One of the first acts of legislation voted by Azerbaijan's parliament after the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991 was to adopt a Latin script to replace the Cyrillic alphabet forcibly imposed on the ...
Independent Azerbaijan changed its alphabet from Russian Cyrillic script to the Latin alphabet in 2001. After the Soviet Union collapsed, the new letters symbolised hope. Show more Independent ...
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 2 -- Citizens of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan were coming to terms Thursday with the previous day's controversial decision to switch from the Cyrillic to the Latin ...