Far Eastern Republic
극동공화국
A nominally independent state established by Soviet Russia in eastern Siberia in April 1920 to avoid direct military confrontation with the Japanese occupation forces. Formally a multiparty democratic republic, it was in practice fully controlled by Moscow and served as a buffer state between the RSFSR and Japanese-held territories while the Red Army eliminated White remnants in the Far East. After Red forces entered Vladivostok in October 1922, the republic dissolved itself in November and merged with the RSFSR, setting the stage for the formation of the USSR the following month. The DVR was the highest expression of the Bolshevik leadership's pragmatic strategy during the Civil War: using a nominally independent state to outflank foreign intervention diplomatically.
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- Wikipedia (RU) establishment, structure, and dissolution of the Far Eastern Republic (ДВР) as a de-facto buffer state of Soviet Russia, 1920–1922
- Wikipedia (EN) nominally independent buffer state between RSFSR and Japanese-occupied territories, merged with RSFSR November 1922
- Marxists Internet Archive Lenin's June 1920 interview with Osaka Asahi referring to the Far Eastern Republic as a buffer state necessitated by circumstances with Japan
- gw2ru.com Russia Beyond article detailing Lenin's strategic rationale for creating the DVR to avoid war with Japan while dealing with Denikin and Poland