| School holiday - Saturday May 9, 2020 School holidays :
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| Flower Day - Sunday May 10, 2020 Culture : A holiday was first introduced by Hajibala Abutalibov, the mayor of Baku, in 2003, when Heydar Aliyev was hospitalized in Cleveland, U.S., with no realistic hopes for recovery. The Baku mayor declared May 10, Heydar Aliyev's birthday, the Flower Holiday to celebrate the president's birthday while thinly veiling it as a neutral holiday.
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| Victory Day - Monday May 11, 2020 Secular holiday : Capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies (the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and other principal Allied nations) in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed (in the midnight), it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe.
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| InterFood/InterFoodTech/Ingredients - Tuesday May 19, 2020 Tradeshows : Www.worldfood.az/ lasts 3 days - in Baku 2020 edition confirmed
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Friday May 22, 2020 School holidays :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Sunday May 24, 2020 Muslim, Sufi :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Monday May 25, 2020 Muslim, Sufi :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Tuesday May 26, 2020 Muslim, Sufi :
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| Proclamation of the First Democratic Republic - Thursday May 28, 2020 Secular holiday : On 28 May, 1918, after the collapse of the Russian Empire during the First World War, Azerbaijan declared independence and established the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. This first Muslim republic in the world lasted only two years,until 1920, when the Soviet Red Army liberated Azerbaijan. Wikipedia
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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Friday May 29, 2020 School holidays :
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| F1 Grand Prix - Sunday June 7, 2020 Sports events : Www.formula1.com in Baku 2020 edition confirmed
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| National Salvation Day - Monday June 15, 2020 Secular holiday : By 1993, Azerbaijan had descended into chaos and seemed on the verge of a civil war, following disastrous military defeats inflicted by the Armenians. Its president, Echibey had to flee the capital in June following an attempted coup d'état. Heidar Aliev, who had once served as the deputy premier of the Soviet Union became acting president and, as part of a deal with the coup leaders, gained appointment as the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan on June 15. The National Assembly elected him as President nine days later. Civil war was thus averted. http://pedia.nodeworks.com/H/HE/HEY/Heydar_Aliyev
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| Human Rights Day - Thursday June 18, 2020 Culture : From 2008 onwards
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| End of school year - Friday June 19, 2020 School holidays :
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| Army and Navy day - Friday June 26, 2020 Secular holiday : Commemorates the establishment of Azerbaijan's first army under the independent government in 1918.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday July 31, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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