Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920

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The Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920 was a Red Army military campaign that overthrew the short-lived independent Azerbaijani republic and incorporated its territory into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military campaign
military invasion
alsoKnownAs Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan
Sovietization of Azerbaijan
chronology after Soviet invasion of Georgia in 1921
before Sovietization of Armenia in 1920
conflictType armed intervention
interstate conflict
countryInvolved Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
endDate 1920-04-28
followedBy establishment of Bolshevik government in Baku
formation of Azerbaijan Revolutionary Committee (Azrevkom)
follows Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
establishment of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
withdrawal of Ottoman forces from the Caucasus
hasCause Bolshevik desire to control Baku oil fields
Bolshevik policy of spreading Soviet power in the Caucasus
internal political instability in Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
hasEffect creation of Azerbaijan SSR
end of independence of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
incorporation of Azerbaijan into the Soviet state system
location Azerbaijan
Baku
mainSubject Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet expansionism
opponent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic government
Azerbaijani National Army
Musavat Party
participant 11th Red Army
Azerbaijani armed forces
Red Army
partOf Russian Civil War
Soviet expansion in the Caucasus
Sovietization of the South Caucasus
pointInTime 1920
relatedTo Red Army invasion of Armenia
Russian Civil War in the Caucasus
Soviet invasion of Georgia
result Soviet victory
Sovietization of Azerbaijan
establishment of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
overthrow of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
significantPlace Baku
Caspian Sea region
Ganja
startDate 1920-04-27

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Azerbaijan Democratic Republic reasonForEnd Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920
Red Army invasion of Georgia precededBy Sovietization of Azerbaijan
linked to: Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920
Soviet invasion and occupation relatedEvent Sovietization of Azerbaijan
linked to: Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920
Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920 alsoKnownAs Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan
linked to: Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920
Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920 alsoKnownAs Sovietization of Azerbaijan
linked to: Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920