8 Noyabr (Baku Metro)
8 November (Azerbaijani: 8 Noyabr) is a station of the Baku Metro. It opened on 29 May 2021.[1]
8 November | |||||||||||
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| Location | Baku Azerbaijan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.401111°N 49.821667°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Baku Metro | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 May 2021 | ||||||||||
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About
On 2 December 2020, Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the establishment of "Victory Day" as a public holiday in Azerbaijan.
On November 10, 2020, the signing of the ceasefire agreement had taken place, ending the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
However, Aliyev changed the date to 8 November for two reasons: Firstly, it was the day on which Azerbaijani forces seized Shusha, a formerly Armenian-inhabited city in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Secondly, the previous date overlapped with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's Memorial Day in Turkey, Azerbaijan's closest ally.[2]
On 8 December, Aliyev ruled that a new station in the Baku Metro would be named "November 8".[3]
References
- "Baku Metro". UrbanRail.
- "Azərbaycanda Zəfər Gününün vaxtı dəyişdirilib". BBC Azerbaijani Service (in Azerbaijani). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- "İlham Əliyevin təklifi ilə yeni metrostansiya "8 noyabr" adlanacaq, Baş infeksionist Təyyar Eyvazov: "Epidemioloji vəziyyət pisləşməkdə davam edir"". BBC Azerbaijani Service (in Azerbaijani). 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.