Azerbaijan Turk in Russian army in anatolia

I want to ask if there is a huge number of Azerbaijan Turk in Russian army which entered to the Van and other eastern cities of T�rkey during world war 1 which slaughter of eastern muslim populatian happened?cause a Russian armies' Armenians defender claimed that  also invader army contains Turk but I don't think a army would contain any ethnic that is from the same ethnicity when there is decided to invade their same language speaking brothers' conutry.the source is unreliable an american university source where historians claim clash of civilazitions nonsenses to create a reason for middleeast rich energy sources corruption.thanks.

Do you have any sources?

It's highgly unlikely as Azerbaycan had formed an independant democratic republic in 1918, they became the centre of Turkic revolutionaries and resistance movements. They gave woman's suffrage and in the short lived state were very sucessfull.

After the Soviets entered and occupied Azerbaycan, the leaders and intellects fled before the Soviets could kill them, their base moved to the resistance war fighting Turkey.

The two were in cahoots, Azerbaycan and Turkiye Turks have had very close relations pollitically since the early 19th Century. The Shia-Sunni rift between Azerbaycan and Turkiye Turks started softning since Nadir Shah, the Qajars were relatives of the Ottomans, Sultan AbdulHamit Han II did alot to build ties in the Islamic world, later Turkish troops were sent to Baku to help fight against the Russians, then the Russian threat bought the two closer together.

Edited by Bulldog - 11-Mar-2007 at 13:27

Man this might sound weird but Bulldog and Mamikon are both right

Edited by xi_tujue - 11-Mar-2007 at 15:37

Originally posted by bulldog When Azerbaijan was established it was hardly a "socialist revolutionary state", it supported a Turkic Union and support to muslim states fighting resistance, like the Musavats.

Bolsheviks and Mensheviks had more than 70% of the seats. Even the Dashnaks had more seats in the parliament than the Musavatists.

Oh, btw, what is the "Turkic Union"

Any of the sources I have seen regarding the Russian Revolution state that when established Azerbaijan was mainly a socialist state.

Even wiki agrees with this.

It is only after Enver's Army of Islam reached Baku did Musavatists become a majority (mainly because all the others had left).

Quoting from Wiki:

The Commune was formed by 85 Social Revolutionaries and Left Social Revolutionaries, 48 Bolsheviks, 36 Dashnaks, 18 Musavatists and 13 Mensheviks. Stepan Shaumyan, a Bolshevik, and Prokopius Dzhaparidze, a leftist SR, were elected Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissioners of the Commune of Baku. The Baku Soviet was at odds with emergent Transcausian Federation and was supportive of Bolshevik governments in most areas, except peace treaty with Ottoman Empire. Uneasy truce existed between different faction, until Treaty of Brest-Litovsk exposed weakness of the coalition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic

Also, you have not answered me. What is the "Turkic Union"

its not, but its teh easiest to communicate with. If I give a title of a book, I really doubt he would have it, and thus would not be able to verify me assertion.

can you provide the link?

Wiki says Musavat became the ruling party of Azerbiajan 1918-1920. But when the republic was established it was not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_Party_(Azerbaijan)



Edited by mamikon - 11-Mar-2007 at 18:03

Mamikon

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Edited by Bulldog - 11-Mar-2007 at 18:41

Mamikon