Isaak brodsky biography of martin
Isaak brodsky biography of martin
Isaak brodsky biography of martin henderson.
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(1) Execution of the 26 Baku Commissars (19th September, 2014)
In the history and the mythology of the October Revolution and the Soviet civil war, the 26 Baku Commissars have played a role similar to the 300 Spartans in the history of ancient Greece.
Their death would be immortalized in Soviet times through movies, books, artwork, stamps, and public works, and even cities and towns would be named after some of them.
After the Bolshevik revolution of October/November 1917, a Soviet (council) of workers, villagers, and soldiers was created in Baku.
This council came to power from April 13 to July 25, 1918 and created an executive organ, the Council of Popular Commissars, formed by an alliance of Bolsheviks and leftist Socialist Revolutionaries, and presided by a famous Bolshevik revolutionary, the Armenian Stepan Shahumian.
It was known as the Commune of Baku.
The Commune faced various problems, from the shortage of food and supplies to