Lankaran operation
| Lankaran operation (1919) | |||||
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| Part of Military history of the Azerbaijan People's Republic | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| ADR | White army Russians who settled in Mugan. | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Habib Bey Salimov | Colonel Ilyashevich | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 3.5 thousand people | About 6 thousand people | ||||
The Lankaran Operation (1919) was a military operation carried out by the Azerbaijani Army Corps (ADR) in the southern region of Azerbaijan to ensure the country's territorial integrity in August 1919.
When the ADR was announced, it could not immediately extend its sovereignty over the entire country, and the Lankaran Operation gradually evolved. During this time there was a struggle in the southern territories of the ADR, particularly in the districts of Javad and Lankaran, involving Azerbajani partisans, Bolsheviks, and the White Army. As a result of this struggle, the Azerbaijani forces emerged victorious, and the Lankaran Operation led to the complete dominance of the entire region under the authority of the ADR.