Persian Socialist Soviet Republic [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Persian Socialist Soviet Republic
The Persian Socialist Soviet Republic (Persian: جمهوری شوروی سوسیالیستی ایران), also known as the Soviet Republic of Gilan (Persian: جمهوری شورایی گیلان), was a short-lived Soviet republic in the Iranian province of Gilan that lasted from June 1920 until September 1921. It was established by Mirza Koochak Khan, a leader of the Constitutionalist movement of Gilan, and his "Jangali" (Jungle Movement) partisans, with the assistance of the Soviet Union's Red Army.
Background and history
from Old Persian "Atropatkan".
From its founding it was officially known as the "Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic". When the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic was abolished, the name was changed to the "Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic" according to the 1937 and 1978 Azerbaijan SSR constitutions. Upon independence, it was renamed to the "Republic of Azerbaijan" (or "Azerbaijani Republic") in 1991. The current official name was retained after the new Constitution of Azerbaijan was adopted in 1995.
History.