Siberian War
| Siberian War | |||
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 Clockwise from top left
Remnants of the Red Army advances through Central Southern Siberia · Soviet Pe-8 Bombers initiates a bombing run near Krasnoyarsk · Soviet T-54 Tanks advancing along the streets of Bratsk · Soviet Red Army elements engaging in street fighting · Two Soviet Troops engaging Siberian Army Elements · Soviet Army Elements taking shelter in foxholes during artillery bombarbment | |||
| Date | May 1950 – September 1950 | ||
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| Result | · The collapse of Genrikh Yagoda's Soviet Far East remnant state
· The formation of new warlord states in Central Siberia and the Far East · The Central Siberian Republic is severely weakened | ||
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The Siberian War was a conflict fought in central Siberia, between the Central Siberian Republic and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Far East.
Background
Prelude
World War II
During World War II, Germany invaded the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, leading to its total collapse and the occupation of Russia up to the Urals and the A-A line. In the years following the war, various Russian warlords rose in the power vacuum created by the fall of the USSR. Loyal Soviet generals under the leadership of Yegorov formed the West Russian Revolutionary Front while in the west, the West Siberian People's Republic was formed under Kaganovich while the Central Siberian Republic was formed under a group of Russian intellectuals. Genrikh Yagoda led the NKVD to evacuate the Soviet government to Irkutsk, making it a legitimate successor. However, the Presidium's tyranny led to underground movements forming in the Far East. In Central Siberia, Russian intellectuals fled to Tomsk, forming a republic. In the following power vacumm left by the total collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, tensions between the Republic and Union remnants increased during the late 1940s and early 1950s
Conflict
First Clashes
In May 1950, a war broke out between the two countries. The remnants of the Soviet Army managed to capture Bratsk while repelling a Republican counterattack. The Soviet Army, using surprise to their advantage, managed to advance all the way to Tayshet, until the frontlines became a stalemate due to the harsh climate and defensible terrain of Siberia, halting any advances into Central Siberia.
Collapse of Yagoda's regime
Following the war, local authorities in the Far East revolted against Yagoda's tyranny. Nikifor Kolyada led the first partisan rising in Aldan, occupying the area. Whilst fascists and white émigrés from Harbin established a fascist government in the southeast. The Soviet Pacific Fleet declared independence in Kamchatka, leading to the collapse of any government in the region due to the lack of military presence.
Failed offensives of the Republic and revolts in the army
The Republic capitalized on this opportunity to strike and attacked Soviet lines, whilst Yagoda's government was busy fighting rebels. The Republican Army pushed back the Soviets back to the original frontlines. But, just as the Republican Army attempted to deal a final blow to Yagoda's Army, high-ranking generals and officers revolted against the Tomsk government, leading to the Siberian Black Army claiming independence. Nikolai Krylov's Army was ordered to reconquer the territories, but was soon betrayed by Nikolai Andreev and his soldiers, leading to the operation's failure. In Novosibirsk, Alexander Pokryshkin and local garrisons declared independence from Tomsk.
Aftermath
Yagoda's Government
The war ended as it started; with growing tensions. the Soviet government had to retreat to their capital of Irkutsk and recently the region Buryatia under Sablin's rule has revolted, who advocates for a libertarian socialist state.
Yakutia and Oyrotia would declare independence not long after the war and the inner fighting between the Harbin fascists culminated into the creation of the military cliques of Chita, Amur and Magadan.
The Republican Government
Unfortunately for the Central Siberian Republic, they had to deal with a number of revolts. Most High-Ranking officers in the Republic revolted against the government resulting in the proclamation of the Siberian Black Army based in Kansk. In Novosibirsk, Alexander Pokryshkin and local garrisons declared independence from Tomsk. In Kemerovo, Nikolai Krylov declared himself Rurik II, establishing a new Rurid dynasty. In Krasnoyarsk, Nikolai Andreev carved out his own fiefdom. These actions greatly led to instability in the region.