Baku / 28.05.19 / Turan: The Republic Day is celebrated in Azerbaijan on May 28. On this day 101 years ago in 1918 the Azerbaijan People's Republic (APR) was proclaimed - the first republic in the Muslim world.The independence of Azerbaijan and other countries of the Caucasus became possible in the conditions of the end of the First World War and the collapse of the Russian Empire. However, the legacy of the empire in Transcaucasia created serious contradictions between the ...