Author: David B Nissman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000305848
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Iranian Azerbaijan--an ideological battle-field between Moscow and Tehran--has been a target for Soviet takeover since the formation of the USSR. The effort gained impetus when the Red Army occupied northern Iran in 1941, bringing with it a special detachment of Soviet Azeri Communist Party activists whose goal was to stimulate a national liberatio