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AlsoamongGeorgianandAzerbaijanipeople,aswellas
amongArmeniansbeforetheoutbreakofWorldWarI,politi-
calpartiesstartedtoformanddevelop.Theirdevelopmentwas
closelyrelatedtothedevelopmentofamodernsenseofnation-
alidentity,alreadystrongamongGeorgiansandArmenians,
butemergingattheturnofthe19thand20thcenturiesamong
theAzerbaijanis.AmongtheGeorgianpopulation,themost
importantwereGeorgianMensheviks,beingpartofMen-
shevikgroupoftheSocialDemocraticWorkersPartyof
Russia
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.AmongtheAzerbaijanis,thepartybasedonamixture
ofsocialistandnationalistviews,called“Musavat”(Equali-
ty)begantoplayanincreasinglyimportantrole.SomeAzer-
baijanipoliticalleaders,duetolinguisticandreligiousclose-
toNegotiatePeace,1918–1931M820(M820),Roll223,doc.184.01602/23:
ReportonTranscaucasiaandDaghestan(ReportonTranscaucasia),
15.04.1919Tiflis;p.38;TheNationalArchives,Kew,London(TNA),
FO371/3658ForeignOffice:PoliticalDepartment:GeneralCorrespond-
encefrom1906–1955Caucasus.Code58/CodeW58(Caucasus),From
BritishHighCommissionertoA.J.BalfourMemorandumoftheArmeni-
anpoliticalpartiesbytheIntelligenceSectionoftheBritishSalonika
Force,nr242/5024/3,27.02.1919Constantinople,pp.88–94;R.G.Hovan-
nisian,Armeniaon,pp.16–17;M.Zakrzewska-Dubasowa,HistoriaAr-
menii,Wrocław1990,p.203.
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NAW,RG256,M820,Roll223,doc.184.01602/23,Reporton
Transcaucasia,15.04.1919Tiflis,pp.14–16;W.Materski,Georgia,p.20;
R.G.Suny,TheMaking,p.179.
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