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November 8 2020· Holiday
Victory Day
On 8 November 2020 the city of Shusha was liberated — the decisive victory of the 44-day Patriotic War.
On 8 November 2020, in the decisive battle of the 44-day Patriotic War, the Azerbaijani Army liberated Shusha, the crown of Karabakh. That day President Ilham Aliyev addressed the nation from the Alley of Martyrs with the words "Shusha, you are free!"
The liberation of Shusha decided the outcome of the war, which ended on 10 November with Azerbaijan's historic victory. On 10 December 2020 a Victory Parade was held on Baku's Azadlig Square in the presence of Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Victory Day
8 November is celebrated in Azerbaijan as Victory Day and is a public holiday. Shusha was declared Azerbaijan's cultural capital in 2021 and Cultural Capital of the Turkic World in 2023. Celebrations, concerts and fireworks take place across the country.
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Victory Parade in Baku, 10 December 2020 · Official web-site of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Victory Parade on Azadlig Square · Official web-site of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Victory Parade · Official web-site of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Victory Parade · Official web-site of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
A soldier at the Victory Parade · Sefer azeri / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Victory Day event in Shusha · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Victory Day in Shusha · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Victory Day celebration in Baku, 2025 · Adem / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Azerbaijan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 2020 January, Day of National Mourning
- February 26Khojaly Genocide Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21Nowruz
- March 31Day of the Genocide of Azerbaijanis
- May 9Victory Day
- May 28Independence Day
- June 15National Salvation Day
- June 26Armed Forces Day
- July 22National Press Day
- August 1Day of the Azerbaijani Alphabet and Language
- September 18National Music Day
- September 27Remembrance Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 18Independence Restoration Day
- November 9National Flag Day
- November 12Constitution Day
- November 17National Revival Day
- December 31World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha
- 1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Fitr