Russian State (1918–1920)

Russian State
Россійское Государство (Russian)
Rossiyskoye Gosudarstvo
1918–1920
Motto: Симъ побѣдиши!
Simŭ pobědiši!
"By this sign, conquer!"
Anthem: Коль славенъ
Kol' slaven
"How glorious!"

     Maximum extent (Jan 1919)
     Claimed territories
CapitalPetrograd
(de jure, never controlled)
Ufa
(de facto, until 9 October 1918)
Omsk
(de facto, 1918–20)
Common languagesRussian
Religion
Russian Orthodoxy
Demonym(s)Russian
GovernmentConfederated provisional parliamentary republic
Chairman of PA-RG 
 1918
Nikolai Avksentiev
Supreme Ruler 
 1918–1920
Alexander Kolchak
 1920
Anton Denikin (acting)
de facto
 
 1918–1919
Pyotr Vologodsky
 1919–1920
Viktor Pepelyayev
LegislatureProvisional All-Russian Government
(1918)
Russian Government
(1918–1920)
History 
23 September 1918
18 November 1918
7 February 1920
CurrencyRuble, Yen
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly
Provisional Siberian Government of Omsk
Provisional Government of Autonomous Siberia
Provisional Regional Government of the Urals
Supreme Administration of the Northern Region
Orenburg Cossacks
Ural Cossacks
Russian SFSR
Eastern Okraina
Today part of

The Russian State (Russian: Россійское Государство, romanized: Rossiyskoye Gosudarstvo) was a White Army anti-Bolshevik state proclaimed by the Act of the Ufa State Conference of September 23, 1918 (the Constitution of the Provisional All-Russian Government), “On the formation of the all-Russian supreme power” in the name of “restoring state unity and independence of Russia” affected by the revolutionary events of 1917, the October Revolution and the signing of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.