All the rivers drain into the Caspian Sea in the east of the country | The judicial power is vested in the , , and the Economic Court |
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United Nations Development Program 2009 | Notable chess players from country's chess schools that made a great impact on the game in world, includes , , , and former |
Habibov, Nazim, Betty Jo Barrett, and Elena Chernyak.
14The Sunni Ottomans briefly managed to occupy parts of present-day Azerbaijan as a result of the ; by the early 17th century, they were ousted by Safavid Iranian ruler r | After the collapse of the Russian Empire during , the short-lived was declared, constituting the present-day republics of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia |
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According to Soviet data, 100 percent of males and females ages nine to forty-nine were literate in 1970 | The government launched a campaign aimed at modernization and |
Among the poets of this period were , pen-name of , and Habibi.
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