Renaming of the Azerbaijan SSR as the Republic of Azerbaijan
Approval of the triangular flag of the People's Republic of Azerbaijan as the State Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan[1]
March
Date
Events
March 18
Establishment of Khazar University.
March 17
Holding a referendum on the union's maintenance in the USSR.
June
Date
Events
June 21
Signing a decree on Award of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Major-General Hazi Aslanov with the Order of Lenin and the second Golden Star medal by the USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev[2]
August
Date
Events
August 30
Declaration on the Restoration of State Independence of Azerbaijan [3]