Chita Republic
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The Chita Republic (Russian: Читинская республика) was a short-term workers and peasants' dictatory republic in Chita. Chita was a city in eastern Siberia, Russia and place of exile for early revolutionaries was a center for worker unrest in the early years of the 20th century. During Russian Revolution of 1905 armed revolutionaries under the leader of the RSDRP headed by Viktor Kurnatovsky (Виктор Константинович Курнатовский) [1] took control over the city and declared Chita Republic in December, 1905.
The leaders of the republic tried to organized administratively the city and its outskirts and the new periodical Zabaykalsky Rabochii was issued in Chita on December 7, 1905, but the republic was fated to fail after the suppression Moscow and Sainkt-Peterburg's uprisings. The troops loyal to the regime, led by Paul von Rennenkampf and general Miller-Zakomelsky, were sent to suppress the rebellious territory that was quickly subjugated and on January 22, 1906 Chita was occupied by the governmental troops.
The 6 leaders of the Chita Republic were shot on the slope of Titovsky sopka. In the memory of the leaders of the Chita Republic, several central streets of Chita were named after them (Babushskinskaya street, Kurnatovsky street etc.).
The term Chita Republic (Chitinskaya Respublika) is also used for the Far Eastern Republic (6 April 1920 - November 1922). Chita was its capital after October 1920.
