The Re-Radicalization of Baku Provincial Workers in 1916
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12234571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soli Shahvar (0000-0002-3647-4668, University of Haifa, corresponding author), Anatoly Mishaev (Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, The University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-75 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revolutionary Russia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6545 • E-ISSN: 1743-7873 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09546545.2023.2213512 |
| OpenAlex | W4381989228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article studies police reports in Baku province in 1915–16 housed in the State Historical Archive of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The reports written by the detectives of Baku province’s gendarmerie reflect larger trends in Baku’s changing socio-economic and political dynamics during the First World War. The gendarmerie expressed concern that the rising cost of living was hurting the population, especially the working-class in Baku. The reports warn that the economic troubles could make Baku’s population support revolutionary forces. These warnings were gradually realized, especially following the Russian government’s decision in 1916 to divert the railways away from Baku city, resulting in rising food prices and shortages, and even hunger
Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Population · Radicalization · Sociology · State (computer science · Demography · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Ottoman and Turkish Studies · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |