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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2025. Vol 54

The Great Power Struggle in Iran in 1919–1921: From the Anglo-Iranian Agreement to the Soviet-Iranian Treaty

Author(s)

Iu. A. Demin1, 2

1 Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

2 Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract
The article examines the policy of the great powers towards Iran in 1919-21. The author analyzes the attempts of British diplomacy to implement the 1919 agreement and the reasons for Moscow's support of the revolutionary project in Gilan. It is noted that the conclusion of an agreement with Tehran and the refusal to support the revolutionaries in Gilan became for Moscow a combination of state interests and new revolutionary tactics.
About the Authors
Demin Iurii Alexandrovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Pedagogical Institute Irkutsk State University 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664009, Russian Federation Senior Research Scientist, Associate Professor, Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies Higher School of Economics build. 3, 21/4, Staraya Basmannaya st., Moscow, 105066, Russian Federation e-mail: yademin1980@yandex.ru
For citation
Demin Iu.A. The Great Power Struggle in Iran in 1919–1921: From the Anglo-Iranian Agreement to the SovietIranian Treaty. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2025, vol. 54, pp. 105-114. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.54.105 (in Russian)
Keywords
Iran, Great Britain, Soviet Russia, Anglo-Persian agreement of 1919, Soviet-Iranian treaty of 1921.
UDC
94(55)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.54.105
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