The Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic or Donetsk–Kryvyi Rih Soviet Republic (; ) was a self-declared Soviet republic of the

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proclaimed on 12 February 1918. It was founded three days after the government of the

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(UPR) signed its

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with the

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, which recognised the borders of the UPR.

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did not support the creation of the entity and neither did Sverdlov. Some other

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like Elena Stasova, however, sent a telegraph of best wishes. On 3 March 1918 a separate

was signed between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria), by which Russia withdrew from World War I. The Article III of the treaty stated that "the territories lying to the west of the line agreed upon by the contracting parties which formerly belonged to Russia, will no longer be subject to Russian sovereignty" and "the future status of these territories will be determined in agreement with their population". The

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

– Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic claimed the territories south of the neighbouring

, including the Kharkov,

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, and part of the Kherson Governorates. In the beginning, the republic's capital was the city of Kharkiv, but later with the retreat of the Red Guard it moved to

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. The newly created government challenged the authority of the

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and the People's Secretariat. Some of the commissars held positions as secretaries in another Bolshevik government in Ukraine, the People's Secretariat. The Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic was disbanded at the second

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on 20 March 1918 when the independence of Soviet Ukraine was announced. The Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic failed to achieve recognition, either internationally or by the Russian SFSR, and in accordance with the March 1918 second

was abolished. The Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic was invoked during the

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(started 2014), when the legislature of the unrecognised separatist

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(DPR) adopted a memorandum on 5 February 2015 declaring itself the successor to the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, and Artyom as founding father.

Government

*Chairman – Fyodor Sergeyev ("Artyom") *

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for Internal Affairs – S. Vasilchenko *People's Commissariat for Financial Affairs – Valeriy Mezhlauk *People's Commissariat for Labour – B. Magidov *People's Commissariat for National Enlightenment – M. Zhakov *People's Commissariat for Legal Affairs – V. Filov *People's Commissariat for Military Affairs – Moisei Rukhimovich *People's Commissariat for State Control – A. Kamensky After a government crisis and resignation of Vasilchenko, Zhakov and Filov on 29 March 1918, the Sovnarkom relocated from

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. *Chairman – Fyodor Sergeyev ("Artyom") **Deputy Chairman – Yu. Lutovinov ("Ivan") *People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs – I. Yakimovich *People's Commissariat for Finance – Valeriy Mezhlauk *People's Commissariat for Labour – B. Magidov *People's Commissariat for Enlightenment – Ya. Istomin *People's Commissariat for Justice – A. Chervyakov *People's Commissariat for Provision – I. Alekseyev ("Koom") *People's Commissariat for Military Affairs – Moisei Rukhimovich *People's Commissariat for State Control – A. Kamensky *People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs – Innokentiy Kozhevnikov *People's Commissariat for Public Property – A. Puzyryov *Director of Sovnarkom Affairs – A. Povzner

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