Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community

By Tadeusz Świętochowski

Book Overview

Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920 describes the rise of national identity among the Azerbaijanis - the Turkic-speaking Muslims of Russia's borderland with Iran - at the opening of the twentieth century. The principal focus is on the period from the Russian Revolution of 1905, when the Azerbaijanis began to articulate their national aspirations, until the establishment of the Soviet Azerbaijani Republic in 1920. The central theme of the book is the emergence of ideas, and then actions, that would create a new collective identity among the Muslims - a sense of nationality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521522455
• ISBN13: 9780521522458
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"