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of Azerbaijan, a member of the Azerbaijani Parliament, a former military officer of
the Czarist Army, owner of vast landed estates, a representative of the Guba nobi-
lity and a recognized public figure in Guba appointed the Guba Uyezd Commissar
after the February Revolution of 1917. During this period, A.Zizikski was supportive
to Mirjafar Baghirov nominating him to the position of the commissar of Guba’s
Section 2 and then his personal aide. Actively involved in the Uyezd’s public and
political life, A.Zizikski was one of the founders of Ittihad Party’s outlet in Guba.
After the March events of 1918 in Baku and Shemakha Uyezd, A.Zizikski’s units to-
gether with squads of Najmuddin Gotsinski from Daghestan advanced to Baku and
got engaged in battles with the Bolshevik and Dashnak troops in baku’s outskirt of
Khyrdalan. However, faced with largely outnumbering Red Army forces Zizikski and
Gotsinski were forced to retreat. The same units of A.Zizikski were involved in Guba’s
initial liberation from the Bolshevik and Dashnak squads led by D.Ghelovani in mid-
April 1918. During the repeated assault on Guba by Amazasp’s troops, Ziziksi’s units
were engaged in warfare at Guba environs trying to prevent the Armenian forces
to the Uyezd’s other large settlements. A.Zizikski was never questioned by the AHIC
investigation teams. During the period of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan,
Colonel Zizikski was appointed the Deputy Capital City Governor. Majority of his
units were incorporated into the newly-established National Army. A.Zizikski was
also elected to the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan from Guba Uyezd where
he represented the faction of Ittihad Party. He was elected into the Central Com-
mittee of Ittihad during the Party’s 1st and 2nd Congresses in April 1919 and January
1920 respectively. Upon the Soviet takeover of Azerbaijan in April 1920, A.Zizikski
was actively involved in military resistance to the new regime. Suppression of the
resistance forced him to hide in Ardabil (Iran) for a while. He could only repatriate
in 1923 with the support of M.Baghirov, the then Chairman of the Extraordinary
Commission (Cheka). Granted legalization, A.Zizikski resided in Baku. In December
1926, however, he was arrested, charged with anti-Soviet activities and executed by
the Soviet authorities in September 1929.
13Khoyski Amiraslan Jahanghir-khan oghlu (1888-1954), an active partici-
pant of the national liberation movement in Azerbaijan, the elder brother of Prime
Minister Fatali-Khan Khoyski. During the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (May
1918 to April 1920), A.Khoyski performed the duties of the First Deputy Governor
of Baku, the Governor of Ganja Uyezd, the Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in charge for Gazakh Uyezd, and the Governor of Guba Uyezd. One of the
masterminds of the anti-Soviet Ganja revolt in May 1920, A.Khoyski emigrated to
Turkey with the revolt’s suppression.
14Ghelovani David Alexandrovich (1888-1919), one of the key figures in the
Guba events of 1918, a Georgian Prince by birth, and a Social Democrat by political
views. Arrested for his political activities, Ghelovani was exiled to Siberia by the Cza-
rist authorities. Released after the February Revolution, he traveled to the Caucasus
in early 1918 and ended up in Baku to be employed as a militiaman by Japaridze.
In mid-April 1918 with a 200-strong squad, Ghelovani arrived in Guba where he
launched an ultimatum to the local population regarding their compliance with the
Soviet power. Once the ultimatum was accepted, Ghelovani proclaimed himself the
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