The Baku Commune 1917-1918: Class and Nationality in the Russian Revolution . Ronald Grigor Suny

A 1973 scholarly book review by John M. Thompson of Ronald Grigor Suny's "The Baku Commune 1917-1918."

Published in The Journal of Modern History in 1973, this brief scholarly review assesses Ronald Grigor Suny's study of the Baku Commune and its treatment of class and nationality in the Russian Revolution. Suny's book examines Soviet power in Baku in 1917-1918, the multi-ethnic labour movement and the city's political conflicts. For this collection it is relevant as background to the revolutionary politics of Baku on the eve of the Army of Islam's entry into the city in September 1918.