Odessa Soviet Republic

The Odessa Soviet Republic (Russian Одесская Советская Республика ( OCP), German transcription: Odesskaya Sovetskaya Respublika, Ukrainian Одеська Радянська Республіка ) was a short-lived Soviet republic in the former Russian Empire, on 5 Januarjul / January 18 1918greg. . was founded from parts of the provinces of Kherson and Bessarabia with the center in Odessa.

History

Supreme authority was the Council of People's Commissars, headed by Vladimir G. Yudowski. The leaders of the Soviet Republic Odessa declared that they had no intention to recognize the power of the government of Soviet Ukraine, but only the direct power of the Bolshevik Russia of St. Petersburg.

The Soviet Republic Odessa ended two months after its inception on March 13, 1918, shortly after the separate peace ( 27 Januarjul. / February 9 1918greg. ) Between the Central Powers and the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Treaty of Brest- Litovsk with Soviet Russia ( 3 March. , 1918 ), when it was occupied by German and Austro-Hungarian troops.

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