Open AccessNational language issue in Soviet Azerbaijan (1920’s)
Author(s) -
Khagan Balayev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
elmi xəbərlər
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2789-4614
pISSN - 2789-4606
DOI - 10.54414/mpsw7247
Subject(s) - decree , political science , government (linguistics) , the republic , official language , turkish , turkish republic , socialist republic , population , public administration , economic history , law , politics , history , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , demography , theology
On April 28, 1920, the Peoples Republic of Azerbaijan was overthrown as a result of the intrusion of the military forces of Russia and the support of the local communists, the Soviet power was established in Azerbaijan. The Revolutionary Committee of Azerbaijan and the Council of Peoples Commissars continued the language policy of the Peoples Republic of Azerbaijan. On February 28, 1921, the Revolutionary Committee of Azerbaijan issued an instruction on the application of Russian and Turkish as languages for correspondences in the government offices. On June 27, 1924, the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic executed the resolution of the second session of the Central Executive Committee of Transcaucasia and issued a decree “on the application of the official language, of the language of the majority and minority of the population in the government offices of the republic”. Article 1 of the said decree declared that the official language in the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic was Turkish.