Azerbaijan announced that the Soviet Union invaded Azerbaijan, and Russia immediately began to counterattack. Who could have imagined that this country of Azerbaijan would come to be like this!
The Azerbaijani side stated that the Soviet Union invaded Azerbaijan in 1920. Historically, Azerbaijan was part of Iran. In 1813, Iran ceded Dagestan, Georgia, and Azerbaijan to the Tsarist Russia.
In 1917, Azerbaijan declared independence. In 1920, the Soviet Union established three republics in the Caucasus: Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia. By 1936, Azerbaijan was upgraded to a union republic.
Actually, during the Soviet era, Azerbaijan was very loyal to the Soviet Union. During World War II, Azerbaijan mobilized 680,000 people to join the Red Army. At that time, the total population of Azerbaijan was only 3.4 million.
Now, the Russian side believes that it was the Soviet Union that saved Azerbaijan. It is precisely because of the existence of the Soviet Union that Azerbaijan gained its national status.
Historically, Azerbaijan did not have its own national history. It had always been part of Persia, the Ottoman Empire, Iran, and Tsarist Russia.
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