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Crimean Regional Government

1918 CE – 1919 CE · capital Simferopol

Two successive governments of the Crimea in 1918 and 1919, first under German protection and then under Allied and White support.

Origins

After German troops occupied the Crimea in spring 1918 and ended the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic, they backed a regional government led by General Maciej Sulkiewicz, a Lithuanian Tatar former Russian officer, formed in June 1918.

Rule and society

Sulkiewicz's government claimed autonomy and refused to accept rule by the Ukrainian State, which blockaded the peninsula. When Germany withdrew in November 1918, a liberal second government under Solomon Krym, a Karaite agronomist, took over, relying on Allied warships and the White Volunteer Army. Both governments had little control over their own security or economy.

Decline and legacy

In April 1919 the Red Army broke into the Crimea, the Allies evacuated and the Krym government left by sea. The Bolsheviks then set up the Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic.

Connections (2)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Crimean Regional Government. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/crimean-regional-government
MLA
“Crimean Regional Government.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/crimean-regional-government. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Crimean Regional Government.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/crimean-regional-government.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Crimean Regional Government’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/crimean-regional-government (Accessed: ).

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