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The symbols of the Republic of Azerbaijan<br /> (extract from the Constitution)</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I. The national symbols of the Republic of Azerbaijan are the national flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the national emblem of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the National Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">II. The National flag of the Azerbaijan Republic consists of three equal stripes. The upper stripe is blue, the middle stripe is red and the lower stripe is green and in the middle of the red one on both sides of the flag, there are a white-coloured crescent and eight-point star. The width across the length of the flag is 1:2.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">III. The image of the national flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the national emblem of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the music and the text of the National Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan, are defined by the Constitution.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>THE NATIONAL FLAG</strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><img alt="" src="https://azerbaijan.az/uploads/news-files/melumatlar/Tarix/bayraq.jpg" style="float:right; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px; height:295px; margin:10px; text-align:justify; width:600px" /></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The three-colour national flag of Azerbaijan was accepted by the government of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan on November 9, 1918. After the collapse of the Democratic Republic on April 28, 1920, and the establishment of the Soviet regime this flag was relinquished in Azerbaijan.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Yet the flag was restored by the order of the Supreme Majlis of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and was declared the national flag of the Autonomous Republic on November 17, 1990. At the same time, the Supreme Majlis of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic petitioned the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan SSR for recognition of the three-colour flag the national flag of Azerbaijan.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Republic considered the petition of the Supreme Majlis of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and approved the three-colour flag the national flag of the Azerbaijan Republic on February 5, 1991.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The national flag of the Azerbaijan Republic consists of three equal strips. The upper strip is of blue colour, the middle of red, the lower is green. The blue strip designates the Turkish origin of the Azerbaijan Republic, the red colour-its intention to create a modern state and develop democracy, the green strip-its relation to the Islam civilization. In the middle of the red stripe on both sides of the flag, there is a white-colour crescent and an eight-point star. The relation between the width and the length of the flag is 1 to 2.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>THE NATIONAL EMBLEM</strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img alt="" src="https://azerbaijan.az/uploads/news-files/melumatlar/ODLAR%20YURDU/939px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" style="float:left; height:500px; margin:10px; width:458px" />The government of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan declared a competition on the national emblem of Azerbaijan on January 30, 1920, and made a decision to present the emblem model in May of the same year. However, due to the collapse of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic On April 28, 1920, the emblem was not approved.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Supreme Majlis of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic discussed the issue connected with the national emblem and raised petition in the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan SSR on the declaration of a new competition on the national emblem of Azerbaijan on November 17, 1990.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The competition was declared by the decision of the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Republic on February 5, 1991. Tens of projects of the emblem were presented during the competition of 1991-1992 and it was also proposed to approve one of the projects developed in 1919-1920.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">By the Constitutional Law of the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Republic, approved on January 19, 1993, one of the projects, developed in 1919-1920 with certain alterations was confirmed the national emblem of the Azerbaijan Republic.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The National Emblem of the Azerbaijan Republic symbolizes the independence of Azerbaijan. The national emblem is the image of an oriental shield and a semicircle formed by the branches of an oak-tree and ears resting on it. The shield contains the image of a fire in the centre of an eight-point star against a background of the colours of the National flag of Azerbaijan.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The salient description of the National emblem:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It is attached to:</span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The residence and the private office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic;</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The building of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Republic, its conference hall and the private office of the chair of the parliament;</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">All courts, buildings of military tribunals, halls of judicial assembly; private offices of the chairs of the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court of the Azerbaijan Republic;</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Buildings of state bodies in cases stipulated in the legislative system of the Azerbaijan Republic;</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Buildings of diplomatic and trade representations and consulates of the Azerbaijan Republic</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>THE NATIONAL ANTHEM</strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic carried out a decision on the development of the national anthem of the Republic on January 30, 1920, and for this purpose, the Ministry of National Education declared a competition. Yet the collapse of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on April 28, 1920, prevented this process.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Parliament approved a law "On the national anthem of the Azerbaijan Republic" on May 27, 1992. The law approves the "Anthem of Azerbaijan", created by prominent composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov and poet Ahmed Javad in 1919, the national anthem of the Azerbaijan Republic.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><em>Music: Uzeyir Hajibeyov<br /> Text: Ahmed Javad</em></span></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img alt="" src="https://azerbaijan.az/uploads/news-files/melumatlar/12.04.2018/stateSymbols_01_3.jpg" style="float:left; height:332px; margin:10px; width:200px" /></span></span></span></td> <td> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan!<br /> The heroic patriotic glorious land!<br /> To die for you we are glad and we are ready!<br /> If there is a need to shed blood<br /> We are too ready!<br /> With three colour banner live happily!<br /> Sacrifices too many done,<br /> Every soldier to the front has gone!<br /> When your chest was a field of battle!<br /> Come back as a heroic son!<br /> Let me see you flourish,<br /> Let your enemies perish!<br /> I love you, my dear land<br /> Be mightier we do wish!<br /> To safeguard your sacred land,<br /> To hold high your honoured flag,<br /> All the youngsters are too glad!<br /> Glorious land, glorious land!<br /> Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan!</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </article> </section> <footer> <div class="menubar footer-container" id="footer-load"></div> </footer> </div> <script src="/assets/110dab23/jquery.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tiny-slider/2.8.5/min/tiny-slider.js"></script> <script src="/media/javascripts/script.js?v=280823"></script> </body> </html>