Yakut revolt (1918)

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Yakut revolt
Part of the Russian Civil War
DateFebruary 1918 – 1 July 1918
Location
Yakutia
Result Soviet victory, end of Yakutia
Territorial
changes
Yakutia retaken by Soviets
Belligerents

 Russia

Yakutia Yakutia
Commanders and leaders
  • A. S. Rydzinski
  • V. V. Popov
  • P. A. Bondaletov
  • In February 1918 the acting government of Yakutia proclaimed the independence of Yakutia in response to the Bolshevik seizure of power. This independent government was overthrown on July 1[1] by the intervention of Soviet troops from Irkutsk.[2]

    References[]

    1. ^ http://www.cosmicelk.net/1917on.htm
    2. ^ James Forsyth (1994). A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990. Cambridge University Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-521-47771-0.
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