Abstract
The article examines the little-studied and complex issue of relations between the new Caucasian state entities during the collapse of the Russian Empire and the following Civil War. The Revolution of 1917 led to the appearance on the political map of the Caucasus and Transcaucasia of a number of new state entities that fought for the recognition of their sovereignty. However, the political and military chaos in the region hindered both the internal process of consolidation of the self-proclaimed states, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Mountainous Republic of the North Caucasus in particular, and their entry into the international community. The civil war in Russia and the confrontation between the Red and the White forces instigated even more contradictions. Transcaucasian countries, primarily Azerbaijan and Georgia, support both the insurrectionary movement in the Terek-Dagestan region and the leaders of the overthrown Mountainous Republic who stayed in their territory. However, any attempts to create stable allied military, political and economic relations, undertaken by the leaders of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Mountainous Republic, were not successful.
Highlights
The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) had borders with the territory occupied by the White armies in 1918–19 in the North Caucasus
In addition to such statements addressed to the governments of both Azerbaijan and Georgia, the leaders of the Mountainous Republic drew the attention of the High Commissioner of the Allies in the Caucasus, Colonel Gaskel, an American, to the atrocities of the Volunteer Army troops in the mountainous territory, to the devastation and destruction of villages in Ingushetia, Chechnya, Kabardia, North Ossetia and Dagestan, to the mobilization of the local peoples for the war with the Bolsheviks, and to monetary and property extortions
It should be noted that the relations between the General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia and the political leadership of Azerbaijan were extremely difficult from the very beginning
Summary
The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) had borders with the territory occupied by the White armies in 1918–19 in the North Caucasus. Http://en.hpchsu.ru these conditions, the Majlis was forced to ask the leadership of Georgia to discuss this problem and inform the leaders about their decision on the form, direction and extent of their readiness to support the mountain peoples, who put their own physical existence at risk this time.32 In addition to such statements addressed to the governments of both Azerbaijan and Georgia, the leaders of the Mountainous Republic drew the attention of the High Commissioner of the Allies in the Caucasus, Colonel Gaskel, an American, to the atrocities of the Volunteer Army troops in the mountainous territory, to the devastation and destruction of villages in Ingushetia, Chechnya, Kabardia, North Ossetia and Dagestan, to the mobilization of the local peoples for the war with the Bolsheviks, and to monetary and property extortions. As a result, failing to combine significant human and industrial resources of the Caucasian region, all anti-Bolshevik forces were defeated one by one by the victorious troops of the 11th Army of the RSFSR during 1920–21
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