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Great War in Transcaucasia: From Ottoman Occupation to the Treaty of Kars Vagnini, Alessandro
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 2 (2012): May 2012
Publisher : Richtmann Publishing

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In October 1914 the Ottoman Empire declared war on the Entente joining the Central Powers. Now the Turksthreatened Russia’s Caucasian provinces and the communications within the British Empire via the Suez Canal but the maincampaign of the Ottoman army would extend from southern Caucasus to eastern Asia Minor. Between 1914 and 1917 thesituation on this front was quite difficult for the Turks, only the collapse of the Russian forces would change this situation. InNovember 1917, a first government of an independent Transcaucasia was created in Tbilisi while the Ottomans aiming atcreating their own rule on southern Caucasus launched a new offensive toward Baku. The Russian Revolution and thecapitulation of the Central Powers, however, open the way to the rivalry between Caucasian nationalities which will be solvedonly with the arrival of the Soviet forces. Notwithstanding, the conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijani can not find adefinitive solution even if the Treaty of Kars restored at list a stable border between Kemalist Turkey and Bolshevik Russia.
New Perspectives on Historical Research: The Digitization of the Documents of the AUSSME on the Peace of Versailles Vagnini, Alessandro
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 8 (2012): Special Issue
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On November 11, 1918, the Great War that lasted for over four years came to a close. The peace treaties imposed by theEntente and Associated Powers after the War tried to establish a new international system. The research project “The Europe ofVersailles (1919-1939). The new European balance between the two wars in the sources of the Archive of the Army General Staff” isfunded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) under the program “Futuro in ricerca” Firb 2010. It aims to examinespecifically the events that marked the First World War and the results of the Peace Conference of Versailles in Central and EasternEurope trough the digitization of the records of the archive of the Italian Army and the publication of several specific books.