Establishment of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan is one of the important achievements of state building in independent Azerbaijan. The process of creating our army is, in fact, the history of our country's independence.
Azerbaijan National Library took part in the 2nd international conference on the theme of “Book and Reading in the Digital Era” held in the Kyrgyz Republic. The event is jointly organized with the support of the CIS Humanitarian Action Fund, Interregional Center for Library Cooperation, the Russian Committee of “Information for All” Programme of UNESCO, Alykul Osmonov National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Association of Public Libraries of the Kyrgyz Republic.
June 20 marks the centenary of the great Azerbaijani composer, People’s Artist Jahangir Jahangirov. He is the author of many valuable musical compositions. Among them are: “Across the river Aras” vocal-symphonic poem for soloist, choir and symphony orchestra, “A Song about Friendship”, “Fuzuli”, “Nasimi” cantatas, "Sabir", "Huseyn Javid – 59", "Great Victory" oratorios, “Azad”, “Khananda’s Fortune” operas and other works.