Baku's liberation paved the way for the transfer of the capital from Ganja to Baku and ensuring Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, and set the basis for its contemporary boundaries. In December 1918, the first decision of the newly established Azerbaijani parliament was to place a monument for the "martyred Ottoman soldiers and officers" at the highest spot in Baku. Though plan and sketches for the monument were prepared, the Soviet occupation in April 1920 did not allow for its construction. The monument was finally erected in 1999-2000.
