Astara is the southernmost rayon in southeastern Azerbaijan.
Karki or Tigranashen is a village that is de jure an exclave of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The village is near the border with Armenia, located on the bank of the Arpachay River near the Yerevan-Jermuk highway, which is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from the district center. The area of the village itself is 950 hectares. Karki is de jure within the administrative territory of the Sadarak Rayon of Nakhchivan. It was occupied on January 19, 1990, by Armenian forces.
The Tsakhur or Caxur people are an ethnic group of northern Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan (Russia). They number about 30,000 and call themselves yiqy, but are generally known by the name Tsakhur, which derives from the name of a Dagestani village, where they make up the majority.
Sultan Saburovich Rakhmanov was an Olympic weightlifter for the USSR who won the gold medal in the super heavyweight class of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Sultan Rakhmanov won the super heavyweight gold medal in 1980 in Moscow when his legendary teammate Vasily Alexeev was eliminated after he failed three times to snatch 180 kg. Rakhmanov made 6 perfect lifts to score a decisive victory at the 1980 Olympics. He also won gold medals at the World Weightlifting Championships in 1979 and 1980.
Artsvashen, also Romanized as Artzvashen, is an exclave of Armenia's Gegharkunik province which has been occupied by the Azerbaijani army since 1992. The official Azerbaijani name for the village is Başkənd. Its size is about 40 square kilometres, and it is completely surrounded by the territory of Azerbaijan and has been controlled by it since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Today, the village is mostly inhabited by Azeris as the Azerbaijani army expelled its Armenian population after it seized the territory and is now administered by Azerbaijan as part of Gadabay Rayon.
Hat'ērk or Hasanriz is an old Armenian village in the Mountainous Karabakh. According to the jurisdiction of the unrecognized Nagorno Karabakh Republic, which controls the village, it is in Martakert region of NKR. According to the jurisdiction of Azerbaijan, the village is in the Kelbajar region of Azerbaijan. According to the census in 1987, the village had population of 1527 people, all Armenians. It was one of the Capitols of the Principality of Khachen, a Principality that existed from 1261-1603 when the region was broken up into a feudal Armenian/Azeri Persian Khanate.
Günəşli is a village and municipality in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,022. The municipality consists of the villages of Günəşli and Babagil.
Noda is a village and municipality in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,215. The municipality consists of the villages of Noda and Aşağı Bilnə.
Khodzham Saqly is a village in the Qubadli Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Dashalfy is a village in the Qubadli Rayon of Azerbaijan. Dashalfy is the Azeri village in Qubadli
Zandabad is a village in Owch Hacha Rural District, in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,104, in 224 families.
Nakhchivan or Nakhichevan may refer to:
Mikhail Alexeyevich Rakhmanov is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the interior ministry of Turkmenistan. The ministry directly controls the Turkmen police force, consisting of about 25,000 personnel, and works with the Ministry for National Security on matters of law enforcement and defense of the country. The primary tasks of the police force include maintaining law and public security, crime prevention and investigation, passport control, road and fire safety, and international cooperation. They work with INTERPOL. The current minister is Lieutenant General of Police Isgender Mulikov. It was founded on February 19, 1998 by order of President Saparmurad Niyazov, who signed a decree “On the formation of the police of Turkmenistan”.
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Vagif Rakhmanov is an Azerbaijani sculptor and graphic artist, Honored Artist of Kazakhstan (1981), People's Artist of Kazakhstan (2007) and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award in Arts and Culture awarded by the Consulate of Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan. In March, 2018 Rakhmanov was awarded the President's Highest Honour Medal by the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev for his contribution in sculpture to the arts and culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Aleksandr Rakhmanov is a Russian chess grandmaster.
