Russian State (Kolchak)

Russian State (Kolchak) was a state in Western Siberia and the Altai (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1918 to 1920 CE, about 2 years. Its people spoke Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian).

The White government of Admiral Alexander Kolchak, based at Omsk, which claimed all of Russia during the civil war. The Red Army drove it east in 1919, and Kolchak was shot at Irkutsk in February 1920.

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Facts

Dates

1918 to 1920 CE

Duration

2 years

Type

State

Region

Western Siberia and the Altai, Central and North Asia

Language family

Slavic

Capital

Omsk

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE
• Emirate of Bukhara 1785 to 1920 CE
• Kazakh SSR 1920 to 1991 CE
• Xinjiang under the Republic of China 1912 to 1949 CE
• Bogd Khanate of Mongolia 1911 to 1924 CE
• Turkestan ASSR 1918 to 1924 CE
• Bukharan People's Soviet Republic 1920 to 1924 CE
• Khorezm People's Soviet Republic 1920 to 1924 CE
• Alash Autonomy 1917 to 1920 CE
• Far Eastern Republic 1920 to 1922 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia

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