Բրիտանական ռազմաքաղաքական ներկայացուցիչ գնդապետ Քլոտ Սթոքսի գործունէութիւնը Հայաստանում եւ Անդրկովկասում 1920ին
| dc.contributor.author | Վանիկ Վիրաբեան | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-08-28T06:45:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-08-28T06:45:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In the Transcaucasus, in view of the full disclosure of the activities of the Allied military-political representatives in Armenia, it is possible to cover the activities of the British High Commissioner Colonel Claude Bayfield Stokes. After making a decision at the beginning on the withdrawal of British troops from the Transcaucasian region in 1919, he became the representative of the Allied High Commissariat in Baku. C. Stokes was born in India and acted as a staff spy in different countries, in 1907-1911 he was a British military attache in Tehran, and during the First World War he served in the intelligence department of the General Staff of the British Indian Army. Stokes, like many British officers in the «Indian Service», knew Russia well, its intentions in the Middle East, and its attitude toward Azeris, and was a staunch supporter of Azerbaijan's and Georgia's independence. By his order, the first British detachment arrived in Baku on August 4, 1918. After demobilization in 1919 Stokes remained in Baku in the fall as an unofficial political observer, before joining O. Wardrop's mission, initially becoming a loyal friend of Azerbaijan's and the anti-Bolsheviks, through whom Azerbaijan gained a loyal ally.According to D. Hasanli, Stokes was a key link in the British mission for securing contacts with the «Azerbaijani government» and representing its interests, discussing Chicherin's note with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Khan-Khoyski, establishing contacts with London, and so on. The restrained support of the Entente allies ended for Armenia with the fall of Kars and Alexandropol, although until then the British High Commissioner, Colonel Stokes, had persuaded the government to actively support Armenia. Stokes once again asserted that Great Britain, with all its responsibility, was obliged to establish its own positions in the Muslim world and to uphold relations with M. Kemal. And so the British Commissar in the Caucasus, Stokes, considered the best way out for the Armenians was to make peace with the Turks - to back down, or rather to abandon their enormous plans to create a Greater Armenia, rather than lose their independence to the Bolsheviks or come under their rule. Thus, Stokes was on his way to Armenia from Alexandropol. Stokes believed that the Turkish invasion of Armenia had radically changed the whole political situation in the region. Drawing on regional differences became essential for him. Stokes also tried to direct the issue of the Armenian-Georgian defense alliance, to use it as an opportunity to put the struggle against the Soviets on the agenda, thereby turning the Transcaucasian republics into a bulwark against Russia, albeit at the cost of their possible sacrifice. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Վիրաբեան, Վ., «Բրիտանական ռազմաքաղաքական ներկայացուցիչ գնդապետ Քլոտ Սթոքսի գործունէութիւնը Հայաստանում եւ Անդրկովկասում 1920ին», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2023, 43/2, Պէյրութ, էջ 321-3259 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.62811/har.artc.vv.2023.2 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1551 | |
| dc.title | Բրիտանական ռազմաքաղաքական ներկայացուցիչ գնդապետ Քլոտ Սթոքսի գործունէութիւնը Հայաստանում եւ Անդրկովկասում 1920ին |