The Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Severnaya Oblast), also called Severnyy Krai, was a White movement, Anti-Bolshevik left-wing, and Allied provisional government and a

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relat ...

of the Russian State.

History

On 28 September 1918, Provisional Government of the Northern Region was established. In October 1918, the Northern Region recognized the supreme authority of the

Ufa Directory The Provisional All-Russian Government (PA-RG), informally known as The Directory, The Ufa Directory, or The Omsk Directory, was a short-lived government during the Russian Civil War, formed on 23 September 1918 at the State Conference in Ufa as ...

, along with abolishing all the

soviets Soviet people ( rus, сове́тский наро́д, r=sovyétsky naród), or citizens of the USSR ( rus, гра́ждане СССР, grázhdanye SSSR), was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union. Nationality policy in ...

and restored ''

zemstvo A ''zemstvo'' ( rus, земство, p=ˈzʲɛmstvə, plural ''zemstva'' – rus, земства) was an institution of local government set up during the great emancipation reform of 1861 carried out in Imperial Russia by Emperor Alexande ...

s''.''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', pp. 25–27 On 30 April 1919, the Northern Region recognized the supreme authority of the

Provisional All-Russian Government The Provisional All-Russian Government (PA-RG), informally known as The Directory, The Ufa Directory, or The Omsk Directory, was a short-lived government during the Russian Civil War, formed on 23 September 1918 at the State Conference in Ufa a ...

. On 19 October 1919, the Northern Region turned into department for civil affairs under chief administrator of Northern Region but use of former name (Provisional Government of the Northern Region) continued. On 19 February 1920, the Northern Region government evacuated from Arkhangelsk to Norway. On 21 February 1920,

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near ...

and Murmansk was reintegrated into 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 ...

. On 13 March 1920, regular Soviet troops reached Murmansk.World Statesmen Russian War Northern-Region
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Administrative divisions

On 2 February 1920, the

Murmansk Governorate Murmansk Governorate (russian: Му́рманская губе́рния) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the early Russian SFSR which existed in 1921–1927.''Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', pp.&nbs ...

was created by a resolution of the Provisional Government of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region. It included Alexandrovsky and

Kemsky Uyezd Kemsky Uyezd (''Ке́мский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Arkhangelsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kem. In terms of present-day adm ...

s of Arkhangelsk Governorate and parts of the Olonets Governorate.'Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast'', p. 26

Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Severnaya Oblast)

Acting Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Severnaya Oblast)

Chief administrator of Northern Region (Severnyy Krai)

Territorial control

During its height of control, the Provisional Government of the Northern Region controlled the overwhelming majority of the Arkhangelsk Governorate (using the 1917 governorate borders of the

Russian Republic The Russian Republic,. referred to as the Russian Democratic Federal Republic. in the 1918 Constitution, was a short-lived state which controlled, ''de jure'', the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by the Rus ...

), about half of the Olonets Governorate (using the 1917 governorate borders of the Russian Republic), and a tiny part of the

Vologda Governorate Vologda Governorate (russian: link=no, Вологодская губерния, ''Vologodskaya guberniya'', ''Government of Vologda'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed fr ...

(using the 1917 governorate borders of the Russian Republic).

Maps

Image:Provisional Government of the Northern Region (1 November 1918).png, The Provisional Government of the Northern Region on 1 November 1918 Image:Provisional Government of the Northern Region (1 December 1918).png, The Provisional Government of the Northern Region on 1 December 1918 Image:Provisional Government of the Northern Region (3 February 1919).png, The Provisional Government of the Northern Region on 3 February 1919 Image:Provisional Government of the Northern Region (30 April 1919).png, The Provisional Government of the Northern Region on 30 April 1919 Image:Provisional Government of the Northern Region (1 August 1919).png, The Provisional Government of the Northern Region on 1 August 1919 Image:Provisional Government of the Northern Region (1 November 1919).png, The Provisional Government of the Northern Region on 1 November 1919 Image:Provisional Government of the Northern Region (3 January 1920).png, The Provisional Government of the Northern Region on 3 January 1920

References

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