Far Eastern Republic

The Far Eastern Republic (Russian: Дальневосто́чная Респу́блика, ДВР, tr. Dalnevostochnaya Respublika, DVR, IPA: [dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstotɕnəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə]), sometimes called the Chita Republic, was a nominally independent state that existed from April 1920 to November 1922 in the easternmost part of the Russian Far East. Although nominally independent, it largely came under the control of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), which envisaged it as a buffer state between the RSFSR and the territories occupied by Japan during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. Its first president was Alexander Krasnoshchyokov.

This article is about the Russian Far East buffer state during the Russian Civil War. For the worker's republic during the Russian Revolution of 1905, see Chita Republic.
Far Eastern Republic
Дальневосточная Республика
Dalnevostochnaya Respublika
1920–1922
Flag
Coat of arms
  • Far Eastern Republic:
  • – Maximum extent in 1920 (green and dark green)
  • – Extent from 1920 to 1922 (dark green)
StatusPuppet state/Buffer state of Soviet Russia
Capital Verkhneudinsk (to Oct 1920)
Chita
Common languagesRussian
GovernmentSocialist Republic
President 
• 1920–1921
A. Krasnoshchyokov
• 1921–1922
Nikolay Matveyev
Prime Minister 
• 1920
A. Krasnoshchyokov
• 1920–1921
Boris Shumyatsky
• 1921
Pyotr Nikiforov
• 1921–1922
Nikolay Matveyev
• 1922
Pyotr Kobozev
History 
• Established
6 April 1920
• Disestablished
15 November 1922
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Eastern Okraina
Zemstvo of Maritime Territory
State of Buryat-Mongolia
Provisional Priamurye Government
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Today part ofRussia

The Far Eastern Republic occupied the territory of modern Zabaykalsky Krai, Amur Oblast, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, and Primorsky Krai of Russia (the former Transbaikal and Amur oblasts and Primorsky krai). Its capital was established at Verkhneudinsk (now Ulan-Ude), but in October 1920 it moved to Chita.

The Red Army occupied Vladivostok on 25 October 1922. Three weeks later, on 15 November 1922, the Far Eastern Republic merged with the RSFSR.

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