ecco come si è comportato il governo democratico dell’Azerbaigian (Azerbaijan del Sud) durante la sua indipendenza durata circa un anno

South Azerbaijan had an uprising in 1945 where communists did revolt the Pahlavi rule and did create an independent state for Azerbaijani people, afterwards red army came to help defend against the Persian Army

South Azerbaijan did develop vastly during this 1 year and it is described to be more in 1 year than previous 20 years combined

Universities were established, books were printed, press became free, newspapers started working in azerbaijani language after 20 years

They redistributed the land from the feudal Khan’s to the peasents

They introduced minimum wages and limits on working hours, it resulted in an improved productivity and increased real income gain for the workers

Inflation was cut down, food prices became stable and trade networks were reestablished after disruptions of ww2

Education grew rapidly in primary and secondary education, adult literacy campaigns were launched

Teacher training colleges and new textbooks were created in Azerbaijani

The women’s right grew, allowing women to vote, organize and easing public and culturally presence for women, women literacy campaigns were launched

Azerbaijani language began to be used as primary language in courts, administration, theaters and poetry

local elected councils were created and given power

Access to healthcare was expanded

Food assistance programs were launched to the poor and war affected families

According to the map it included from Sanandaj to the Qazvin and Rasht in its territory

The had also granted regional autonomy to the kurdish minority

During the same timeframe u.s aided the pahlavi army with modern american equipment such as tanks and rifles and artillery and advisors, meanwhile soviet did not aid, just send the red army to south Azerbaijan

After the u.s-soviet agreements, soviets withdrew the red army, it took no time for pahlavi army to invade the Azerbaijan Democratic Government, they slaughtered 25000 people and burned all the media that was printed in azerbaijani, most officials were publicly executed, many women were raped by Pahlavi army

Factories were looted and relocated to Tehran

Persian celebrate the anniversary of it every year

the map comes from KGB archives of the same era, it has more legitimately than maps drawn in 2000s that are currently up on wikipedia