New fundamental work by Jamil Gasanly

Baku/26.09.13/Turan : In Moscow, two well-known publishers - "Science" and " Flint " published a new fundamental monograph by Azerbaijani historian of world renown and doctor of historical sciences, Professor Jamil Gasanly, "Azerbaijan's foreign policy in the years of Soviet power. 1920 - 1939." This publication, the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, is the second book in a three-volume series, "The History of the Republic of Azerbaijan's diplomacy." This second book in the series is devoted to the foreign policy of Azerbaijan during the Soviet era, and covers the period from 1920 to 1939. For the book, the author used information retrieved from the richest archives of the Russian Federation, the United States, France, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The author explores the formation and establishment of Azerbaijani diplomacy during the first years of Soviet power, and highlights the role of Azerbaijan as an outpost in the implementation of Soviet Russia and its Eastern policy. In particular, he discusses Azerbaijan's place and significance in the Russian-Iranian and Turkish-Russian relations at the signing of the Moscow Treaty between Soviet Russia and Kemalist Turkey on 21 March 1921, and the Treaty of Kars between Turkey and the republics of the South Caucasus with the participation of Soviet Russia on March 13, 1921.

Professor Jamil Gasanly assigns the role of a young Azerbaijani diplomacy a special place in his book for its part in resolving the Karabakh conflict that arose between Azerbaijan and Armenia after the collapse of the Russian Empire and the emergence of the South Caucasus states in 1918. By making an excursion into the history of Karabakh, the author shows how the process of joining the Karabakh khanate to the overwhelming Turkic (Azerbaijani) population to the territory of the Russian Empire, with the imperial policy of resettlement of Armenians from Iran and Turkey to the historical regions of Azerbaijan, has contributed to demographic change, and exacerbated ethnic confrontations between the local Armenian and Azerbaijani displaced population. This was eloquently introduced by Professor J. Gasanly for the first time in the scientific revolution numerous archival documents, including the text of the speech by the supreme commander of the Caucasian administration, Gregory Golitsyn (1838-1907) at a meeting of the Special Council established by order of Tsar Nicholas II in 1900. "With our conquest of the Caucasus, the entire Armenian population did not exceed 45,000, but now more Armenians live in the Caucasus - 150 000," stated the Chief Commander of the Caucasian administration, GS Golitsyn (1838-1907), who was appointed to his position in December 1896.

Along with the study of the diplomatic activity of the Azerbaijani government after the establishment of Soviet power in Baku, the author also pays great attention to the political and diplomatic activities of the Azerbaijan emigration. He highlights the struggle for the independence of the ADR immediately after the events of April 1920, and talks about the creation of the centers of Istanbul and Paris Azerbaijan emigration.

Recall that the first volume of the three-volume series, "History of Diplomacy of the Azerbaijan Republic," also written by the famous Azerbaijani historian, Jamil Gasanly, was printed in Moscow and the above two publishers in 2010, under the title, "Foreign Policy of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. 1918-1920." The same book was translated into English and this year was released in the U.S. under the title "Foreign Policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 1918-1920: The Difficult Road to Western Integration". The book was prepared for publication by the Institute for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus at Johns Hopkins University. - 02B-