Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Exclave of Azerbaijan
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| May 2023 | Both the Voice of Nakhchivan radio network and Kanal 35 television station ceased operations. |
| 2022 | A Cornell University monitoring group reported the complete destruction of 108 out of 110 identified Armenian cultural heritage sites in Nakhchivan between 1997 and 2011. |
| December 2022 | Vasif Talibov resigned after ruling the region from 1995, ending his long-standing and controversial leadership of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. |
| 2015 | Concluded his role as the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan after serving for 11 years. |
| 2014 | Calculated Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.772, which would rank between Malaysia and Mauritius if Nakhchivan were a country. |
| June 30 2014 | Nakhchivan AR Committee of Statistics released a comprehensive socio-economic report for the end of 2013, detailing population and development indicators. |
| June 30 2013 | Nakhchivan AR Committee of Statistics releases socio-economic data report, highlighting a population of 452,831, GNI per capita of $15,300, and life expectancy of 76.1 years. |
| December 27 2012 | Awarded the Shohrat Order (Glory Order) by President Ilham Aliyev for his substantial contributions to the development of information-communication technologies in Azerbaijan. |
| 2010 | Archaeological excavations begin at the large Iron Age fortress of Oğlanqala as part of the Naxçivan Archaeological Project. |
| December 8 2010 | The American Association for the Advancement of Science released a report using satellite images that verified the destruction of khachkars in the Julfa cemetery. |
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