11th Army (RSFSR)
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The 11th Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which fought on the Caspian-Caucasian Front. It took a prominent part in the sovietization of the three republics of the so
Red Army in Baku, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in May 1920
The 11th Red Army marching down a street in Yerevan, the capital of the First Republic of Armenia on November 29, 1920.
Baku
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Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is 28 metres below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying nation
11th Army (RSFSR)
…up by the tens of thousands. The Whites captured large stores of weapons and the Eleventh army ceased to exist." On 27 April 1920 the 11th Army took Baku and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic collapsed. The Bolsheviks then established the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, as a Soviet republic in May…
From top, left to right: Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Maiden Tower, Baku Fortress, Baku City Hall, Ismailiyya Palace, view over Bay of Baku
Roman stone inscription in Gobustan dating back to AD 84–96
A miniature painting marking the downfall of the Shirvanshahs at the hands of the Safavids
Relics from the sunken Sabayil Castle