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The Struggle for Transcaucasia (1917–1921)
Firuz Kazemzadeh, 1951 · Philosophical Library
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Foundational scholarly account of the three first republics. Author was Iranian-American historian.
Cited by events (12)
- Battle of Sardarapat 1918
- Soviet takeover of Azerbaijan 1920
- Battle of Karakilisa 1918
- Treaty of Batum 1918
- Armenian–Georgian war 1918
- Treaty of Moscow 1921
- Declaration of three South Caucasian republics 1918
- Soviet takeover of Armenia 1920
- March Days, Baku 1918
- September Days, Baku 1918
- Destruction of Armenian Shusha 1920
- Treaty of Alexandropol 1920
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Event March Days, Baku 6 cites - The Bolshevik Stepan Shahumyan commanded the Baku Soviet, which exercised effective authority over the city by spring 1918.
- Armenian ARF detachments commanded the bulk of the demobilised tsarist army's Caucasus units.
- By 31 March Musavat military units had been broken; by 1 April Soviet authority was secure across the city.
- Casualty estimates range from c. 3,000 (Soviet/contemporaneous) to 12,000 (Azerbaijani official).
- de Waal and the Kazemzadeh tradition place the figure at 3,000–10,000.
- Whether the events constitute genocide is contested between Azerbaijani state historiography and Western academic accounts.