Tartar Uprising (1920)
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| Tartar Uprising | |||||||
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| Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | Tartar people | ||||||
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| Rashid agha Cavanshir | |||||||
Tartar Uprising – the first uprising against the Soviet occupation in 1920.[1] Rashid agha Javanshir was one of the leaders of the uprising. Rashid agha was the descendant of the Panah Ali Khan who was the founder of Karabagh Khanate.[2]
About
Outbreak of the uprising
On May 21, 1920 residents of the Tartar District staged an armed uprising. By killing 80 Red Army soldiers, they declared their disobedience to the new Soviet government. The commander of the Red Army was killed by insurgents.[3]
Suppression of the uprising
After 3 days, Dadash Bunyadzade and Chingiz Ildyrym were delegated to the region to suppress the uprising. At the same time, to prevent this uprising, Soviet government sent armed forces to Tartar District. The Tartar uprising was brutally suppressed in May. Some villages were set on fire by shelling. After short time of suppression of the Tartar uprising, the new uprising broke out in Karabakh and the people of Tartar joined the new uprising,
See also
References
- ^ Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti Ensiklopediyası [Encyclopedia of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic] (in Azerbaijani). Vol. II. Bakı: Lider. 2004. p. 472. ISBN 9952-417-44-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link) - ^ Xəlilzadə, Flora (9 December 2012). "Günahsız şuşalılar" [Innocent people of Shusha] (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Azərbaycan tarixi 7 cilddə [History of Azerbaijan in 7 volumes] (in Azerbaijani). Vol. V. Bakı. 2001. p. 345.
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