Ukrainian Soviet Republic
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Ukrainian Soviet Republic Украинская Советская Республика (Russian) | |||||||||||||
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| Capital | Kharkiv | ||||||||||||
| Government | Soviet republic | ||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Sovnarkom | |||||||||||||
• 1918 | Mykola Skrypnyk | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | ||||||||||||
• Established | 19 March 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Soviet forces withdrawn | 18 April 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Liquidation | 18 April 1918 | ||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | UA | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||||
The Ukrainian Soviet Republic (Russian: Украинская Советская Республика, romanized: Ukrainskaya Sovetskaya Respublika; Ukrainian: Українська Радянська Республіка, romanized: Ukrainska Radianska Respublika) was a Soviet republic created by the Ukrainian Bolsheviks after the Second All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets declared independence of Soviet Ukraine in March 1918 and merged the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets, the Odessa Soviet Republic, and the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic into one state.
History
The history of Ukrainian Republic as Ukrainian Soviet Republic and its government begins from 24–25 December 1917 when in Kharkiv the First All-Ukrainian Congress of Councils (radas, soviets) was conducted, which declared Ukraine as Ukrainian Republic, Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets – Ukrainian Soviet Republic. Congress made a decision to get a close alliance with Russian Republic (also Soviet) and elected Central Executive Committee (Ukrainian: ЦВК).
It was reformed on March 19, 1918, at the Second All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets in
Military forces of Soviet government of Ukrainian Republic of that time are known as
The Republic united the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets, the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic and the Odessa Soviet Republic as part of the Russian SFSR. It was soon overrun, however, by forces of the Central Powers and the Ukrainian People's Republic.
On April 18, 1918, in
References
- ^ "History on the Communist Party". Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2012-10-18.