Bashkiria (1917–1919)

Bashkiria
Башҡортостан (Bashkir)
1917–1919
Flag
Bashkiria in 1919
StatusAutonomy of the Russian Republic (1917–1918)
Autonomy of the Russian SFSR (1918)
Autonomy of the Russian State under military occupation (1918–1919)
Capital
Official languagesBashkir, Russian
Government
 Prime Minister
Yunus Bikbov (1917–1918)
Sagit Murasov (1918–1919)
LegislatureKese Qoroltay
Establishment
History 
 Declaration of autonomy
28 November 1917
 Orenburg occupied by the Red Army
27 January 1918
 Occupation by the Czechoslovak Legion
Late May 1918
 Agreement between the Soviet and Bashkir governments on autonomy
20 March 1919
 Established
1917
 Disestablished
1919
Area
 Total
79,560 km2 (30,720 sq mi)
Population
 1917 estimate
1,250,059
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Republic
Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Today part of

Bashkiria (Bashkir: Башҡортостан, romanized: Bashqortostan), also called Bashkortostan, Bashkurdistan, Lesser Bashkiria, or Autonomous Bashkiria, was a short-lived autonomous state which existed from 1917 to 1919, during the Russian Civil War. Aligned with the Russian State, Bashkiria was attacked and later annexed by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, leading to its 1919 collapse and succession by the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.