Don Soviet Republic

The Don Soviet Republic (Russian: Донская советская республика, romanized: Donskaya Sovetskaya Respublika) was a short-lived Soviet republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic that existed from March to May 1918.

Don Soviet Republic
  • Донская
  • советская республика
1918
Red flag
Map of the territory claimed by Don Soviet Republic.
StatusRepublic within Russian SFSR
CapitalRostov-on-Don
Common languagesRussian
GovernmentSoviet Republic
Chairman of the Sovnarkom 
LegislatureSoviet council
Historical eraWorld War I
 Established
23 March 1918
 Conquered by Don Cossacks
8 May 1918
CurrencyRuble
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Don Host Oblast
Don Republic
Today part of
  • Ukraine
  • Russia

Claiming the territory of the Don Host Oblast, the republic was proclaimed in March 1918 after the retreat of the White Army from the area. In May, after the revolt of the Don Cossacks and the German advance into the region as a result of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the republic was overthrown and its leaders fled. The Don Cossacks' Don Republic took over the territory of the Don Soviet Republic.

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