Russian Empire Dissolution Map (1918) EN
Stanislawskachko Map created based on File:Subdivisions of the Russian Empire in 1914.svg and author User:Hellerick . Data sources - Pipes, Richard. The formation of the Soviet Union: communism and nationalism, 1917–1923 . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997 and others Data source^: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLDz5QIjQb0&t=52s · Wikimedia Commons, 2024
Collection summary
An English-language Wikimedia Commons map showing the dissolution of the Russian Empire as of September 1918, including areas under Ottoman presence in Transcaucasia.
This thematic map on Wikimedia Commons depicts Bolshevik, anti-Bolshevik and foreign-controlled zones across the former Russian Empire as of September 1918. Its description notes German, Austrian and Turkish (Transcaucasian) presence and stresses that in 1918 rival authorities often coexisted on the same territory. For the collection it provides the broad geopolitical context of the months when the Army of Islam advanced on Baku and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established.
The source's own abstract
The dissolution of the Russian Empire as of September, 1918. By this time, most anti-Bolshevik governments had already been formed, and w:Bolsheviks had been largely pushed out of most of the Don, Kuban, and Volga regions, but process of centralization of power in anti-Bolshevik Russia w:White movement had not yet begun. Note: Except for zones under German, Austrian, and Turkish (Transcaucasian) presence, state control over territories was limited. In 1918, authorities often coexisted on the same territory, subordinate to different governments. Weaker governments could formally or effectively be subordinated to stronger ones, or oscillate between various powers. Later w:White movement formations (South Russia, Northwest government, etc.), future Baltic republics, and some Soviet republics that existed before or after the moment shown on the map are not depicted. Also, territorial claims of such states are not shown. White areas on the map indicate territories that were part of other states as of September 1918 (Romania, Ottoman Empire, Mongolia). Expanded Legend: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic : under w:Bolsheviks control w:Provisional Government of the Northern Region : anti-Bolshevik government with local tendencies (1918–1920) established due to w:Entente intervention w:Kingdom of Finland (1918) already independent, in a few months will become modern w:Finland Karelia which will united in 1920 into w:Karelian United Government (1920-1923) w:Republic_of_Uhtua - Karelian State (dark green) 1919–1920 w:Olonets_Government_of_Southern_Karelia Olonets Government (light green) (1918-1920) w:North Ingria (1919-1920) Lithuania - at the moment shown on the map w:Kingdom of Lithuania (1918) under German occupation, in a few months becoming the interwar of Lithuanian Republic (1918—1940) Courland - w:Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1918) established by local Germans under German occupation. w:Ober Ost - German occupation authority (1914–1919) w:United_Baltic_