Azerbaijan People's Government

Also known as Azerbaijan National Government

unrecognized self-declared secessionist state puppeted by the Soviet Union in northwestern Iran

Key facts

Status: Puppet state of the Soviet Union
Capital: Tabriz
Common languages: Azerbaijani
Government: Marxist-Leninist state
1945 46: Ja'far Pishevari
Historical era: Cold War
Established: 20 November 1945
Disestablished: 12 December 1946

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Official name: Azərbaycan Milli Hökuməti

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inception: 1945-11-00

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Today part ofIran

The Azerbaijan People's Government (Azerbaijani: آذربایجان میللی حؤکومتی - Azərbaycan Milli Hökuməti; Persian: حکومت خودمختار آذربایجان) was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946. Like the unrecognized Republic of Mahabad, it was a puppet state of the Soviet Union. Established in Iranian Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan People's Government capital was the city of Tabriz. It was headed by an ethno-separatist and communist government led by the Azerbaijani Democratic Party, which also followed a pan-Turkist discourse. Its establishment and demise were a part of the Iran crisis, an early event in the Cold War.