Country Profiles: Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani Republic -- Azarbaycan Respublikasi

Government-Sponsored and Diplomatic Information

• Azerbaijan Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Azerbaijan: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Baku
• Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington, D.C.
• President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

International Organizations and Development Programs:

• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Azerbaijan Country Page Information about Azerbaijan and USAID programs
• Azerbaijan and the IMF The IMF's Azerbaijan Country Page with links to articles
• Soros National Foundations Central Eurasia Page
• The Eurasia Foundation in Azerbaijan

Internet Resources: General

• Azerbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus, and Central Asia (NIS)
• Azerbaijan Page of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
• Central Asian Studies World Wide sponsored by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Azerbaijan with the Lonely Planet
• Azeri.org Azeri Language and literature links

Online News Sites and Servers

• Azerbaijan News Service News briefs in English and Russian about Azerbaijan. Travel and currency information
• Azerbaijan International English-language monthly magazine online
• Azer-Taj
• Baku Sun
• Baku Today
• Internews Azerbaijan
• Our Century
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Azerbaijani Service
• Turan
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Azeri Language Study

• Azeri Tutor - Pilot project for online language learning modules developed at UCLA.
• Turkic Languages offered through the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• U.C. Berkeley Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Program also covers the Caucasus. Newsletter online
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information in Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NIS
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus, in the crossroads of Europe and Southwest Asia, with an east coast on the Caspian Sea. It borders Russia on the north, Georgia and Armenia on the west, and Iran on the south.