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Centrocaspian Dictatorship
Origins
On 31 July 1918, after the Baku Soviet voted to invite British troops against the advancing Ottoman forces, the Bolshevik-led Baku Commune resigned. Socialist Revolutionaries, Mensheviks and Armenian Dashnaks formed a new government, named after the Centrocaspian committee of sailors of the Caspian Fleet.
Rule and society
The Dictatorship relied on the Caspian Fleet, Armenian militia and a small British force, Dunsterforce, under General Lionel Dunsterville, which arrived in August 1918. It tried to defend Baku and its oil fields, but the defence was poorly coordinated, and relations between the British and local leaders were strained.
Decline and legacy
Dunsterforce withdrew on 14 September 1918, and the next day the Ottoman-led Army of Islam captured Baku, followed by massacres of Armenians. The city became the capital of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
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- Centrocaspian Dictatorship was conquered by Azerbaijan Democratic Republic1918 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Centrocaspian Dictatorship. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/centrocaspian-dictatorship
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- “Centrocaspian Dictatorship.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/centrocaspian-dictatorship. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Centrocaspian Dictatorship.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/centrocaspian-dictatorship.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Centrocaspian Dictatorship’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/centrocaspian-dictatorship (Accessed: ).
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