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Nakhchivan

• Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
• autonomous republic in Azerbaijan
• own name: Nakhchyvan Respublikasy

Contents

• Flags

• Historical Flags

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

Flags

official,
National flag of Azerbaijan
as flag of the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan,
ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: World Statesmen





unofficial,
National flag,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: Flags of the World

Historical Flags

1827,
Khanate of Nakhchivan,
National flag,
Source: World Statesmen





1918–1920,
National flag of Azerbaijan,
Source: World Statesmen





1920–1921,
Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1921–1924,
Flag of the Autonomous District of Nakhchivan,
doubtful,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1922–1936,
Flag of the Transcaucasian Socialist Soviet Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: Flags of the World





1924–1926,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1927–1931,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1931–1937,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1937–1938,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1938–1940,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1940–1945,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1945–1953,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1953–1956,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1956–1978,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1978–1990,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen





1990–1991,
Flag of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic,
ratio = 1:2,
Source: World Statesmen




look also:
Flag history of the soviet republics of the USSR

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The Republic of Nakhchyvan uses as per its own constitution the flag of Azerbaijan. From the unofficial flag of the country – arised for the first time about 1990 in context with sezessional ambitions – are leastways known two variants which differ however only by the position of half-moon and star within the red stripe.

Source: Flags of the World

Map

Location:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Position, in the southwest of Azerbaijan:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Numbers and Facts

Area: 2.125 square miles

Inhabitants: 461.500 (2021), thereof 97% Azerbaijani, 2% Armenians, Kurds

Density of Population: 217 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Nakhchivan, 95.100 inh. (2021)

official Language: Azerbaijani

other Languages: Armenian, Russian

Currency: Azerbaijani currency

Time Zone: GMT + 4 h

Source: Wikipedia (D)

History

6th century · foundation of the town of Nakhchivan within the Iranian Sassanide's Empire

654 · Islamic conquest, islamization, nascence of the Emirate of Nakhchivan

1064 · conquest by the Seldshuks

1221 · conquest by the Mongols, after the decay of the Mongol's Empire to the Empire of the Huelaegue (grandson of Dshingis Khan), after its decay to the Kingdom of Georgia

1514–1534 · to the Ottoman Empire, thereafter to the Persian Empire

ca. 1780 · formation of the Khanate of Nakhchivan under Persian supremacy

1828 · conquest by Russia, annexation to the Governmental District of Jerevan

1914–1918 · First World War, 1917: German and Turkish troops propel the Russians back behind the Caucasus Mountains, bolshevist revolution in Russia, civil war in Russia, 1918: peace treaty between Russia and the German Empire, 1918: capitulation of the German Empire, withdrawal of the German and Turkish troops

1918 · the transcaucasian states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) declare itself for independent, Nakhchivan belongs to Azerbaijan

1920–1921 · Bolshevist-Russian conquest of Transcaucasia

16th of March 1921 · Nakhchivan becomes the Autonomous District of Nakhchivan

1922 · establishment of the Transcaucasian Socialistic Soviet Republic (compelled federation of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)

1923 · the Autonomous District of Nakhchivan becomes subordinated to Azerbaijan

9th of February 1924 · the Autonomous District of Nakhchivan becomes levied to Autonomous Socialistic Soviet Republic

1936 · dissolution of the Transcaucasian Socialistic Soviet Republic, Azerbaijan becomes a Soviet Republic within the Soviet Union

1990 · outbreak of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan for Nagorno-Karabakh, sezessional ambition in Nakhchivan

30th of August 1991 · Azerbaijan becomes independent

1992 · Armenian troops attack Nakhchivan

1994 · armistice

Source: Atlas zur Geschichte, Discovery '97, Wikipedia (D)