Baku Commune, 1917-1918

Ronald Grigor Suny's scholarly monograph on the Baku Commune, 1917-1918.

Published by Princeton University Press, this English-language academic study examines the political and social history of the Baku Commune of 1917-1918. It analyses class, ethnic and political forces in Baku after the Russian Revolution, focusing on the rise and collapse of Soviet power under Shaumian. For this collection it provides essential background to the political order that the Caucasus Islamic Army confronted in its advance on Baku in 1918.