Odessa Soviet Republic

Odessa Soviet Republic
Одесская Советская Республика (Russian)
Одеська Радянська Республіка (Ukrainian)
January–March 1918
Coat of arms
Area claimed by the Odessa Soviet Republic in March 1918 (in green)
StatusPuppet state of Soviet Russia
CapitalOdessa
GovernmentSoviet republic
Chairman 
 1918
Vladimir Yudovsky
LegislatureCouncil of the People's Commissars
Historical eraWorld War I
 Republic proclaimed
17 January 1918
 Disestablished
13 March 1918
CurrencyOdessa ruble
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ukrainian People's Republic
Rumcherod
Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukrainian Soviet Republic
Today part ofUkraine
Moldova

The Odessa Soviet Republic (OSR; Ukrainian: Одеська Радянська Республіка, romanized: Odeska Radianska Respublika; Russian: Одесская Советская Республика) was a short-lived Soviet republic formed on 30 January [O.S. 17 January] 1918 from parts of the Kherson and Bessarabia Governorates of the former Russian Empire.