Baku's liberation in 1918 important event in history of Azerbaijani statehood – scientist

An English-language web/news item quoting a scholar on the importance of Baku's 1918 liberation in the history of Azerbaijani statehood.

This English-language web item, gathered from Wikipedia references, reports a scholar's view that the liberation of Baku on 15 September 1918 was a turning point in the history of Azerbaijani statehood. It exemplifies contemporary commemorative discourse on the Caucasus Islamic Army's Baku operation and the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in its capital. No publication year is given in the record.