 - 1734 Khanate of Shirvan (Shamakha), in rebellion against Persia.
1722 - 1734 Under the Ottoman suzerainty.
1734 Part of Persia.
1747 Khoja ("Old") Shamakha (capital Shamakha) and Yeni ("New")
Shamakha (capital Aghsu) khanates founded.
1760 - 1762 Occupied by Qazi-Qumuq of Daghestan.
1768 Shamakha re-united; to 1789 a vassal of khanate of Quba
(interrupted 1774 - 1786).
1796 - 1797 Occupied by Russia.
25 Dec 1805 Annexed to Russia.
1820 Khanate abolished.
1826 Briefly occupied by Persia, khanate restored.

Khans of Shirvan (Shamakha)
1721 - 1728 Haji Dawud Bek (b. 1680 - d. 1736)
1728 - 1734 Surkhay Khan "Chulaq" (b. 1680 - d. 1748)
(khan of Qazi-Qumuq in Daghestan)
Khan of Khoja Shamakha
1747 - 1768 Muhammad Sa�id Khan (b. 1729 � d. 1788)
Khans of Yeni Shamakha
1747 - 1763 Haji Muhammad`Ali Khan (b. 1682 � d. 1763)
1763 - 1768 Aghazi Khan (b. 1731 � d. 1788)
**Khans of** ****Shamakha**
1768 - 1774 Fath `Ali Khan (1st time) (b. 1736 � d. 1789)
(khan of Quba)
1769 - 1770 `Abd Allah Beg -**Regent** (d. 1772)
(also in Baku)
1770 - 1774 Ildar Beg -**Regent** (d. 1774)
1774 - 1786 Aghazi Khan (s.a.)
1786 - 1789 Fath `Ali Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
1789 (6 months) Askar Khan (b. 1756 � d. 1820)
1789 - 1792 Qasim Khan (b. 1763 � d. 1828)
1792 - 1820 Mustafa Khan (1st time) (d. 1844)
1826 Mustafa Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)

Talish: see under Talysh-Mughan

Jar-Balakan

c.1560 Union of five "free" societies, led by Jar (modern
Zaqatala), founded by Dagestani Avars and Lezgians.
1728 - 1734 Tributary to the Ottoman Empire.
1735 - 1738 Occupied by Persia.
10 Apr 1803 Annexed to Russia.
1830 Polity abolished.
1863 Brief anti-Russian rebellion.

Qadis of Jar (elected judges)
c.17.. Muhammad Wali (d. 1733)
c.17.. Haji

`Ali (d. 1744)
c.1735 Haji Murtuz `Ali (d. 1745)
c.17.. Malla Usman (d. 1763)
c.1750 Malla Muhammad Guludi (d. 1766)
c.1803 Haji Mahmud
1863 Muhammad `Ali Kahazul (d. 1863)
"Zanki Efendi"

Ilisu

Flag c.1844

1562 Tsakhur (from c.1725 known as Ilisu, by name of capital)
sultanate founded.
1616 - 1711 Vassal of Persia.
1722 - 1735 Tributary to the Ottoman Empire.
17 Apr 1803 Annexed to Russia.
1844 Pro-Imamate rebellion, the polity abolished by Russia.
1847 Briefly re-occupied by sultan.

Sultans
1695 - 1738

`Ali Sultan II
1738 - 1747 Muhammad Bek II
1747 - 1756 Ahmad Khan I
1756 - af.1762 Alkhaz Bek
c.1773 Muhammad Bek III
bf.1796 - 1805 `Ali Sultan III "Khan Baba"
1805 - 1830 Ahmad Khan II (d. 1830)
1830 Musa Bek (d. 1830)
1830 - 1844 Daniyal Bek (1st time) (b. 1803 � d. 1870)
1847 Daniyal Bek (2nd time) (s.a.)

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