The Soviet Union And Iranian Azerbaijan

The Soviet Union and Iranian Azerbaijan surveys the development of the political relationship between the Azeris of the Soviet Union and those of Iran--who originated the spread of Bolshevism among Iranian Azeri oil workers in 1905--and examines the legacy of this movement today.

Iranian Azerbaijan--an ideological battle-field between Moscow and Tehran--has been a target for Soviet takeover since the formation of the USSR. The effort gained impetus when the Red Army occupied northern Iran in 1941, bringing with it a special detachment of Soviet Azeri Communist Party activists whose goal was to stimulate a national liberatio

Autorentext

David B. Nissman is a consultant on Soviet Turkic affairs to several U.S. government agencies.

Inhalt

Introduction -- The Bolshevist Movement in Soviet and Iranian Azerbaijan from 1905-1921 -- The Red Army's Occupation of Iran and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic -- The "Southern Question" in Postwar Soviet Azerbaijan -- The Impact of the Fall of the Pahlavis -- The Current Soviet-Iranian Competition for Iranian Azerbaijan -- Appendix A -- Appendix B