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ness,favouredco-operationwithTurkeyandYoungTurks
activists,whotookovercontrolinthiscountryin1908
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.
TheoutbreakofWorldWarIledtorapidinternalchanges
intheTranscaucasiaandmadetheregionanimportantarea
ofthegreatpowers’competition.Turkeyaccessiontothe
waronthesideoftheCentralStatesledtothecreationofthe
Russian-TurkishfrontinEasternAnatolia,andalsomadethe
Transcaucasiaadirectbackgroundforthisfront.Thelargest
citiesoftheTranscaucasiawelcomednumerousgarrisonsof
theRussianarmedforcesincludingsoldiersfromoutsidethe
Caucasus.Warehouseswerealsobuiltthere,forsignificant
stocksofmilitaryequipment
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.Thewarperiodwasalso
linkedtodeteriorationinthelivingconditionsofthecivilian
populationintheTranscaucasiaduetorisingfoodprices.
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inTransition,NewYork1995,pp.61–62.
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MAEP,Sèrie:Guerre1914–1918(Guerre),vol.1027,deM.Paléo-
logueauMinistèredesAffairesÉtrangèresdelaFrancenr844,04.11.1914
Petrograd,p.6;ibid.,deM.PaléologueauMinistèredesAffairesÉtrangères
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P.Olszewski,Politykapaństw,p.17.
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