Conventional Long Name: | Mughan Soviet Republic |
Native Name: | Muğan Sovet Respublikası Муганская Советская Республика |
Common Name: | Mughan |
P1: | Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
Flag P1: | Flag of Azerbaijan.svg |
P2: | Provisional Military Dictatorship of Mughan |
Flag P2: | Flag of Russia.svg |
S1: | Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
Flag S1: | Flag of Azerbaijan.svg |
Flag Caption: | Flag |
Capital: | Lankaran |
Common Languages: | Russian, Azerbaijani, Talysh |
Government Type: | Soviet republic |
Era: | Russian Civil War |
Date Start: | 15 May |
Year Start: | 1919 |
Date End: | 2 June |
Year End: | 1919 |
Leader Name1: | D. D. Chirkin |
Leader Title1: | Chairman of the Board |
Leader Title2: | Political Commissar of the Revolutionary Military Council |
Leader Name2: | T.I. Ulyantsev-Otradnev |
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]