Republic of Mahabad | |||||||||
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1946 | |||||||||
Anthem: ئەی ڕەقیب Ey Reqîb "O Enemy!" | |||||||||
![]() The boundaries of the Republic of Mahabad[1] | |||||||||
Status | Unrecognized[2] puppet state of the Soviet Union[3][4] | ||||||||
Capital | Mahabad | ||||||||
Common languages | Kurdish | ||||||||
Government | Socialist republic | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1946 | Qazi Muhammad (KDPI) | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1946 | Haji Baba Sheikh (KDPI) | ||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Autonomy declared | 22 January 1946 | ||||||||
• Soviet withdrawal | June 1946 | ||||||||
• Iran reestablishes control | 15 December 1946 | ||||||||
• Leaders executed | 31 March 1947 | ||||||||
Currency | Soviet ruble | ||||||||
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Today part of | Iran |
The Republic of Mahabad, also referred to as the Republic of Kurdistan[5][6][7][8] (Kurdish: کۆماری کوردستان, romanized: Komara Kurdistanê; Persian: جمهوری مهاباد, romanized: Jumhuriye Mahâbâd), was a short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran,[9][10] from 22 January to 15 December 1946. The Republic of Mahabad, a puppet state of the Soviet Union, arose alongside the Azerbaijan People's Government, a similarly short-lived unrecognized Soviet puppet state.[3][4]
The capital of the Republic of Mahabad was Mahabad in northwestern Iran. The state encompassed a small territory, including Mahabad and the adjacent cities of Bukan, Oshnavieh, Piranshahr and Naghadeh.[11] The republic moreover claimed the three cities of Urmia, Khoy and Salmas held by the Azerbaijan People's Government.[12]
As a result, the People's Republic of Azerbaijan and the Kurdish People's Republic (the Republic of Mahabad), two short-lived Soviet puppet states, were set up late in 1945...
In December the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, announced the establishment of an autonomous state of Azerbaijan, and at the same time the Russians set up another puppet state, the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad, also in Azerbaijan.
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