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Rasht is a city in the Central District of Rasht County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as the capital of the province, the county, and the district. Known as the "City of Silver Rain", Rasht has, thro
Rasht Municipality Mansion in an Autumn night
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Saint Mesrop Church in Rasht
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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
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…armed forces fight in the port city of Bandar-e Anzali and Rasht. The British retreat and the Russians occupy the area. 1920–1921: The short-lived Gilan Soviet Socialist Republic was established with its capital in Rasht. 1937: A revolt, sparked by the desire to collect a "road tax" from the Russians, was suppressed…
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