Azerbaijan–Russia border

Coordinates: 41°54′00″N 46°24′05″E / 41.9000°N 46.4014°E / 41.9000; 46.4014
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Azerbaijani and Russian boundary markers
Map of Azerbaijan, with Russia to the north-east

Azerbaijan–Russia border (

southernmost point
of the Russian Federation is located on the border.

Description

The border starts in the west at the Georgian tripoint and proceeds in south-eastwards direction over various mountain ridges of the Caucasus Mountains, before turning to the north-east roughly halfway and then proceeding along the Samur river valley to the Samur Delta on the Caspian Sea coast. Mount Bazardüzü, the highest peak in both Dagestan and Azerbaijan, lies on the frontier. Parts of the border are fenced and equipped with technical facilities including barbed wire, sensors and cameras.

History

Elizavetpol Governorate
Baku Governorate
Maps of the former Baku and Elizavetpol governorates, the northern borders of which now form most of the modern Azerbaijan–Russia border

During the 19th century the Caucasus region was contested between the declining

Zakatal Okrug within the Tiflis Governorate
) – the northern border of these subdivisions effectively set the Azerbaijan–Russia border at its current location.

During the

First World War Russian Communists staged a successful revolution in 1917, whilst the peoples of the southern Caucasus had declared the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918. Internal disagreements led to Georgia leaving the federation in May 1918, followed shortly thereafter by Armenia and Azerbaijan
. The northern border of Azerbaijan utilised the former provincial borders of the Baku, Elizabethpol and Tiflis governorates. In 1920 Russia's
USSR
, before being separated again in 1936.

The boundary became an international frontier in 1991 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the independence of its constituent republics. Border demarcation discussions then began, being completed in September 2010.[5] Following ratification it entered into force the following year. The border agreement was criticised by some Communist Party deputies of the Russian State Duma, however the then head of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov said that "Dagestan has not lost anything, but gained a lot more".[6][7]

Border crossings

Baku-Guba-Samur(Azerbaijan-Russia border) Toll Road

There are four border crossings:

There is also a train service connecting Derbent (Russia) and Baku (Azerbaijan).[8]

References

  1. ^ CIA World Factbook - Russia, archived from the original on 9 January 2021, retrieved 8 September 2020
  2. ^ a b International Boundary Study No. 25 – Iran-USSR Boundary (PDF), 28 February 1978, archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2020, retrieved 9 April 2020
  3. ^ John F. Baddeley, "The Russian Conquest of the Caucasus", Longman, Green and Co., London: 1908, p. 90
  4. ^ USSR-Iran Boundary (PDF), February 1951, archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2020, retrieved 9 April 2020
  5. ^ Markedonov, Sergey (16 October 2013). "Russia–Azerbaijan: an ambivalent partnership". RIAC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Мы готовы отказаться от дотаций, но дайте нам льготное налогообложение". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  7. ^ "От России отрезан еще кусок территории Обсуждается в Госдуме". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Azerbaijan Border Crossings". Caravanistan. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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