EVENT INFORMATION

25
April
1919

Red Army captures Baku and Soviet authority returns

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📅 25 April 1919 📍 Azerbeidzjan

The Red Army entered Baku as the Azerbaijani Soviet government was established. The city’s oil and strategic position made it central to the region’s political economy. Soviet rule promised land and social reform but also followed military pressure and narrowed the independence of Azerbaijan’s short-lived republic.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Nariman Narimanov

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

Red Army