The Persian Socialist Soviet Republic, also known as the Socialist Soviet Republic of Gilan or the Gilan Republic, was a short-lived unrecognized state, a Soviet republic in north-west Persia, south o
Stamp of Persian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1920, showing the legendary rebel Kaveh the Blacksmith – one hand holding a hammer, and the other anachronistically waving the republic's red flag
Mirza Kuchik Khan
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Mirza Younis Kuchik Khan was an Iranian revolutionary leader and the president of the Gilan Socialist Soviet Republic. He was the founder of a revolutionary movement based in the forests of Gilan in n
Persian Socialist Soviet Republic
…unrecognized state, a Soviet republic in north-west Persia, south of the Caspian sea. It lasted from June 1920 until September 1921 and was established by Mirza Kuchik Khan, a leader of the "Constitutionalist Movement of Gilan", and his Jangali partisans, with the assistance of the Soviet Russia's Red Army. The Jungle…
Mirza Kochak Khan
Mirza's Signature
Mirza Kuchak Khan before starting the rebellion (around 1914).
Red Iran wall newspaper of Russian Telegraph Agency (Russian Telegraph Agency) in Persian and Russian reads: Rasht June 27, 1920, Long Live Mirza Kuchek", in the honor of Mirza Kuchak Khan and celebration of the newly announced Soviet Republic of Gilan.