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Azerbaijan
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1918
May
28
Azerbaijan declares independence
On 28 May 1918 the Azerbaijani National Council proclaimed Azerbaijan's independence in Tiflis. Its capital, Baku, was however in Bolshevik hands.
June
12
Baku Commune troops take Kurdamir
On 12 June 1918 the troops of Bolshevik Baku took Kurdamir station after a short fight. The Turks, named by the chronology as its captors, entered it in July.
July
10
Turks take Kurdamir
On 10 July 1918, after three days of fighting, Turks and Azerbaijanis took Kurdamir station. Baku Commune troops and Bicherakhov's Cossacks fell back on Baku.
26
Fall of the Baku Commune
On 25 July 1918 the Baku Soviet voted to invite the British. The Bolsheviks gave up power, and on 1 August the Centrocaspian Dictatorship took over.
August
04
The British in Baku
On 4 August 1918 the first British detachment, a few dozen men strong, reached Baku from Enzeli. The next day the city's defenders repulsed a Turkish assault.
26
Defence of Baku begins
On 26 August 1918 the Turks took the Mud Volcano near Baku. A North Staffordshire company fought without Armenian support and lost more than half its men.
September
15
Fall of Baku
On the night of 14–15 September 1918 the British sailed from Baku and the Caucasian Army of Islam entered. Its capture came with a massacre of Armenians.
20
Execution of the Baku commissars
On 20 September 1918, in the desert beyond Krasnovodsk, Transcaspian SRs shot 26 leaders of the Baku Commune, among them Stepan Shaumian.
November
17
The British return to Baku
On 17 November 1918 General Thomson sailed from Enzeli to Baku with British troops and Bicherakhov's force. The Turks left the city they had taken in September.