Far Eastern Republic

Far Eastern Republic

Puppet State of Soviet Russia (1920-1922)

Location: Eastern Siberia

Capital City: Verkhneudinsk (1920), Chita (1920-1922)

Government type: Communist Republic

Main languages: Russian

Main religions: Orthodox Christianity

Chronology

1920: Far Eastern Republic created by Bolsheviks out of the territory of a few former WHite Russian administrations

1920-1925: Japan occupies north Sakhalin

1921: Chukotka and Kamchatka ceded to Soviet Russia, Primorsky taken over by White Russians

1922: Annexed to Soviet Russia

Currency

Ruble (1920-1922)

1 Ruble = 100 Kopeks

Bannknotes from the Far Eastern Republic in the collection

•500 Ruble, 1920 (P#S1207)