✦ History

Part of Russian Civil War, Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)

Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan

1920 · South Caucasus

Result Soviet victory

The Soviet 11th Army entered Azerbaijan and overthrew the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. A Soviet government took power in Baku.

On the map Contemporaries

Russian SFSR

Central Powers

Russia
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Mikhail Tukhachevsky military commander Anastas Mikoyan military commander Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov military commander Mikhail Levandovsky military commander
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski military commander Samad bey Mehmandarov military commander

Units

20th Rifle Division 28th Rifle Division