Don Soviet Republic

Don Soviet Republic
  • Донская
  • советская республика
1918
Flag of Don Soviet Republic
Map of the territory claimed by Don Soviet Republic.
Map of the territory claimed by Don Soviet Republic.
StatusRepublic within Russian SFSR
CapitalRostov-on-Don
Common languagesRussian
GovernmentSoviet Republic
Chairman of the Sovnarkom 
LegislatureSoviet council
Historical eraWorld War I
• Established
23 March 1918
• Conquered by Don Cossacks
8 May 1918
CurrencyRuble
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Don Host Oblast
Don Republic
Today part of

The Don Soviet Republic (Russian: Донская советская республика, romanizedDonskaya sovetskaya respublika) was a short-lived Soviet republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic that existed from March to May 1918.

Claiming the territory of the Don Host Oblast, the republic was proclaimed in March 1918 after the retreat of the White Army from the area. In May, after the revolt of the Don Cossacks and the German advance into the region as a result of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the republic was overthrown and its leaders fled. The Don Cossacks' Don Republic took over the territory of the Don Soviet Republic.