Mughan Soviet Republic

Mughan Soviet Republic
Muğan Sovet Respublikası
Муганская Советская Республика
1919–1919
Flag of Mughan
CapitalLankaran
Common languagesRussian, Azerbaijani, Talysh
GovernmentSoviet republic
• Chairman of the Board
D. D. Chirkin
• Political Commissar of the Revolutionary Military Council
T.I. Ulyantsev-Otradnev
Historical eraRussian Civil War
• Established
15 May 1919
• Disestablished
2 June 1919
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Provisional Military Dictatorship of Mughan
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

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]

  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.