At the Orıgıns of the Idea of the Caucasıan Muslım Confederatıon: on the Unıon of Azerbaıjan, Dagestan, and the Mountaınous Republıc In 1917- 1918

A Russian-language scholarly article on the origins of the idea of a Caucasian Muslim confederation uniting Azerbaijan, Dagestan and the Mountainous Republic in 1917-1918.

This 2021 article by Vadim V. Mikhailov in Historia provinciae examines the origins of the idea of a Muslim confederation linking Azerbaijan with the North Caucasus (Dagestan and the Mountainous Republic) in 1917-1918. It notes that until mid-1918 two rival authorities existed in Azerbaijan - the government of the Azerbaijani republic and the Baku Commune - while the North Caucasus was even more ethnically and politically fragmented. For the collection it provides background on the regional political landscape in which the Caucasian Army of Islam operated in 1918.