Azerbaijan: Polity Style: 1918-1920
| 28 May 1918 | the territory of East and South Transcaucasia is proclaimed an independent state in the form of "people's republic" in accordance with a declaration adopted by the Azerbaijani National Council (Azǝrbaycan Şurayi-Millisi) at the session held in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) on 28 May 1918 (Azerbaijani National Council Proceedings, pp. 60, 61-63) [1] |
| 17 Jun 1918 | a provisional government is established on part of the territory claimed by the Republic of Azerbaijan in accordance with a resolution approved by the Azerbaijani National Council at the session held in Elizavetpol (now Ganja, Azerbaijan) (Azerbaijani National Council Proceedings, pp. 71-78) |
| 17 Jun 1918 - 27 Apr 1920 | Azərbaycan Cümhuriyyəti | Republic of Azerbaijan [2][3] |
| 27 Apr 1920 | the state authority is surrendered to the Azerbaijan Communist Party in accordance with a resolution approved by the Parliament (Məclisi-Məbusan) at the session held on 27 Apr 1920 in Baku (Azerbaijan Parliament Proceedings 1918-1920, 2:417-420) |
- At the time of the proclamation of independence, the territory claimed by the National Council was largely controlled by the Baku Council of People's Commissars, a autonomous government that recognized the superior authority of the Russian SFSR.
- Original spelling (Azerbaijani Arabic-based alphabet):
- آذربایجان جمهوریتی (modern Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Cümhuriyyəti)
- The original text of the declaration of independence was written in Azerbaijani using Arabic-based script and referred to the polity as آذربایجان خلق جمهوریتی (modern Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti), literally "Azerbaijan People's Republic," but the instances of official use of this name in contemporary documents are very limited.
- The most common term used in legislation printed in the Azerbaijan newspaper and the Azerbaijan Laws and Decrees Collection was the Republic of Azerbaijan (modern Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Cümhuriyyəti), officially translated to Russian as Азербайджанская Республика (Azerbajdžanskaja Respublika). The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is a term widely used in historical literature, probably stemming from the translation of original name in diplomatic documents.