The Sovietization of Azerbaijan [electronic resource] : The South Caucasus in the Triangle of Russia, Turkey, and Iran, 1920–1922 / Jamil Hasanli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasanli, Jamil, author.

Series:

Utah series in Middle East studies.

Utah series in Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caucasus, South--Relations--Soviet Union.

Caucasus, South.

Soviet Union--Relations--Caucasus, South.

Soviet Union.

Turkey--Relations--Caucasus, South.

Turkey.

Caucasus, South--Relations--Iran.

Caucasus, South--Relations--Turkey.

Iran--Relations--Caucasus, South.

Iran.

Petroleum industry and trade--Caucasus, South--History.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2017]

Summary:

"World War I and the fall of Tsarist Russia brought brief independence to Azerbaijan, but by 1920 the Bolshevik revolution pushed south with the twofold purpose of accessing the oil-rich fields near Baku on the Caspian Sea and spreading communism into the Caucasus. Azerbaijan, the richest and earliest significant source of oil in the world, was the first republic in the South Caucasus occupied by the Red Army, which then advanced into neighboring Armenia and Georgia. Pulling from confidential, newly accessed archives, Hasanli describes Soviet Russia's aggressive policy toward the three South Caucasian nations, which led to their absorption into the USSR by the end of 1922. The book highlights the Caucasian peoples' struggle to retain political independence against Soviet Russia and an international cast that included European powers wanting to retain petroleum concessions; Kemalist Turkey, which claimed special ties to the Turkic Azeris; and Iran, which controlled South Azerbaijan and was thus a possible route of expansion eastward for Bolshevik movement. The author also considers the impact on Azerbaijani-Armenian relations of the first two years of sovietization and explains how Azerbaijan provided space for Bolshevik experiments. Throughout his book, Hasanli illuminates the tragedy of the complex, confused period of sovietization of the South Caucasus"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The political situation in Azerbaijan in the early twentieth century

The domestic and international position of Azerbaijan after the Bolshevik occupation

The eastern policy of Soviet Russia and Iran

The sovietization of Armenia : Moscow's secret plans for Karabagh

Collaboration after occupation : drawing South Caucasus borders after sovietization

The Russian-Turkish conference in Moscow and Azerbaijan

From Moscow to Kars

The struggle for Baku oil and the formation of the Soviet Union.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-460) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60781-594-X

OCLC:

994974094