| Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic Донецко-Криворожская советская республика |
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| Capital | Kharkiv1 | |||
| Language(s) | Russian | |||
| Government | Socialist republic | |||
| Chairman of the Sovnarkom | Fyodor Sergeyev | |||
| Legislature | Soviets | |||
| Historical era | World War I | |||
| - Establishment | 12 February 1918 | |||
| - Treaty of Brest-LitovskAbolishment | 3 March 1918 | |||
| - Incorporated into Ukrainian SSR | 20 March 1918 [1] | |||
| Currency | Ruble | |||
| 1The capital was later moved to Lugansk. | ||||
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The Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic (Russian: Донецко-Криворожская советская республика) was a self-declared Soviet puppet state founded on 12 February 1918 and sought an independence from Ukraine. On 29 March 1918 it became a republic within Ukraine until the last was fully occupied by the German forces in support of the Central Rada.
The Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic claimed the territories south of the neighbouring Ukrainian People's Republic, which included the Donbass, Kharkov, Yekaterinoslav, and part of the Kherson Governorates. Another territory claimed was part of the Don Voisko Oblast.[1] In the beginning, the republic's capital was the city of Kharkiv, but later with the retreat of the Red Guard it was moved to Luhansk. The Soviet government of Russia supported it as the existence of the state set an anarchy in the region. The newly created government challenged the authority of the General Secretariat of Ukraine and the People's Secretariat. Some of the commissars held positions of secretaries in another Bolshevik government in Ukraine, the People's Secretariat.
The Republic was disbanded at the 2nd All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets on 20 March 1918 when was announced the independence of the Soviet Ukraine. It failed to achieve recognition, either internationally or by the Russian SFSR and in accordance with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was abolished.
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After a government crisis and resignation of Vasilchenko, Zhakov, and Filov on 29 March 1918, Sovnarkom relocated from Kharkiv to Luhansk.
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