National Revival Day is a national holiday celebrated in Azerbaijan every year on the 17th of November.
Since 1992, 17 November has been celebrated as a National Revival Day in the country. It is related to the events in Baku in November-December 1988. As a result of the Soviet leadership’s anti-Azerbaijani policy around the Karabakh issue, the anti-Soviet people’s movement was formed in Azerbaijan at the end of the 80s of the 20th century.
On November 17, 1988, long-term rallies of the Azerbaijani people (November 17 – December 5, 1988) began in Azadlig Square, considered the main square of Baku.
In Azerbaijan, these events are regarded as a national liberation movement and are considered the main factor in the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
