| 28 Apr 1920 - 5 Dec 1936 |
Azərbaycan İctimai Şura Cümhuriyyəti : Azərbaycan Sosialist Şura Cümhuriyyəti | Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic [1][2][3] |
| 12 Mar 1922 |
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia constituted a military, political and economic union in accordance with a treaty approved by the conference of representatives of the republics in Tiflis (now Tbilisi, Georgia) on 12 Mar 1922 (Communist, No. 43, 23 Feb 1922, pp. 2-3; Communist, No. 58, 14 Mar 1922, p. 1; Life of Nationalities, No. 6/7, 14 Apr 1922, p. 16) |
| 13 Dec 1922 |
Azerbaijan formed part of the Transcaucasian SFSR upon the approval of the draft of the Constitution of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic by the Congress of Councils of Transcaucasia on 13 Dec 1922 in Baku (Dawn of the East, No. 151, 15 Dec 1922, pp. 1-2) |
| 29 Dec 1922 |
the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SFSR constituted a federation in accordance with the Declaration of the Creation of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics adopted by the plenipotentiaries of the Soviet republics at the conference held on 29 Dec 1922 in Moscow (Izvestija, No. 297, 30 Dec 1922, p. 1) [4] |
| 30 Dec 1922 |
the Declaration and the Treaty on the Establishment of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics are approved by the Congress of Councils of the USSR held on 30 Dec 1922 in Moscow (USSR First Congress of Councils Proceedings 1922, pp. 4-12; USSR First Congress of Councils Resolutions 1922, pp. 3-7) |
| 5 Dec 1936 |
the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is named a constituent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in accordance with the Constitution (Basic Law) of the USSR (Konstitucija (Osnovnoj Zakon) Sojuza Sovetskih Socialističeskih Republik | Конституция (Основной Закон) Союза Советских Социалистических Республик) adopted by the Extraordinary All-Union Congress of Councils on 5 Dec 1936 in Moscow (USSR Eighth Congress of Councils Proceedings 1936, Bulletin No. 12, pp. 38-39; USSR Eighth Congress of Councils Proceedings 1936, Constitution, pp. 1-20) [5] |
| 5 Dec 1936 - 5 Feb 1991 |
Azәrbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikası = (to 21 Aug 1956) Azerbajdžanskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika (Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика) | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
| 21 Aug 1956 |
Azerbaijani is designated as the state language in accordance with an amendment to the Constitution passed by the Supreme Council (Ali Soveti) on 21 Aug 1956 (Azerbaijan SSR, 4th Supreme Council, 3rd session, 1956, pp. 126-131, 143) |
| 25 Sep 1989 |
the Azerbaijan SSR is proclaimed a sovereign socialist state and part of the USSR in accordance with a Constitutional law passed by the Supreme Council (Ali Soveti) of the Azerbaijan SSR on 23 Sep 1989, effective on the date (25 Sep 1989) prescribed by the same law (Communist, No. 231, 5 Oct 1989, p. 1; Baku Worker, No. 231, 5 Oct 1989, p. 1) |
| 29 Nov 1990 |
the change of the name to the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azәrbaycan Respublikası) is recommended for adoption by the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan SSR in accordance with a decree issued by the President of the Azerbaijan SSR on 29 Nov 1990 (Kommunist, No. 276, 1 Dec 1990, p. 1) |
| 5 Feb 1991 |
the name of the state is changed in accordance with a law passed by the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan SSR on 5 Feb 1991 with immediate effect (Kommunist, No. 28, 8 Feb 1991, p. 2) |
