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Key facts
- 1920
- A. Krasnoshchyokov
- 1921
- Pyotr Nikiforov
- 1922
- Pyotr Kobozev
- Status
- Puppet / buffer state of the RSFSR
- Capital
- Verkhneudinsk (until Oct 1920) , Chita (from Oct 1920)
- Common languages
- Russian
- Government
- Socialist republic
- 1920 1921
- A. Krasnoshchyokov
- 1921 1922
- Nikolay Matveyev
- Established
- 6 April 1920
- Disestablished
- 15 November 1922
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Дальне-Восточная республика
- Population
- 1771800
- Area
- 1400000
- Image
- Stamp Far Eastern Republic Chita 1922 20k.jpg
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- Commons category
- Far Eastern Republic
- inception
- 1920-04-06
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1922-11-15
- native label
- Дальневосточная Республика
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Today part ofRussia
The Far Eastern Republic banknote of 1,000 rubles (1920) The Far Eastern Republic (Russian: Дальневосточная Республика, romanized: Dal'nevostochnaya Respublika, IPA: [dəlʲnʲɪvɐˈstotɕnəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə]; ДВР, DVR), sometimes called the Chita Republic (Russian: Читинская Республика, romanized: Chitinskaya Respublika, IPA: [tɕɪˈtʲɪnskəjə rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə]), was a nominally independent state that existed from April 1920 to November 1922 in the easternmost part of the Russian Far East and Transbaikal. 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. The Far Eastern Republic came to an end in November 1922 when it voluntarily merged with the RSFSR, which became one of founding members of the Soviet Union the following month. Its first president was Alexander Krasnoshchyokov.