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"Once raised flag never falls!" was the motto of
glorious independence movement in
The words written gold in the national history by Mammad
Amin Rasulzade, brightest and most prominent political figure, were the major
slogan while declaring
This was the very expression sounded by many Azerbaijanis across the world encouraging them to be proud of their country and nation, who made its historic dream a reality.
Exactly 98 years ago on May 28
The historical, political and brightest figure of Azerbaijan Mammad Amin Rasulzade was the founder of the first independent republic in the Muslim East.
The ADR, which existed only twenty-three months in 1918-1920, was a pioneer that combined both European democratic values and the abundant cultural heritage of the East in one entity.
The delegation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which
was sent to
The Azerbaijani delegation was able to meet U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on May 28, 1919.
President Wilson was given a copy of the memorandum which
was presented at the Paris Peace Conference. The document consisted of three
clauses: a memorandum on the independence of the Caucasian Azerbaijan with a
description of its boundaries on a special sheet with a map; a memorandum on
The ADR carried out its activities in a very tense and difficult social and political situation that arose within and outside the country. The measures undertaken by the state for a short period left a large footprint in the history of the nation.
All citizens of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, regardless of their ethnic and religious affiliation, were granted the right to vote. Thus, women gained suffrage for the first time in the Islamic world.
They fought for the independence of
National leader Heydar Aliyev highly appreciated this
glorious page in
“Though the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic survived only for
23 months in complicated and tense socio-political situation it will always
stay in the memory of future generations as one of the brightest pages of our
history,” said Heydar Aliyev. “Though it was not able to implement fully the
measures undertaken in spheres of the state system establishment, economics,
culture, education, public health, military policy yet those measures
implemented played a great role in the history of our country and in the
restoration of the national state system establishment. The most important
matter is that the ADR strengthened our democratic views though it existed
within a short period of time. The people of
The "fathers" and founders of the ADR managed to
nurture a national idea which finally gained a foothold in the mid 1990s,
following the strengthening of the fragile independence of