Sovietization of the Caucasus

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The Sovietization of the Caucasus was the process by which the Soviet regime consolidated control over the Caucasus region through military conquest, political restructuring, and the imposition of communist ideology and institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet expansion
historical process
political process
administrativeChange creation of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Caucasus
integration into the Transcaucasian SFSR
later division into separate union republics
appliesTo Caucasus region
North Caucasus
South Caucasus
carriedOutBy Bolshevik Party
Cheka
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Red Army
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
countryAffected Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Russia
endTime early 1930s
hasCause Bolshevik desire to restore control over former imperial territories
ideological goal of spreading communism
oil resources of Baku
strategic importance of the Caucasus
hasEffect abolition of independent Caucasian republics
collectivization of agriculture in the Caucasus
establishment of one-party communist rule in the Caucasus
incorporation of the Caucasus into the Soviet Union
integration of the Caucasus into the Soviet planned economy
nationalization of industry in the Caucasus
promotion of Soviet nationalities policy in the Caucasus
redrawing of internal borders in the Caucasus
repression of political opponents in the Caucasus
restriction of religious institutions in the Caucasus
hasPart Sovietization of Armenia
Sovietization of Azerbaijan
Sovietization of Georgia
Sovietization of the North Caucasus
ideology Marxism–Leninism
militaryAspect use of Red Army force to occupy the region
opposedBy Dashnaks in Armenia
linked to: Dashnaktsutyun

Mensheviks in Georgia
Musavat Party in Azerbaijan
linked to: Musavat Party

various nationalist and religious movements in the Caucasus
partOf Sovietization of the former Russian Empire
formation of the Soviet Union
politicalSystemImposed one-party socialist state
significantEvent Bolshevik takeover of Baku
Bolshevik takeover of Tbilisi
Bolshevik takeover of Yerevan
Red Army invasion of Armenia
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan
Red Army invasion of Georgia
Russian Civil War
Russian Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution

anti-Soviet uprisings in the Caucasus
collectivization in the Caucasus
creation of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
establishment of Soviet republics in the Caucasus
implementation of korenizatsiya policies in the Caucasus
suppression of nationalist movements in the Caucasus
startTime 1917

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Soviet invasion and occupation partOf Sovietization of the Caucasus
Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920 result Sovietization of Azerbaijan
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan in 1920 partOf Sovietization of the South Caucasus
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic historicalPeriod Soviet era in Armenia
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
Armenian modernism hasContext Sovietization of Armenia
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
Magomed-Ali Dakhadaev partOf Soviet revolutionary leadership in the Caucasus
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
Stepan Shahumyan affiliation Soviet government in the Caucasus
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
11th Red Army role Sovietization of the South Caucasus
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
Battle of Tbilisi (1921) relatedTo Sovietization of the Caucasus
Sovietization of the Caucasus hasPart Sovietization of the North Caucasus
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
Sergo Ordzhonikidze notableWork Sovietization of the Caucasus
Red Army invasion of Armenia result Sovietization of Armenia
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus
Red Army invasion of Armenia partOf Sovietization of the Caucasus
Red Army invasion of Armenia chronologyWithin Soviet takeover of the South Caucasus
linked to: Sovietization of the Caucasus