List of MapsPreface1. Introduction2. The Political Situation in Azerbaijan in the Early Twentieth Century3. The Domestic and International Position of Azerbaijan after the Bolshevik Occupation4. The Eastern Policy of Soviet Russia and Iran5. The Sovietization of Armenia: Moscow’s Secret Plans for Karabagh6. Collaboration after Occupation: Drawing South Caucasus Borders after Sovietization7. The Russian-Turkish Conference in Moscow and Azerbaijan8. From Moscow to Kars9. The Struggle for Baku Oil and the Formation of the Soviet Union10. ConclusionNotesAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex