Blood and oil in the Orient

Description:

An autobiographical story about the political history of Azerbaijan in the early 20th century, and the author's flight from the country with his father after the Bolshevik takeover in 1920.

subjects: Communism,  Description and travel,  History,  Personal narratives,  Petroleum,  Petroleum industry and trade,  Methodist orphans' home, St. Louis,  Saint Louis (Mo.) Methodist orphans' home

Places: Azerbaijan,  Azerbaijan S.S.R,  Azerbaijan S.S.R.,  Baku,  Baku (Azerbaijan S.S.R.),  Baku (Azerbaijan),  Caucasus,  Central Asia,  Soviet Central Asia,  West Turkestan

Times: Revolution, 1917-1921