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Mirza Kuchik Khan

1880–1921 · 20th century · Also known as Kuchik Khan

Mirza Kuchik Khan was an Iranian revolutionary who from 1915 led the Jangali movement in the forests of Gilan against foreign intervention and the weak Qajar government. In 1920 he allied with the Bolsheviks to found the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic. After the alliance broke down he fled government forces into the mountains, where he died in 1921.

Mirza Kuchik Khan
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Persian Socialist Soviet Republic

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