Explaining and Analyzing the Soviet Role in the Incidents of Kurdish Region of Iran (1941-1946)

The Soviet Red Army, in August 1941 in order to access to the Alliance; logistic line and under the pretext of the presence of German consultants in Iran, occupied Iran. During the presence of this Army in the north and northwestern plateaus of Iran, some movements emerged in Azerbaijan and Kurdistan which created a crisis for central government. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Soviet role in eccentric movements in Kurdistan from 1941 to 1946. This research has done on the basis of descriptive-analytical method and relying on primary resources such as unpublished documents and library resources. The findings of this research show that the Soviet Union goal of igniting ethnic trends in Kurdish regions of Iran was to fulfill its own political and economic interests so that it could establish a base in Iran for its own infiltration in Iran in Post-world war II era. Due to the Pahlavi policies to eradicate language, history and culture of Kurds and their ethnicity within ethnic identity and national identity, and Soviet support for the Kurds caused them to diverge from the central government and they considered the Kurdish movements of Soviet Army not as an occupation force but a liberating one.