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Artificial Separatism and the Dismemberment of Territories (January – March 1918)

Having been forced to recognize Ukraine's independence under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the government of Soviet Russia attempted to retain control over the eastern industrial regions. To this end, a separate separatist entity (the Donetsk–Kryvyi Rih Soviet Republic) was artificially constructed on the territory of the Donbas and the Kryvyi Rih region, with the aim of directly subordinating these lands to the central Russian authorities, bypassing the UNR[1][2].

ID: C0073
Start:  January 1918
End:  March 1918
Contributors: decolonial.ist project
Version: 1.0
Created: 27 April 2026
Last Modified: 27 April 2026
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Actors

ID Name Procedures
G0013 Soviet Russia (RSFSR) 2

Instruments Applied

ID Name Procedures
S0009 Diplomacy 1
S0008 Government 1

Procedures Carried Out


January 1918
T0012 Support for Separatism
C0073 Artificial Separatism and the Dismemberment of Territories (January – March 1918)
G0013 Soviet Russia (RSFSR)
S0009 Diplomacy

Political and military support for local radicals (the Artem group) in proclaiming a republic not subordinate to Kyiv[2].

January 1918
T0030 Administrative-Territorial Division
C0073 Artificial Separatism and the Dismemberment of Territories (January – March 1918)
G0013 Soviet Russia (RSFSR)
S0008 Government

An attempt at the bureaucratic resubordination of territories — declaring the Donbas an autonomous part directly linked to Russia, bypassing any Ukrainian authorities[1].

References

  1. Єфіменко Г. Г., Кульчицький С. В., Пиріг Р. Я., Скальський В. В., Якубова Л. Д.. (2021). Україна й українці в постімперську добу (1917—1939).
  1. Лариса Якубова. (2013). Відносини держави, суспільства і особи під час створення радянського ладу в Україні (1917 – 1938 рр.).