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3 unusual facts about 26 Baku Commissars


26 Baku Commissars

There were many different nationalities among them: Greek, Latvian, Jewish, Russian, Georgian, Armenian and Azerbaijani.

In route to Astrakhan (held by the Reds), the team of the steamship led by naval officers turned to the city of Petrovsk (Makhachkala) that was held by the White forces.

Fyodor Funtikov

He was a Socialist Revolutionary railway worker, who in his role as head of the Transcaspian Government was responsible for the execution of the 26 Baku Commissars.


Artyom, Azerbaijan

The place is named after Fyodor Sergeyev (nom de guerre Artem or Artyom), and for a time in honor of the 26 Baku Commissars.

Mammed Said Ordubadi

His novels include Sword and the Pen, about the personality of Nizami Ganjavi, Foggy Tabriz about the Iranian constitutional revolution, also Mysterious Baku and Fighting City which both are about the revolutionary activities of Bolsheviks and 26 Baku Commissars.


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