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This page is about the short-lived Soviet-sponsored regional government. For similar uses, see Azerbaijan (disambiguation).
The Azerbaijan People's Government (Azerbaijani: آذربایجان میللی حکومتی - Azərbaycan Milli Hökuməti; Persian: حکومت خودمختار آذربایجان) was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state[3][4] in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946. Like the unrecognized Republic of Mahabad, it was a puppet state of the Soviet Union.[1][2] Established in Iranian Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan People's Government capital was the city of Tabriz. It was headed by an ethno-separatist and communist government led by the Azerbaijani Democratic Party,[5] which, in addition, also followed a pan-Turkist discourse.[6] Its establishment and demise were a part of the Iran crisis, which was a precursor to the Cold War.
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Azerbaijan People's Government آذربایجان میللی حکومتی | |||||||||
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1945–1946 | |||||||||
Anthem: Anthem of the Azerbaijan People's Government | |||||||||
Status | Puppet state of the Soviet Union[1][2] | ||||||||
Capital | Tabriz | ||||||||
Common languages | Azerbaijani | ||||||||
Government | Marxist-Leninist one-party state | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1945–46 | Ja'far Pishevari | ||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Established | November 1945 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | December 1946 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Iran |
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