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Azerbaijan and the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic: historical reality and possibility*
ABSTRACT This article examines the origins, negotiations and considerations surrounding the formation and then rapid dissolution of the independent Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (TDFR) in 1918 from the perspective of Azerbaijani statesmen. Left with few alternatives in the rapidly changing geopolitical situation to accomplish their goals and assure their interests – primarily the economic and physical security of the Azerbaijani Muslim population, and also the recovery of Baku from Bolshevik control – other than to seek the backing of Ottoman Turkey, the Azerbaijani faction in the Transcaucasian Seim nevertheless advocated for the principle of federation, stood up against Turkish intentions regarding the status of Batumi, and did not support the incorporation of their country into the Ottoman Empire. In order to properly evaluate the role of the Azerbaijanis in the creation of the ephemeral TDFR, it is essential to examine the fundamentals of the history of Transcaucasia from the Bolshevik October coup in 1917 until the creation of the TDFR on 22 April 1918 and its dissolution into independent states on 26–28 May 1918.
期刊介绍:
Caucasus Survey is a new peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and independent journal, concerned with the study of the Caucasus – the independent republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, de facto entities in the area and the North Caucasian republics and regions of the Russian Federation. Also covered are issues relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Crimea, the Cossacks, Nogays, and Caucasian diasporas. Caucasus Survey aims to advance an area studies tradition in the humanities and social sciences about and from the Caucasus, connecting this tradition with core disciplinary concerns in the fields of history, political science, sociology, anthropology, cultural and religious studies, economics, political geography and demography, security, war and peace studies, and social psychology. Research enhancing understanding of the region’s conflicts and relations between the Russian Federation and the Caucasus, internationally and domestically with regard to the North Caucasus, features high in our concerns.