Open AccessConflict of the Khabarovsk City Duma and the Provisional Government of the Far East in 1920
Author(s) -
Ф. А. Попов
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ojkumena
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1998-6785
DOI - 10.24866/1998-6785/2020-3/96-107
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , independence (probability theory) , communism , compromise , political science , ideology , politics , state (computer science) , economic history , ancient history , political economy , law , history , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
The article analyzes the confrontation between the Khabarovsk city government of the "Kolchak convocation" and the regional government of Primorye formed as a result of the anti-Kolchak coup on January 31, 1920. The parallel existence of several state formations in the Far East created the ground for political instability. The conflict between the Khabarovsk Duma and the Vladivostok government was complicated by an ideological factor: most Duma members belonged to the right, anti-communist camp, while the regional government consisted mainly of socialists. The refusal of both sides to compromise resulted in the unilateral declaration of "independence" of Khabarovsk in August 1920. The evacuation of Japanese troops and the lack of support for the actions of the Duma among the townspeople led to the "separatists" to failure. The conflict was seized by the rivals of Primorye in the unification of the Far East – the Far Eastern Republic and the Soviet Amur Region – the latter's troops, contrary to the protest of the Vladivostok government, occupied Khabarovsk in October 1920.