Transcaucasian Commissariat

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The Transcaucasian Commissariat was established at Tbilisi on 11 November 1917, as the first government of independent Transcaucasia following the October Revolution in Petrograd.

Establishment

November 1917: The Transcaucasian Commissariat was established at Tbilisi on 11 November 1917, as the first government of the independent Transcaucasia following the October Revolution in Petrograd.

Chronology

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1. World War I

Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

1.1.World War I eastern Front

Was the theatre of war in eastern Europe during World War I.

1.1.1.Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (also known as the Brest Peace in Russia) was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers (German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I.

March 1918: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia declared independence as the Transcaucasian Commissariat.

1.2.World War I Middle East Theatre

Was the theatre of war in the Middle East during World War I.

1.2.1.Caucasus campaign (World War I)

Was an armed conflict mainly between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus area during World War I.

1.2.1.1.Russian Conquest of Armenia

Was the Russin offensive in Armenia during World War I.

1.2.1.2.Ottoman offensive (Caucasus campaign)

Was the Ottoman military offensive during the Caucasus campaign of World War I.

March 1918: On March 3, the Grand vizier Talat Pasha signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Russian SFSR. Bolshevik Russia ceded Batum, Kars, and Ardahan to the Ottomans, which the Russians had captured during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878).

March 1918: Manzikert, Hınıs, Oltu, Köprüköy and Tortum conquered by Ottoman Empire.

1.2.1.3.Transcaucasian Front of World War I

Was the theatre of war in Transcaucasia during World War I.

April 1918: The Ottomans with 10,000-12,000 troops captured the port of Batumi.

2. Russian Civil War

Was a Civil War in Russia that involved varios factions but mainly the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Army in the core Russian territories, as well as a multitude of local secessionist states. At the end of war the Bolsheviks were victorious and established the Soviet Union.

2.1.Pro-independence movements in the Russian Civil War

Local independence movement caused several secessions and revolts during the Russian Civil War.

2.1.1.Pro-independence and White movements in the Caucasus during the Russian Civil War

Were a series of revolts and secessions in the Caucasus during the Russian Civil War.

April 1918: The Baku Commune lasted from 13 April to 25 July 1918. It came to power after the bloody confrontation with the Muslim population, known as the March Days in Baku.

April 1918: By April 5, the head of the Transcaucasian delegation, Akaki Chkhenkeli, accepted the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk as a basis for more negotiations and urged the Transcaucasian governments to accept this position. The mood in Tbilisi, however, was very different. Instead of being bound by the terms of Brest-Litovsk, the Sejm gathered and made the decision to establish independence. On April 22, 1918, it proclaimed the establishment of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.

Disestablishment

March 1918: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia declared independence as the Transcaucasian Commissariat.

March 1918: Manzikert, Hınıs, Oltu, Köprüköy and Tortum conquered by Ottoman Empire.

April 1918: The Baku Commune lasted from 13 April to 25 July 1918. It came to power after the bloody confrontation with the Muslim population, known as the March Days in Baku.

April 1918: The Ottomans with 10,000-12,000 troops captured the port of Batumi.