About Us
The development of the postal communication in Azerbaijan falls on the period of reign of the Safavids (XVI century). Emergence of the postal services in its contemporary form dates back to the first third of XIX century, with the opening of the first postal office in Ganja in 1818.
The first postal communication in Azerbaijan was established on June 1, 1818. A mailing department was opened in Baku in 1826, followed by another one in Nakhchivan on March 12, 1828.
To accelerate the trade between Russia and Transcaucasia, first-class post offices were established in Shusha, Shamakhi, Baku, and Nakhchivan cities of Azerbaijan in 1830, followed by second-class offices in Ganja and Guba.
For the first time in 1861, sea postal traffic was created between the Caspian Sea and the ports of the Caucasus and Iran, including Rasht and Astarabad.
To protect the Iranian transit trade, postal communication was created between Tbilisi and Julfa during the period from 1863 to 1872. The first international letter correspondence between Iran and Azerbaijan was established by opening the Julfa post office.
Postal communication by rail started in Azerbaijan first on May 9, 1883 on the Baku-Tiflis route, followed by Baku-Derbent route in 1900.
Ministry of Post and Telegraph was established on October 6, 1918.
1930
the number of postal communication networks reached 524- a nine-fold increase. 402 or 76.7% of all post offices were located in villages. By 1940 the overall length of postal communication routes increased by 2.6 times, reaching 6,767 km.
The most challenging yet the most honorable period of Azerbaijan Post falls on WWII years. This period left the postal workers with a double responsibility, as the increased volume of mailings and timely delivery of soldier letters to their destinations was a task that laid a heavy responsibility and demanded huge will power in every sense.
1945
Establishment of the International Mailing Department in Baku in 1945 allowed for a better control over the movement, safe-keeping and delivery of international mailings.
In the postwar years, like in other sectors of the economy, an extensive work was done to develop the postal services sphere.
1970
By 1970 the number of the post increased threefold reaching 1590, including 1171 in rural areas. Furthermore, the number of letter correspondence climbed threefold, parcels twofold, newspapers and magazines 6.5 times, while the distance of postal routes increased threefold reaching 20023 km, and the number of automobile routes expanded nine fold, reaching 1705 thousand km.
A new chapter in the development of postal services began at the end of the twentieth century, with the disintegration of the former Soviet Union and with our Republic gaining independence.
Postal Communications reached a new stage of development on January 1, 1997, when it was separated from electrical communications and began operating as an independent institution. Thus, in 1997, after reorganization, it continued its operation as Azerpost Production Association. The implementation of goal-oriented measures and successful personnel reforms continued further with the adoption of the short-term Program for Revival and Development of Postal Services in March 1997, followed by the approval of the Concept of Postal Communications Development for 1998-2003.
the agency continued its activities as Azerpost State Enterprise. As a result, postal communications have started to turn a profit once more since 2000.
The first national "Postal Communications Regulations", governing the procedures for delivering postal services, were developed and registered.
Starting from October 7, 2004 Azerpost State Enterprise was functioning as a national operator under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and continued its activities as Azerpost LLC after eth change in its organizational and legal structure on August 31, 2009.
In 2016, The "Postal Communications Regulations" were updated and added to the Republic of Azerbaijan's State Register of Legislative Acts in 2016 at the request of the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies.
The institution's most successful project, 'Shebeke', was launched in 2017. In addition to the postal services provided by modern service centres, this is where the services provided to the citizens by various structures of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transportation are concentrated in a single space. There are currently operating 10 "Shebeke" Service Centres throughout the Republic. 6 of them are located in Baku, and remaining 4 in the cities of Jalilabad, Zagatala, Sumgayit and Agdash.
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