Terek Soviet Republic Explained

Conventional Long Name:Terek Soviet Republic
Native Name:Терская Советская Республика
Subdivision:Soviet Republic
Image Map Caption:Terek SR and other early republics of the RSFSR in the caucasus.
Life Span:1918-1919
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Year Start:1918
Year End:1919
Nation:Russian SFSR
Capital:first Pyatigorsk, and later Vladikavkaz
S1:North Caucasian Soviet Republic

The Terek Soviet Republic (Russian: Терская Советская Республика), or Terek People's Republic (Russian: Терская Народная Республика|links=no) (March 1918  - February 1919), was a short-lived republic on the territory of the former Terek Oblast. Its capital was first Pyatigorsk, and later Vladikavkaz. After July 1918, it was part of the North Caucasian Soviet Republic.

In contrast to other Soviet republics, the Republic was a coalition government.[1]

The famous economist Jacob Marschak served as Secretary of Labour, despite being only a 19-year-old student.[2]

After internal struggles, it was conquered by the Volunteer Army led by Anton Denikin in early 1919.[3]

References

  1. Alex Marshall: "The Terek people's republic, 1918: coalition government in the Russian revolution", Revolutionary Russia, 22:2, 2009, p. 203–221.
  2. Harald Hagemann: "European émigrés and the 'Americanization' of economics", The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 18:5, 2011, p. 643-671 (here: p. 657).
  3. Alex Marshall: The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule, Routledge: London/New York 2010, p. 175.