Map of Iranian Azerbaijan during 1945-1946, when it was occupied by the Red Army and the Soviet puppet states named Republic of Mahabad and People's Government of Azerbaijan. Boundaries are approximate and based on a work by Robert Rossow Jr., an American diplomat stationed in Tabriz.
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4322770">Robert Rossow, Jr., 'The Battle of Azerbaijan, 1946', Middle East Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter, 1956), page 33</a></li>
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