Far Eastern Republic

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Far Eastern Republic Дальневосточная Республика Читинская Республика
1920–1922
Flag Coat of arms
Far Eastern Republic: – Maximum extent in 1920 (green and dark green) – Extent from 1920 to 1922 (dark green)
Status	Puppet state/Buffer state of Soviet Russia
Capital	Verkhneudinsk (to Oct 1920) Chita (from Oct 1920)
Common languages	Russian
Government	Unitary socialist republic
President
• 1920–1921	A. Krasnoshchyokov
• 1921–1922	Nikolay Matveyev
Prime Minister
• 1920	A. Krasnoshchyokov
• 1920–1921	Boris Shumyatsky
• 1921	Pyotr Nikiforov
• 1921–1922	Nikolay Matveyev
• 1922	Pyotr Kobozev
History
• Established	6 April 1920
• Disestablished	15 November 1922
Preceded by Succeeded by Eastern Okraina Zemstvo of Maritime Territory State of Buryat-Mongolia Provisional Priamurye Government Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Today part of	Russia

The Far Eastern Republic (Russian: Дальневосточная Республика, romanized: Dal'nevostochnaya Respublika, IPA: [dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstotɕnəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə]; ДВР, DVR), sometimes called the Chita Republic (Читинская Республика, Chitinskaya Respublika, [tɕɪˈtʲɪnskəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə]), 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 largely came under the control of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), which envisaged it as a buffer state between the RSFSR and the territories occupied by Japan during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. Its first president was Alexander Krasnoshchyokov.

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

The Red Army occupied Vladivostok on 25 October 1922. Three weeks later, on 15 November 1922, the Far Eastern Republic merged with the RSFSR.