The Mılıtary-polıtıcal Sıtuatıon In Azerbaıjan In Condıtıons of the Conflıct of the Bolshevıks and the Natıonal Forces (April-july 1918)
Aygun Azimova · Reconstructing the Past Journal of Historical Studies, 2023
Collection summary
A scholarly article on the conflict between the Baku Council of People's Commissars and the Republic of Azerbaijan and the balance of forces in Baku, April-July 1918.
Aygun Azimova's article analyses the dual power that emerged after the proclamation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, while Baku gubernia remained under the Baku Council of People's Commissars, and the war the Bolsheviks launched against the national government. It examines anti-Bolshevik currents within the Baku Soviet, Bolshevik-Dashnak disagreements and the role of Soviet Russian military assistance. It provides direct political context for the Army of Islam's campaign toward Baku in the summer of 1918.
The source's own abstract
The military-political situation in Azerbaijan in April-July 1918 in the context of the struggle of the Baku Soviet of People’s Commissars against the Republic of Azerbaijan is analyzed in the article. Since at the time of the establishment of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Baku gubernia was under the authority of the Baku Soviet of People’s Commissars, there was actually dual power in the country. But soon the Baku SPC started a war with the national government, due to which the Bolsheviks suffered heavy results. The article elucidates the relationship between the forces on the political scene in Baku. In the summer of 1918, the factors that determined the anti-Bolshevik activity of the forces represented in the Baku Soviet are revealed, and the reasons for the isolation and subsequent overthrow of the Bolsheviks are determined. The causes of disagreements between the Bolsheviks and the Dashnaks are analyzed in detail. Altogether, the influence of the Armenian factor on the events of the period is being studied. It also clarifies to whicht extent the military assistance of Soviet Russia played a role in the struggle of the Baku SPC against the Republic of Azerbaijan. The main source base of the paper is the press materials of the mentioned period and the memories of participants in the event of different political orientations.
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- People
- Aygun Azimova
- Places
- BaküAzerbaycan
- Units and institutions
- Bakü SovyetiAzerbaycan Halk CumhuriyetiBakü Halk Komiserleri SovyetiTaşnaksutyun
The source's keywords
Ancient history · Armenian · Context (archaeology) · Development economics · Economic history · Government (linguistics) · History · Law · Political science · Politics · Territorial integrity · The Republic