A state, which existed in the area of Eastern Transbaikalia and the Far East in 1920–1922. It was formed on the initiative of the Russian SFSR's government, which sought to postpone the establishment of Soviet power in the Far East and create a temporary buffer democratic state to avoid a direct military conflict with Japan. The DVR capital was at first in Verkhneudinsk, and later in Chita (since October 22, 1920).

 

After the collapse of Aleksander Kolchak’s Russian State, there emerged several governments that acted in Transbaikalia and the Far East. In Transbaikalia, the Russia Eastern Outskirts operated, where Grigory Semyonov was the de facto ruler and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Zemstvo's power of revolutionary democracy was established in Primorsky and Sakhalin regions, while the power of Soviets existed in other areas of the Far East.

 

On April 6, 1920, the Founding Congress of the Baikal region adopted a declaration on the formation of the DVR comprising Transbaikal, Amur, Primorsk, Sakhalin, and Kamchatka regions. Bolshevik Aleksander Krasnoshchekov became the Chairman of the DVR’s Provisional Government. Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries took part in the formation of local authorities. On May 14, 1920, the DVR was recognized by the Russian SFSR. The armed forces of the republic—the People’s Revolutionary Army— were formed, supported by the Russian SFSR. Vasily Blyukher (from August 17, 1922, Ieronim Uborevich) became Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the DVR.

 

In October 1920, the People’s Revolutionary Army defeated the Far Eastern Army of Grigory Semyonov, which had been deployed in between the Western and Eastern parts of the DVR, dividing them. The power of the Provisional Government of the DVR embraced the area from Lake Baikal to the Amur. In December 1920, the Primorsk Region with the center in Vladivostok de facto became part of the DVR, and the DVR Primorsky Regional Directorate was headed by the Bolshevik Vasily Antonov.

 

In February 1921, the Constituent Assembly of the DVR adopted a Constitution, which established the republic as an independent democratic state. The People’s Assembly was declared the supreme body of power. Aleksander Krasnoshchekov became the first Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the DVR executive, and administrative body. The territorial and administrative structure of the republic was changed, Kamchatka Region remained part of the Russian SFSR.

 

In the spring and summer of 1921, the military and political situation in the DVR remained complicated. May 26, 1921, saw a coup in Vladivostok, which resulted in the establishment of the Priamurye State entity (since August 8, 1922, Priamursky Zemsky Krai). Japan’s invasion went on in the region.

 

In the summer of 1921, the DVR troops managed to defeat a Whites’ detachment under the command of General Roman Ungern-Sternberg and capture the capital of Mongolia, Urga, where Ungern-Sternberg had been based. In February 1922, as a result of the Volochaevka operation, the DVR’s People’s Revolutionary Army under the command of Vasily Blyukher captured Khabarovsk. In October 1922, during the Primorskaya operation, the DVR’s People’s Revolutionary Army under the command of Ieronim Uborevich defeated the forces of Priamursky Zemsky Krai under the command of General Mikhail Diterikhs. On October 25, 1922, the DVR’s People’s Revolutionary Army entered Vladivostok (the Japanese troops and units of the Zemstvo Host had been evacuated from the city).

 

On November 14, 1922, the DVR government resigned. At the same time, the People’s Assembly asked the government of the Russian SFSR to admit the DVR into the Russian SFSR. On November 15, the DVR self-dissolved and became part of the Russian SFSR as the Far Eastern region.