Persian Socialist Soviet Republic
Iranian Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||
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| 1920–1921 | |||||||||
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| Anthem: انترناسیونال The Internationale | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||
| Capital | Rasht | ||||||||
| Common languages | Gilaki; Talyshi | ||||||||
| Government | Soviet socialist republic | ||||||||
| Chairman of Council of People's Commissars of Persian Soviet Republic | |||||||||
• 1920 | Mirza Kuchik Khan | ||||||||
• 1920 | Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar | ||||||||
• 1920–1921 | Heydar Khan Amoogli | ||||||||
| Chairman of Revolutionary Committee of Persian Socialist Soviet Republic | |||||||||
• 1921 | Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar | ||||||||
• 1921 | Mirza Kuchik Khan | ||||||||
• 1921 | Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Socialist Republic declared | May 1920 | ||||||||
| February 1921 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | September 1921 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Iran | ||||||||
The Iranian Soviet Socialist Republic (Persian: جمهوری شورای سوسیالیستی ایران), also known as the Socialist Soviet Republic of Gilan, (Gilaki: گیلانˇ شؤرایي جؤمۊري) was a short-lived unrecognized state, a Soviet republic in north-west Persia, south of the Caspian sea. It lasted from June 1920 until September 1921 and was established by Mirza Kuchik Khan, a leader of the "Constitutionalist Movement of Gilan", and his Jangali partisans, with the assistance of the Soviet Russia's Red Army.