The Establishment of The Soviet Regime In Northern Azerbaijan. Resistance Against The Invaders

Conducting the Course of Industrialization. In December of 1925, the Soviet Union embarked on industrialization. The goal was to eliminate the economic and technological backwardness of the USSR, in compare with the advanced countries, and to create the new and modern industries. In May of 1926, it adopted the “Program on the industrialization of Azerbaijan for five years”, which provides in the first place, the development of the oil industry and the completion of its technical reconstruction, as well as the construction of new textile, chemical and other industrial enterprises. A feature of industrialization in Azerbaijan was that the oil industry became the main object.

In the 1927-1940's, as a result of start-up of dozens of hydro and thermal power plants. Electrification was the second after the oil industry sector in Azerbaijan, which was affected by industrialization.

To ensure the needs of population to the basic consumer goods, mainly enterprises of light and food industries were built in the uyezds. Thanks to this policy, Ganja has become the second industrial center of Azerbaijan. During the industrialization, certain work was carried out also in transportation. In 1926, Baku-Sabunchu electric railway was launched, the first in the USSR.