Azerbaijani Democratic Party

Azerbaijani Democratic Party

آذربایجان دموکرات فرقه‌سی
Azerbaijani Democratic Party آذربایجان دموکرات فرقه‌سی
Leader	Jafar Pishevari
Chairman	Ghulam Yahya Daneshian
Founder	Mir Jafar Baghirov
Founded	3 September 1945
Dissolved	1960
Split from	Tudeh Party of Iran
Merged into	Tudeh Party of Iran
Headquarters	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR (1946–60); Tabriz, Iran (1945–46)
Ideology	Azerbaijani nationalism; (Left-wing nationalism); Communism; Marxism-Leninism; Revolutionary socialism; Stalinism; State atheism
Political position	Far-left
	Politics of Iran; Political parties; Elections;

The Azerbaijan Democratic Party (Azerbaijani: آذربایجان دموکرات فرقه‌سی, romanized: Azərbaycan Demokrat Firqəsi; Persian: فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان, romanized: Ferqa-ye demokrāt-e Āzarbāyjān) was a pro-Soviet, separatist, and leftist party founded by Jafar Pishevari in Tabriz, Iran, in September 1945.^[4]^[5] It depended on the Soviet Union and was supported by it.^[4] The ADP was founded as an opposition party against the Pahlavi dynasty.^{[citation needed]} The Soviet-supported Tudeh Party dissolved its Azerbaijan chapter and ordered its members to join the ADP. The ADP ruled the Soviet-backed Azerbaijan People's Government from 1945 until 1946 with Pishevari as premier.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 455, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ahmadoghlu, Ramin (2019), "Azerbaijani National Identity in Iran, 1921–1946: Roots, Development, and Limits", The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 10 (3): 253–278, doi:10.1080/21520844.2019.1656455, S2CID 204368556
^ Yolaçan, Serkan (2019), "Azeri networks through thick and thin: West Asian politics from a diasporic eye", Journal of Eurasian Studies, 10 (1): 36–47, doi:10.1177/1879366518814936
^ ^a ^b Ahmadi, Hamid (2017). "The Clash of Nationalisms: Iranian response to Baku's irredentism". In Kamrava, Mehran (ed.). The Great Game in West Asia: Iran, Turkey and the South Caucasus. Oxford University Press. p. 109, 121. ISBN 978-0190869663.
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[Abrahamian-1] Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 455, ISBN 0-691-10134-5

[Ahmadoghlu-2] Ahmadoghlu, Ramin (2019), "Azerbaijani National Identity in Iran, 1921–1946: Roots, Development, and Limits", The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 10 (3): 253–278, doi:10.1080/21520844.2019.1656455, S2CID 204368556

[3] Yolaçan, Serkan (2019), "Azeri networks through thick and thin: West Asian politics from a diasporic eye", Journal of Eurasian Studies, 10 (1): 36–47, doi:10.1177/1879366518814936

[Kamrava-4] Ahmadi, Hamid (2017). "The Clash of Nationalisms: Iranian response to Baku's irredentism". In Kamrava, Mehran (ed.). The Great Game in West Asia: Iran, Turkey and the South Caucasus. Oxford University Press. p. 109, 121. ISBN 978-0190869663.

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