Yakut revolt (1918) explained

Conflict:Yakut revolt
Partof:the Russian Civil War
Date:November 1917 – 1 July 1918
Place:Yakutia
Territory:Yakutia defeated by Soviets
Result:Soviet victory
Combatant1: Russian Soviet Republic
Combatant2: Yakutia
Commander1: A. S. Rydzinski
Commander2: V. V. Popov
P. A. Bondaletov

The Yakut revolt of 1917–1918 was the rejection of Bolshevik rule by the Yakut people of far eastern Russia during the early stages of the Russian Civil War, culminating in the establishment of an independent Yakut republic (or Yakutia) in 1918. Yakutia was short-lived, being declared in February 1918 during the Russian Civil War, and being dissolved following a Bolshevik intervention in July 1918. It was coterminous with the present day Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), a Russian constituent republic. Yakutia's capital was Yakutsk.

Course of events

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[1] by the intervention of Soviet troops from Irkutsk led by A. S. Rydzinski.[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

Conventional Long Name:Yakutia
Native Name:Саха
Common Name:Yakutia
P1:Russian Republic
Flag P1:Flag of Russia.svg
Flag P2:Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954–1991).svg
P2:Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
S1:Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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Today:Russia
Capital:Yakutsk
Common Languages:Yakut, Russian
Government Type:Republic
Leader1:V. V. Popov
Year Leader1:1918
Title Leader:Chairman
Era:Russian Civil War
Date Start:February
Year Start:1918
Date End:1 July
Year End:1918
Life Span:1918

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

Notes and References

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