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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kbsu</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Электронный журнал «Кавказология»</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Kavkazologiya</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2542-212X</issn><publisher><publisher-name>КБГУ</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31143/2542-212X-2025-4-124-136</article-id><article-id custom-type="edn" pub-id-type="custom">ERRXOF</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">kbsu-626</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Новейшая история</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Recent history</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Дискуссия в британском правительстве по вопросу об интервенции в Закавказье в декабре 1918 – марте 1919 года</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Discussion in the British government on the issue of intervention in Transcaucasia in December 1918 – march 1919</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7613-5491</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Максимов</surname><given-names>Михаил Александрович</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Maksimov</surname><given-names>Mikhail A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Старший преподаватель кафедры английского языка № 6</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Senior Lecturer at the Department of English No. 6</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">mshmxv@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Московский государственный институт международных отношений (университет) Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>31</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title>Кавказология</issue-title><fpage>124</fpage><lpage>136</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Максимов М.А., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Максимов М.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Maksimov M.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.caucasology.ru/jour/article/view/626">https://www.caucasology.ru/jour/article/view/626</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья посвящена событиям в Закавказье после поражения в Первой мировой войне Германии и Османской империи. Показана дискуссия в Военном совете и Имперском Военном совете по вопросу о выработке политики Великобритании в Закавказье в декабре 1918 г. – марте 1919 г. В конце 1917 г. Великобритания и Франция разделили сферы влияния на территории бывшей Российской империи, Закавказье стало входить в сферу геополитических интересов Великобритании. Ситуация в Закавказье осложнялась началом на территории бывшей Российской империи Гражданской войны и необходимостью для бывших союзников по Антанте определить свое отношение к поддержке российских антибольшевистских сил. Основные споры в английском правительстве по поводу военного участия в антибольшевистской борьбе в России развернулись между премьер-министром Д. Ллойд-Джорджем, предполагавшим совместное решение этой проблемы на мирных конференциях и назначенным им в январе 1919 г. государственным секретарем по военным делам У. Черчиллем, отстаивавшим позицию немедленной помощи Белому движению. На фоне сложных внутренних отношений между различными политическими силами в Закавказье и наличием проблем в самой Великобритании, политика Антанты в Закавказье была нерешительной, противоречивой и непоследовательной, что вылилось в марте 1919 г. в решении о выводе английских войск из региона. В выигрыше от этого оказалась Советская Россия, сумевшая разбить противников по всем фронтам и восстановить в Закавказье границы бывшей Российской империи</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is devoted to the events in Transcaucasia after the defeat of Germany and the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. The discussion in the Military Council and the Imperial Military Council on the development of British policy in Transcaucasia in December 1918 – March 1919 is shown. At the end of 1917, Great Britain and France divided their spheres of influence on the territory of the former Russian Empire, and Transcaucasia began to enter the sphere of Britain's geopolitical interests. The situation in Transcaucasia was complicated by the outbreak of Civil War in the territory of the former Russian Empire and the need for the former Entente allies to determine their attitude towards supporting Russian anti-Bolshevik forces. The main disputes in the British government over military involvement in the anti-Bolshevik struggle in Russia unfolded between Prime Minister D. Lloyd George, who envisioned a joint solution to this problem at peace conferences, and Secretary of State for Military Affairs appointed by him in January 1919. Churchill, who defended the position of immediate assistance to the White Movement. Against the background of complex internal relations between various political forces in Transcaucasia and the presence of problems in Great Britain itself, the Entente's policy in Transcaucasia was indecisive, contradictory and inconsistent, which resulted in the decision to withdraw British troops from the region in March 1919.. Soviet Russia benefited from this, having managed to defeat its opponents on all fronts and restore the borders of the former Russian Empire in Transcaucasia </p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Первая мировая война</kwd><kwd>Азербайджанская демократическая республика</kwd><kwd>Грузинская демократическая республика</kwd><kwd>английская интервенция в Закавказье</kwd><kwd>лорд Керзон</kwd><kwd>У. Черчилль</kwd><kwd>Д. Ллойд-Джордж</kwd><kwd>генерал У. 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