Soviet Republic

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A Soviet republic, a republic ruled by soviets (workers' councils), may refer to one of the following:

• The system of government implemented in the Soviet Union and other soviet republics.
• Bolshevik Russia and the Russian SFSR after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and during the Russian Civil War;
• The Soviet Union as a whole;
• Any of the Republics of the Soviet Union;
• Any of several short-lived communist revolutionary governments that were established after the Russian Revolution under its influence:
  • Arbeiter- und Soldatenräte (Workers' and Soldiers' Councils) during the German Revolution of November 1918, including Bremen (January–February 1919), Braunschweig, Würzburg, Bavaria (April–May 1919) and Alsace (8–22 November 1918).
  • Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, its name later changed to the Bukharan Soviet Socialist Republic (October 1920–February 1925).
  • Chinese Soviet Republic, also known as the "Jiangxi Soviet" (November 1931–September 1937) led by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Commune of the Working People of Estonia (November 1918–February 1919).
  • Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (January–April 1918) in the south of Finland only.
  • Galician Soviet Socialist Republic (15 July–21 September 1920) in Soviet-occupied territory during the Polish–Soviet War.
  • Hunan Soviet (ca. 1927) led by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Hungarian Soviet Republic (March–August 1919) led by the Hungarian Communist Party.
  • Limerick Soviet (15–27 April 1919) during a general strike against British military rule.
  • Other Irish Soviets (1919-1922) mainly in the province of Munster.
  • Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia (February–August 1919).
  • Persian Socialist Soviet Republic also known as the Soviet Republic of Gilan (June 1920–September 1921).
  • Republic of Užice (Autumn 1941), a Partisan-governed military state during World War II.
  • Slovak Soviet Republic (16 June–7 July 1919) directly supported by the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
  • Soviet Republic of Naissaar (December 1917–February 1918) on an Estonian island in the Baltic Sea.
  • Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (December 1918–February 1919).
  • Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (December 1918–January 1920).
  • Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets (December 1917-March 1918).
  • Ukrainian Soviet Republic (March–April 1918).
  • Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia (January–February 1919).

See also[edit]

• Communist state
• People's republic
• Socialist state
• Soviet democracy

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