 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure peshanduko yaFebruary 1917kuti vakakoromora hurumende yaTsarist, Mikoyan navamwe vaBolshevik vakarwa namativi anopesana navaBolshevik muCaucasus. Mikoyan akava komisar muRed Army yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa uye akaramba achirwa muBaku achirwisa mauto airwisa vaBolshevik. Akakuvadzwa mukurwisana uye akazivikanwa nokuda kwokuponesa upenyu hwomumwe mutezo webato Sergo Ordzhonikidze. Pashure pacho, akaenderera mberi nebasa rake reParty, achiva mumwe wevakavamba Baku Soviet, iyo yakagara kusvika 1918, apo iye nevamwe makomishina makumi maviri nematanhatu vakatiza Baku uye vakabatwa neHurumende yeTranscaspian. Vanozivikanwa seBaku 26, vose vaiva makomishinari vakaurayiwa kunze kwaMikoyan; mamiriro ezvinhu okurarama kwake akavanzika. Muna February 1919 Mikoyan akadzokera kuBaku ndokutangazve mabasa ake ikoko, achibatsira kutanga Baku Bureau yeCaucasus Regional Committee Kraikom. 