Labour Commune of Volga Germans
The Labour Commune of Volga Germans (German: Arbeitskommune der Wolgadeutschen; Russian: Трудовая коммуна немцев Поволжья, romanized: Trudovaya kommuna nemtsev Povolzh'ya) was a polity established in Russia following the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917. The Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic passed a decree which established this[1]
The administrative centre was originally located in the city of Saratov, but was relocated to Yekaterinenstadt, which was renamed Marxstadt a few weeks later in June 1919.
The polity consisted of three districts (Uyezds):
- Goly Karamysh District centred on Goly Karamysh
- Yekaterinenstadt District centred on Yekaterinenstadt (Marxstadt)
- Rovnoye District centred on Rovnoye
It was restructured as the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on February 20, 1924 (claims of December 19, 1923),[1] by the Declaration of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Labor Commune (Autonomous Oblast) of Volga Germans was founded". Presidential Library. Presidential Library. Retrieved 12 June 2023.