The Amur Soviet Socialist Republic (also Amur Labour Socialist Republic, or Amur Socialist Federative Republic) (

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– September 18,

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) was a territorial entity proclaimed on the territory of the

Amur Oblast Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrat ...

, formally part of the

Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

.Amurskaya Oblast
// Encyclopedia of Siberia The capital was the city of

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, o ...

Formation

With the outbreak of the

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, a large–scale struggle for power broke out in

between the Blagoveshchensk Council, the City Duma and the Regional Zemstvo Council. On January 26,

, the Blagoveshchensk Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies announced that they had taken power in the city into their own hands, and already on

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, the 4th Regional Congress of Peasant Delegates held in Blagoveshchensk and the Blagoveshchensk Council announced the transfer of power in the Amur Region to the Soviets. Zemstvos and city self–government were abolished. From March 6 to

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, the Zemstvo Council and the regional Cossack government organized a rebellion against the Soviet government, led by Ataman Gamov, but were brutally suppressed, which ensured the restoration of the power of the Soviets. On

, at the 5th Peasant Congress, a resolution was adopted on the organization of the Amur Labour Socialist Republic – an integral part of the

Authorities and leaders

An executive committee of 30 members was elected for general management, Fyodor Mukhin became the chairman of the executive committee. Factory teams were created for enterprises. At the general city meeting of representatives of such collectives, a city committee was created, and on a regional scale, general management was in the hands of the Council of the People's Economy. Mikhail Delvig was elected Chairman of the Council of the People's Economy.Utopia on the Banks of the Amur
/ref> Also, a revolutionary military headquarters, a control commission, a commission for combating counter–revolution, and a revolutionary tribunal were created in the republic.

Liquidation

Throughout the existence of the republic, the remnants of the anti–Bolshevik forces continued to fight against Soviet power from Chinese territory. In connection with the overthrow of Soviet power in

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, the Ussuri Front arose, and the republic had to send military units there, which greatly weakened its military strength. In August, anti–Soviet activity intensified within the republic. The uprisings of the Cossacks and peasants of the villages coastal to the

Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...

began. On September 18,

, troops of interventionists and White Guard formations invaded

and the territory of the region. Soviet detachments retreated to the northern regions of the

and continued to resist. The Amur Labour Socialist Republic ceased to exist.Vladimir Daines. History of Russia and the World Community – Moscow: Olma–Press, 2004 – Page 219 – ISBN 5-224-04064-7

References

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