Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly
Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly Комитет членов Учредительного собрания Komitet chlenov Uchreditelnogo sobraniya | |||||||||
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Flag of the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly Samara | |||||||||
Common languages | Russian | ||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||
Chairman | |||||||||
• 1918 | Vladimir Vol'skii | ||||||||
Historical era | Russian Civil War | ||||||||
• Established | June 8, 1918 1918 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | September 23, 1918 1918 | ||||||||
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The Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly was an
Nomenclature
In Russian, the committee was called Комитет членов Учредительного собрания, transliterated as Komitet chlenov uchreditelnogo sobraniya. The initial consonants of the first and third words gave Комуч, transliterated as Komuch, as the shorthand name for the committee.
History
Komuch proclaimed itself the highest authority in
The Committee grew in size as members, mainly Socialist-Revolutionaries, of the former Constituent Assembly travelled to Samara. By the end of September 1918, it numbered 96 members.
On 8 June 1918, after the Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion, Brushvit convinced the legion to occupy Samara. According to William Henry Chamberlin, "A committee of five members of the dissolved Constituent Assembly, all Socialist Revolutionaries, Brushvit, Fortunatov, Klimushkin, Volsky and Nesterov, thereupon assumed civil and military power in Samara City and Province."[3]
Having seized power with the help of the Czech Legion, Komuch announced the "reinstatement" of various democratic
Paying lip service to the
From June to August 1918, Komuch's influence spread from Samara into the provinces of
Komuch participated with the
After Admiral
References
- ^ Flags and banners of non-Bolshevik state formations in the East of Russia (1918-1925) according to memoirs and historiography.
- ^ Ronald I. Kowalski, The Russian Revolution 1917-1921, p. 116.
- ^ Chamberlin, William (1935). The Russian Revolution, 1917-1921, Volume Two. New York: The Macmillan Company. pp. 14–15.
- ^ Evan Mawdsley, The Russian Civil War, Edinburgh, Birlinn: 2008, pp. 143-148.