Mughan Soviet Republic

The Mughan Soviet Republic was a short-lived pro-Bolshevik state that existed in present-day southeastern Azerbaijan from March to June 1919. It was founded in opposition to the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in Baku. It was proclaimed mostly by the ethnic Russian part of the population of the region,^[1] and ceased to exist when the army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic took control over the region.^[2]

Mughan Soviet Republic Muğan Sovet Respublikası Муганская Советская Республика
1919–1919
Flag
Capital	Lankaran
Common languages	Russian, Azerbaijani, Talysh
Government	Soviet republic
• Chairman of the Board	D. D. Chirkin
• Political Commissar of the Revolutionary Military Council	T.I. Ulyantsev-Otradnev
Historical era	Russian Civil War
• Established	15 May 1919
• Disestablished	2 June 1919
Preceded by Succeeded by Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Provisional Military Dictatorship of Mughan Azerbaijan Democratic Republic