Azerbaijan: Polity Style: 1918-1920
| 28 May 1918 | a declaration of independence is passed by the Azerbaijani National Council sitting in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) (Minutes of Meetings of the Muslim Parliamentary Group of the Transcaucasian Diet and of the Azerbaijani National Council, pp. 60, 61-63) [1] |
| 28 May 1918 - 27 Apr 1920 | Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti | Azerbaijan People's Republic [1][2] |
- Azerbaijan remains a notional polity without territorial authority until 16 Jun 1918 when the national government arrived to Elizavetpol (now Ganja, Azerbaijan).
- Also in official use: Azərbaycan Cümhuriyyəti (Azerbaijan Republic); semi-official: Azərbaycan Demokratik Respublikası (Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), Russian: Азербайджанская Демократическая Республика (Azerbajdžanskaja Demokratičeskaja Respublika, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), Азербайджанская Республика (Azerbajdžanskaja Respublika, Azerbaijan Republic).