Legitimacy of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in Late 1918 – Early 1920 and English Intervention in Transcaucasia
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-513X-2024-2-52-63
Abstract
Aim. Determining the political and legal impact of British intervention on the formation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic..
Methodology. A political and legal comparative analysis of the process of constitutioning the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was carried out.
Results. The authors have revealed that the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic took place largely under the influence of foreign interventionists, primarily the British military authorities, who were looking for political support in the Transcaucasian region.
Research implications. For the first time in the study of the history of the state and law of Russia, an analysis of the influence of the English intervention on the constitution of anti-communist regimes in Transcaucasia is made on the example of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The materials of this article can be used in the educational process within the framework of the subject “History of State and law”.
About the Authors
T. G. Chshiev
Moscow Institute of Modern Academic Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Taimuraz G. Chshiev – Senior Lecturer, Department of Jurisprudence,
ul. Saratovskaya 31, Moscow 109518.
L. A. Savinkina
Moscow State University of Sports and Tourism
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Larisa A. Savinkina – Cand. Sci. (Geography), Assoc. Prof., Department of Tourism,
Kirovogradskaya ul. 21-1, Moscow 117519.
S. V. Rodionov
Moscow Institute of Modern Academic Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey V. Rodionov – Postgraduate Student,
ul. Saratovskaya 31, Moscow 109518.
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