 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure meRevolution yaFebruary muRussia, Ali-Agha Shikhlinski akagadzwa kuve mukuru wemauto wechi10 weRussia munaGunyana 1917. Mushure mokunge October revolution yaitika, akasiya basa rake ndokuenda kuTiflis, kwaakanzi aumbe boka revaMuslim vaAzerbaijani. Mauto aya akatsigira maOttoman Army of Islam muhondo yeBaku neBolshevik nemauto eBritish. Muna Ndira 1919, hurumende yeAzerbaijan Democratic Republic yakasarudza Shikhlinski mutevedzeri weGurukota reDziviriro reAzerbaijan Republic Samedbey Mehmandarov. Musi waJune 28, 1919, Ali-Agha Shikhlinski akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo cheGeneral weArtillery wemauto eAzerbaijan. Pashure pokupinda kweRed Army muAzerbaijanuye kugadzwa kwehurumende yeSoviet muAzerbaijan muna Kubvumbi 1920, Shikhlinski akasungwa uye akasunungurwa mwedzi miviri gare gare. 