ПЕРВЫЙ СЪЕЗД НАРОДОВ ВОСТОКА (стенографический отчёт: Армения и Армянский вопрос)

Abstract

THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLES OF THE EAST (Stenographic report: Armenia and the Armenian Question) The first Congress of the Peoples of the East was held on September 1-7 1920 in Baku, initiated by the Comintern, but in fact − by Soviet Russia. The Congress aimed at exporting the socialist revolution to the countries of the East, rallying antiimperialist forces, beginning to struggle against Britain and preparing the ideological ground for the sovietization of the Republic of Armenia. The Bolsheviks spared no expense in achieving their aims. The Comintern headquarters attached great importance to the leader of the Turkish nationalist movement M. Kemal, the members of the former Young Turk government and Enver Pasha, who was likewise invited to Baku. In the speeches by delegates, among other countries, Armenia was mentioned as a true ally of the Western colonial states. Already on September 17, 1920 "The Presidium of the Council for Propaganda and Action of the Peoples of the East" made a statement calling upon the Turkish and Russian troops for attacking Armenia, before the English-Persian-Armenian armies attack Turkey. In a week, the Turkish troops invaded Armenia, and on November 29, the Military-Revolutionary Committee of Armenia jointly with the Russian troops entered Armenia which was declared a Soviet Republic on December 2.