Republic of Aras
Araz Respublikası
1918–1919
Flag of Republic of Aras
Flag
Map of the Republic of Aras
Map of the Republic of Aras
CapitalNakhchivan
Common languagesAzerbaijani
GovernmentRepublic
History 
• Established
December 1918
• Disestablished
Mid-June 1919
Area
• Total
16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi)

The Republic of Aras (Azerbaijani: Araz Respublikası; also known as the Republic of Araks or the Araxi Republic) was a short-lived and unrecognized state in the South Caucasus, roughly corresponding to the modern Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Named after the Aras River that formed its southern border, the republic was declared in December 1918 by Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski with support from the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's ruling party, the Musavat Party, and the government of the Ottoman Empire.

The creation of the Republic of Aras was in response to a border proposal by Sir John Oliver Wardrop, British Chief Commissioner in the South Caucasus, that would have assigned the area to the First Republic of Armenia.[1] Its existence was ended when troops from Armenia advanced into the region and succeeded in taking control over it in mid-June 1919 during the Aras War. However, this triggered an advance into the Nakhchivan region by the army of the Azerbaijan Republic and Ottoman Empire, and by the end of July Armenia had lost control of the region.[2]

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