Centrocaspian Dictatorship

The Zentralkaspische dictatorship (Russian Диктатура Центрокаспия / Diktatura Zjentrokaspija ) was a short-lived state in the peninsula Absheron in Azerbaijan today, was founded on August 1, 1918. The name of this state is due to the limiting position of the occupied territory to the Caspian Sea. The Zentralkaspische dictatorship was not recognized by the international community. It consisted to 15 September of the same year. Your flag was composed of three horizontal stripes in light blue-red - light blue.

Formation

British support

Resolution

Unable to stop the Turkish troops at the Battle of Baku, Dunsterville left the city vacate after six weeks of siege on 14 September and withdrew to Iran. The majority of the Armenian population fled with the British troops. The Ottoman Army of Islam and their Azeri allies, led by Nuri Pasha, the area entered on September 15, killing as revenge for the March events between 10,000 and 20,000 Armenians in a pogrom.

The Zentralkaspische dictatorship was replaced by the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan ( with capital Ganja ), which was the first democratic government in the history of Azerbaijan.