Yakutia (1918)

Yakutia was a short-lived republic declared in February 1918 during the Russian Civil War, coterminous with the present day Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), a Russian constituent republic. Yakutia’s capital was Irkutsk. The republic was dissolved following a Bolshevik intervention in July 1918.

Yakutia
Саха
1918
Flag of Yakutia
CapitalIrkutsk
Common languagesYakut, Russian
GovernmentRegional administration
Chairman 
• 1918
V. V. Popov
Historical eraRussian Civil War
• Established
February 1918
• Disestablished
1 July 1918
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Russian Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

History
Main article: Yakut revolt (1918)

After the February Revolution of 1917 in Russia, ethnic Yakuts began politically organizing and forming their own local committees. Following the Bolshevik seizure of power during the October Revolution of 1917, the Yakut committees were merged into an anti-Bolshevik autonomous regional administration, the "Yakut Committee to Safeguard the Revolution". After the formal proclamation of the Russian Soviet Republic in January 1918, the Committee declared the independence of Yakutia in reaction to these events. This independent government was overthrown on July 1 by the intervention of Soviet troops from Irkutsk led by A. S. Rydzinski.[1][2][3]

Later, in 1921, the Yakuts and White Russians would organize an anti-Soviet revolt in the region, which also ended in failure.

Government and politics

The government was led by the "Yakut Committee of Safeguard and Revolution" or the "Yakut Committee of Public Safety".[2] Their chairman was V. V. Popov.

See also

Russian Civil War
Yakutia

References
  1. "Yakutia-from 1917".
  2. James Forsyth (1994). A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990. Cambridge University Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-521-47771-0.
  3. "Communism in Yakutia : The First Decade (1918-1928)" (PDF). E. Stuart Kirby. 1980.
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