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Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.
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Russian Civil War
Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire (1917–1922)
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. It resulted in the formation of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Red Army
Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars to oppose the military…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Constituent republic of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991. Created on 28…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bolsheviks
Faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolshevik party, formally established in 1912, seized power in Russia in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1920 Georgian coup attempt
Failed Bolshevik coup in the Democratic Republic of Georgia
The Georgian coup in May 1920 was an unsuccessful attempt to take power by the Bolsheviks in the Democratic Republic of Georgia. Relying on the 11th Red Army of Soviet Russia operating in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to take control of a military school and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Democratic Republic of Georgia
State in the Caucasus which existed from 1918 to 1921; predecessor of present-day Georgia
The Democratic Republic of Georgia was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to February 1921. Recognized by all major European powers of the time, DRG was created in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)