Baku
City
Capital of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea; centre of the world oil industry around 1900.
Held by
- 1789 – October 24, 1813 Qajar Iran
- October 23, 1813 – September 14, 1917 Russian Empire
- September 14, 1917 – November 7, 1917 Russia
- December 6, 1917 – April 22, 1918 Russia
- April 28, 1920 – March 12, 1922 Russia
- December 30, 1922 – December 25, 1991 Soviet Union
- since December 26, 1991 Azerbaijan
Capital of
- since 1991 Azerbaijan
Events here 5
- August 26 – September 14, 1918 Battle of Baku
- January 12–19, 1990 Baku pogrom
- January 20, 1990 Black January
- October 28, 1995 1995 Baku Metro fire
- November 9, 2020 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement