The Gongota Agreement of 1920 (russian: Гонготское соглашение, ja, 緩衝国建設覚書 (lit. Memorandum of establishing
buffer state
A buffer state is a country geographically lying between two rival or potentially hostile great powers. Its existence can sometimes be thought to prevent conflict between them. A buffer state is sometimes a mutually agreed upon area lying between t ...
)) was a milestone in the
Russian Civil War
, date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...
in
Transbaikal
Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykalye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Far Eastern Russia.
The steppe and ...
. The Agreement was finalized at Gongota railway station on July 15, 1920 between the
Far Eastern Republic
The Far Eastern Republic ( rus, Дальневосто́чная Респу́блика, ДВР, r=Dalnevostochnaya Respublika, DVR, p=dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstotɕnəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə), sometimes called the Chita Republic, was a nominally indep ...
's delegation headed by
Alexander Krasnoshchyokov
Alexander Mikhailovich Krasnoshchyokov (russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Краснощёков, real name – Avraam Moiseevich Krasnoshchyok, russian: Абра́м Моисе́евич Краснощёк, October 10, 1880 – ...
and
Genrich Eiche
Henrich Christoforovich Eiche (russian: Ге́нрих Христофо́рович Э́йхе, lv, Indriķis Eihe; September 29 (October 12) 1893, Riga — June 25, 1968, Jūrmala) was a Soviet Komdiv and military historian of Latvian ethnicity ...
and the Japanese Expeditionary Corps under
Yui Mitsue
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War.
Biography
Yui was born in Tosa Domain (present day Kōchi Prefecture) in what is now part of the city of Kōchi, where is father was a sam ...
. The Far Eastern Republic's demands were the evacuation of
White Army
The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв ...
troops from the zone held by the Japanese forces and the end of hostilities between the Soviets and Japan.
The process was not easy for the Far Eastern Republic authorities because the Japanese tried to postpone their evacuation from the region. Finally, the Japanese agreed stopping military actions against the FER troops and partisans. A no man's line was created west of
Chita and it helped the Far Eastern Republic launch the final operation of taking Chita.
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