ocr: Under consecutive Persian, Uttoman and Russian intluence, Azerbaijan, one of the world's major oil producers in 1900, was established as an independent state in 1917. . 1920 Soviet Red Army invades. Soviet republic established. - 1922 Incorporatedin Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic TSFSR). . 1930 Forced collectivization of agriculture. Peasant uprisings. - 1936 ISFSR disbanded. Azerbaijan a full union republic (ASSR). - 1945 Failed attempt to amnex Azeri region of Iran. 1985 President Gorbachev makes tackling corruption in CPA a priority. - 1988 Nagomo Karabakh council reque ...