PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV OFFICIALLY INAUGURATES MONUMENT TO ADR
President Ilham Aliyev officially inaugurated Friday a monument to the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic - the first democratic and secular republic in the Islamic world - on the Istiglaliyyat Street in Baku.
The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 by Azerbaijani National Council.
The Republic officially ceased to exist on April 28, 1920 after the Russian 11th Red Army entered Baku.
Since then the Azerbaijani people have celebrated May 28 as their 
most loved holiday, called the Republic Day.
President Aliyev unveiled the granite monument, and then had his photo taken with scientists and members of the public who were in attendance at the inauguration ceremony.
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