Far Eastern Republic

Far Eastern Republic
Дальневосточная Республика Dalnevostochnaya Respublika
1920–1922
Flag Coat of arms
Capital		Verkhneudinsk (to Oct 1920) Chita
Languages		Russian
Government		Republic
President
•	6 Apr 1920 – Dec 1921	Alexander Krasnoshchyokov
•	Dec 1921 – 15 Nov 1922	Nikolay Matveyev
Prime Minister
•	6 Apr – Nov 1920	Alexander Krasnoshchyokov
•	Nov 1920 – Apr 1921	Boris Shumyatsky
•	8 May – Dec 1921	Pyotr Nikiforov
•	Dec 1921 – 14 Nov 1922	Nikolay Matveyev
•	14–15 Nov 1922	Pyotr Kobozev
History
•	Established	6 April 1920
•	Disestablished	15 November 1922
Preceded by Succeeded by Russia Eastern Outskirts Provisional Priamurye Government Green Ukraine State of Buryat-Mongolia Russian Soviet Federative Socialist 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 was largely controlled by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) and its main purpose was to be a buffer state between the RSFSR and the territories occupied by Japan during the Russian Civil War. Its first president was Alexander Krasnoshchyokov.

The Far Eastern Republic occupied the territory of modern Zabaykalsky Krai, Amur Oblast, 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 was moved to Chita.

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