Crimean Regional Government

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Crimean Regional Government
Крымское краевое правительство (Russian)
Krymskoe kraevoe pravitel'stvo
1918–1919
Location of Crimea.
Location of Crimea.
CapitalSimferopol
Common languages
GovernmentLiberal Republic
Prime Minister 
• 1918
Maciej Sulkiewicz
• 1918–1919
Solomon Krym
Historical eraWorld War I
• Crimean offensive
April 1918
• First government
25 June 1918
• German withdrawal
November 1918
• Second government
November 1918
• Red Army invasion
2 April 1919
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Taurida SSR
Crimean People's Republic
Crimean SSR
Today part of
[nb 1]

The Crimean Regional Government (

Crimean Peninsula
during 1918 and 1919.

History

Following

Crimean Offensive
at the end of April 1918.

The first Crimean Regional Government was established on 25 June 1918. It was formed under German protection with

Lipka Tatar General Maciej (Suleyman) Sulkiewicz
as prime minister, minister of interior and military affairs. There were efforts by Ukraine to exert control over Crimea but, with German support, the regional government remained separate from Ukraine though, in September and October, there were talks to effect a federation of the two.

Following the withdrawal of German troops from Crimea, the unpopular

landed in Crimea but they withdrew in April 1919, after the loss of Odessa (now Odesa).[5]

The Krym government, also called the Crimean Frontier Government,[6] began to crumble in early 1919 due to tensions with the Russian White movement's Volunteer Army under Anton Denikin which suspected the loyalty of its main figures.[7] The collapse of the World War I Central Powers and the withdrawal of the Allies had made the Crimea again fully dependent on Russia.

On 2 April 1919, the Soviet Red Army occupied Simferopol and the second Crimean Regional Government was dissolved. The Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic was then established only to be retaken by White forces in June 1919. The Whites under Denikin and later Pyotr Wrangel held Crimea until November 1920.

See also

Crimean Regional Government postage stamp, 1919

Notes

  1. 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea the status of the Crimea and of the city of Sevastopol is under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community considers the Crimea and Sevastopol an integral part of Ukraine, while Russia, on the other hand, considers (and administrators) the Crimea and Sevastopol an integral part of Russia.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Gutterman, Steve (18 March 2014). "Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions". Reuters.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Ukraine crisis timeline". BBC News. 13 November 2014.
  3. ^ UN General Assembly adopts resolution affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity Archived 2018-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, China Central Television (28 March 2014)
  4. ^ a b Brian Boyd. Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years. Princeton University Press, 1993. p. 154.
  5. ISBN 9780974493442
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  6. ^ Harold Henry Fisher. The Famine in Soviet Russia, 1919-1923: The Operations of the American Relief Administration. Ayer Publishing, 1971. p. 277.
  7. ^ Brian Boyd. Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years. Princeton University Press, 1993. p. 155.
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