Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

The **Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic** (Azerbaijani: _Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист РеспубликасыAzərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikası_; Russian: Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика [АзССР] _Azerbaydzhanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika [AzSSR]_), also known as the **Azerbaijan SSR** for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union.

It was founded on April 28, 1920 as the Azerbaijan SSR. From March 12, 1922 to December 5, 1936, it was part of the Transcaucasian SFSR together with the Armenian SSR and the Georgian SSR. In December 1922, the Transcaucasian SFSR became part of the newly established Soviet Union. The Constitution of Azerbaijan SSR was approved by the 9th Extraordinary All-Azerbaijani Congress of Soviets on March 14, 1937. On November 19, 1990, the Azerbaijan SSR was renamed the "Republic of Azerbaijan" while still a part of the Soviet Union for another year before its collapse and the independence of Azerbaijan in 1991.

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Republic of Azerbaijan

- **common name**: Azerbaijan SSR
- **status**: Independent state (1920–1922)
Part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Transcaucasian SFSR (1922–1936)
Republics of the Soviet Union, Union republic (1936–1991)
_De facto_ sovereign entity (1989–1991)
- **life span**: 1920–1922
1936–1991
- **p1**: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
- **flag p1**: Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg
- **p2**: Republic of Mountainous Armenia
- **flag p2**: Flag of Armenia (1918–1922).svg
- **p3**: Transcaucasian SSR
- **flag p3**: Flag of Transcaucasian SFSR (1925-1936).svg
- **s1**: Azerbaijan
- **flag s1**: Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg
- **s2**: Republic of ArtsakhNagorno-Karabakh Republic
- **flag s2**: Flag of Armenia.svg
- **image flag**: Flag of Azerbaijan SSR.svg
- **flag type**: Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Flag (1956–1991)
- **image coat**: Emblem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1978–1991), Emblem of Azerbaijan (1991–1993).svg
- **symbol type**: Emblem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, State emblem
(1978–1991)
- **image map**: Azerbaijan SSR in the Soviet Union.svg
- **image map caption**: Location of Azerbaijan (red) within the Soviet Union
- **national motto**: Workers of the world, unite!, Бүтүн өлкәләрин пролетарлары, бирләшин!
_Bütün ölkələrin proletarları, birləşin!_

- **national anthem**:
(1920–1922)
Azərbaycan marşı
(1944–1991)
Anthem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасынын Һимни
_Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikasının Himni_

- **religion**: State atheism
- **capital**: Baku
- **demonym**: Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani
Soviet people, Soviet
- **common languages**: **Official languages:**
Azerbaijani language, AzerbaijaniRussian language, Russian
**Minority languages:**
Armenian language, ArmenianLezgin language, Lezgin
- **event pre**: Republic proclaimed
- **date pre**: 28 April 1920
- **event start**: Becomes part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Transcaucasian SFSR
- **date start**: 30 December
- **year start**: 1922
- **event1**: Re-established
- **date event1**: 5 December 1936
- **event2**: Sovereignty declared
- **date event2**: 23 September 1989
- **event3**: Black January
- **date event3**: 19–20 January 1990
- **event4**: Renamed Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan
- **date event4**: 5 February 1991
- **event5**: Independence declared
- **date event5**: 30 August 1991
- **event end**: Independence completed
- **date end**: 26 December
- **year end**: 1991
- **stat year1**: Soviet Census (1989), 1989 census
- **stat pop1**: 7,037,867
- **calling code**: 7 892/895
- **currency**: Soviet ruble (руб)
- **currency code**: SUR
- **legislature**: Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR, Supreme Soviet
- **leader1**: Mirza Davud Huseynov <small>(first)</small>
- **leader2**: Ayaz Mutallibov <small>(last)</small>
- **title leader**: List of heads of state of Azerbaijan, Leader
- **year leader1**: 1920
- **year leader2**: 1990–1991
- **title deputy**: Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Head of government
- **deputy1**: Nariman Narimanov <small>(first)</small>
- **deputy2**: Hasan Hasanov <small>(last)</small>
- **year deputy1**: 1920–1922
- **year deputy2**: 1990–1991