Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920)

For other uses, see Azerbaijan Communist Party (disambiguation).

Azerbaijan Communist Party
Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası
Азәрбајҹан Коммунист Партијасы
Founded20 February 1920 (1920-02-20)
Dissolved14 September 1991 (1991-09-14)
Merger ofAhrar Party
Baku Bolsheviks
Communist Party of Persia
Muslim Social Democratic Party
Succeeded byAzerbaijan Communist Party (1993)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
National affiliationCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
Colors  Red
Party flag

The Azerbaijan Communist Party (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası; Russian: Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана, romanized: Kommunisticheskaya partiya Azerbaydzhana) was the ruling political party in the Azerbaijan SSR, making it effectively a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It was formed on 20 February 1920, when the Muslim Social Democratic Party, Communist Party of Persia, Ahrar Party and the Baku Bolsheviks joined together to establish the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. On 1 April of the same year, the Fifth Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic gave its resignations and all the power to the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. The party ruled the Azerbaijan SSR until 14 September 1991 when it was formally disbanded.[1][2] Nevertheless, former leaders and members of the communists continued to play a role in the family- and patronage-based political system. The Communist Party of Azerbaijan won the first multi-party elections in Azerbaijan that took place on 30 September and 14 October 1990 for the Supreme Soviet, obtaining 280 out of 360 seats.

  1. ^ По сообщениям информагентств
  2. ^ Распад. 23 августа - 24 ноября 1991. Последний этап борьбы за обновленный Союз. "Разбегание" республик и раздел имущества СССР