Yakut revolt (1918)

Yakut revolt
	Part of the Russian Civil War
Date	February 1918 – 1 July 1918
Location	Yakutia
Result	Soviet victory, end of Yakutia
Territorial; changes	Yakutia retaken by Soviets
Belligerents
Russian SFSR Irkutsk Oblast;	Yakuts
Commanders and leaders
A. S. Rydzinski	V. V. Popov; P. A. Bondaletov

In February 1918 the acting government of Yakutia proclaimed the independence of Yakutia in response to the Bolshevik seizure of power. This independent government was overthrown on July 1[1] by the intervention of Soviet troops from Irkutsk.[2]

References

"Yakutia-from 1917".
James Forsyth (1994). A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990. Cambridge University Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-521-47771-0.

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[1] "Yakutia-from 1917".

[Forsyth1994-2] James Forsyth (1994). A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990. Cambridge University Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-521-47771-0.