North Caucasian Soviet Republic
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North Caucasian Soviet Republic (July 7–December, 1918) was a territory in the North Caucasus
established to consolidate Soviet
power during the Russian Civil War
. A republic of the Russian SFSR, it was created by merging the Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic
, the Stavropol Soviet Republic
, and the Terek Soviet Republic
. Its capital was Yekaterinodar
; however, on August 17, 1918 Yekaterinodar
was taken by Denikin
's Volunteer Army, and the capital was moved to Pyatigorsk
.
By the end of 1918, when the majority of the republic's territory was captured by the White Army
, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee abolished the republic.
North Caucasus
The North Caucasus is the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia. The term is also used as a synonym for the North Caucasus economic region of Russia....
established to consolidate Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
power during the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
. A republic of the Russian SFSR, it was created by merging the Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic
Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic
Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic was part of the RSFSR. Its capital was Yekaterinodar.It was created by merging Black Sea Soviet Republic and Kuban Soviet Republic and later merged into the North Caucasian Soviet Republic....
, the Stavropol Soviet Republic
Stavropol Soviet Republic
Stavropol Soviet Republic was part of the RSFSR in the territory of Stavropol Guberniya of the Imperial Russia. Its capital was Stavropol....
, and the Terek Soviet Republic
Terek Soviet Republic
Terek Soviet Republic was created within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on the territory of the Terek Oblast. Its capital was Pyatigorsk, then Vladikavkaz. After July 1918 it was part of the North Caucasian Soviet Republic....
. Its capital was Yekaterinodar
Krasnodar
Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...
; however, on August 17, 1918 Yekaterinodar
Krasnodar
Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...
was taken by Denikin
Anton Ivanovich Denikin
Anton Ivanovich Denikin was Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and one of the foremost generals of the White movement in the Russian Civil War.- Childhood :...
's Volunteer Army, and the capital was moved to Pyatigorsk
Pyatigorsk
Pyatigorsk is a city in Stavropol Krai on the Podkumok River, about from Mineralnye Vody. Since January 19, 2010 it has been the administrative center of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia...
.
By the end of 1918, when the majority of the republic's territory was captured by the White Army
White movement
The White movement and its military arm the White Army - known as the White Guard or the Whites - was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces.The movement comprised one of the politico-military Russian forces who fought...
, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee abolished the republic.