Relations between the armed forces of the South of Russia [VSYR] and the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan [1919-1920]

Abstract

Investigation of the reasons for the failure of the struggle of various political forces against Bolshevism during the Civil War is always relevant, since in the subsequent years of the Soviet power, all the peoples of the USSR paid a high price for their mistakes and failures. The article examines the relationship between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Armed Forces of the South of Russia, and, first of all, their striking force “Volunteer Army”. The aim of the research is to identify the reasons for the failure of the creation of a unified anti-Bolshevik bloc between Azerbaijan and the “Volunteer Army” in 1919 - early 1920s. In the study the author used such methods as the method of comparing facts, generalization, analysis and synthesis, etc. As a result of studying the issue on the basis of archival and other published sources, it has been revealed that it was the slogan of the white movement about the restoration of the old Russia within the borders of 1914 that repulsed the national republics, including Azerbaijan from cooperation with it. As a result, both white and national movements were defeated by the Bolsheviks and disappeared from the historical arena.