Mughan Soviet Republic

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Mughan Soviet Republic
Muğan Sovet Respublikası
Муганская Советская Республика
1919–1919
Socialist red flag.svg
Capital Lankaran
Common languages Russian, Azerbaijani, Talysh
Government Soviet republic
 Chairman of the Board
D. D. Chirkin
 Political Commissar of the Revolutionary Military Council
T.I. Ulyantsev-Otradnev
Historical era Russian Civil War
 Established
15 May 1919
 Disestablished
2 June 1919
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Flag of Russia.svg Provisional Military Dictatorship of Mughan
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Flag of Azerbaijan.svg

The Mughan Soviet Republic was a short-lived pro-Bolshevik state that existed in present-day southeastern Azerbaijan from March to June 1919. It was founded in opposition to the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in Baku. It was proclaimed mostly by the ethnic Russian part of the population of the region, [1] and ceased to exist when the army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic took control over the region. [2]

References

  1. Ермоленко, Татьяна; Морозова, Ольга (2013). Погоны и будёновки: Гражданская война глазами белых офицеров и красноармейцев (PDF) (in Russian). РГНФ. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. "Ghost nations of Russia's civil war". Big Think. 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2024-05-09.

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