North Caucasian Soviet Republic
North Caucasian Soviet Republic (Russian: Се́веро-Кавка́зская Сове́тская Респу́блика, Severo-Kavkazskaya Sovetskaya Respublika) (July 7–December, 1918) was a territory in the North Caucasus established to consolidate Soviet power during the Russian Civil War. A republic of the Russian SFSR, it was created by merging the Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic, the Stavropol Soviet Republic, and the Terek Soviet Republic. Its capital was Yekaterinodar; however, on August 17, 1918 Yekaterinodar was taken by Denikin's Volunteer Army, and the capital was moved to Pyatigorsk.
| North Caucasian Soviet Republic Russian: Се́веро-Кавка́зская Сове́тская Респу́блика | |||||||||||||
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| Soviet Republic of the Russian SFSR | |||||||||||||
| July 7–December, 1918 | |||||||||||||
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| Capital | Yekaterinodar until August 17, 1918 Pyatigorsk | ||||||||||||
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• Disestablished | December, 1918 | ||||||||||||
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By the end of 1918, when the majority of the republic's territory was captured by the White Army, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee abolished the republic.
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