Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Severnaya Oblast) Временное правительство Северной области (ВПСО) Severnyy Krai Северный край
1918–1920
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The Provisional Government of the Northern Region on September 1918.
Capital	Arkhangelsk (until 19 February 1920)[1]
Common languages	Russian
Government	Provisional government Krai of the Russian State (1919-1920)
Supreme Ruler
• 18 November 1918-15 January 1920	Alexander Kolchak
Chairman
• 28 September 1918-19 February 1920	Nikolai Tchaikovsky
Chief administrator
• 10 September 1919-19 February 1920	Yevgeny Miller
Historical era	World War I Russian Civil War
• Established	28 September 1918
• Arkhangelsk and Murmansk was reintegrated into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic	21 February 1920
Preceded by Succeeded by Supreme Administration of Northern Region Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Republic of Finland

The Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Severnaya Oblast), also called Severnyy Krai, was a White movement, Anti-Bolshevik left-wing, and Allied provisional government and a krai of the Russian State.

History

On 28 September 1918, Provisional Government of the Northern Region was established. In October 1918, the Northern Region recognized the supreme authority of the Ufa Directory, along with abolishing all the soviets and restored zemstvos.^[2][3] On 30 April 1919, the Northern Region recognized the supreme authority of the Provisional All-Russian Government. On 19 October 1919, the Northern Region turned into department for civil affairs under chief administrator of Northern Region but use of former name (Provisional Government of the Northern Region) continued. On 19 February 1920, the Northern Region government evacuated from Arkhangelsk to Norway. On 21 February 1920, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk was reintegrated into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. On 13 March 1920, regular Soviet troops reached Murmansk.^[3]

Administrative divisions

On 2 February 1920, the Murmansk Governorate was created by a resolution of the Provisional Government of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region. It included Alexandrovsky and Kemsky Uyezds of Arkhangelsk Governorate and parts of the Olonets Governorate.^[4]

Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Severnaya Oblast)

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Head of State
		Nikolai Tchaikovsky (1851–1926)	28 September 1918	19 February 1920	Popular Socialists
						Ufa Directory
							Alexander Kolchak (1918 — 1920)

Acting Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Severnaya Oblast)

  Independent

  Constitutional Democratic Party

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Head of State
		Pyotr Zubov (1871–1942)	23 January 1919	10 February 1920	Constitutional Democratic Party
		Yevgeny Miller (1867–1939)	10 February 1919	19 February 1920	Independent

Chief administrator of Northern Region (Severnyy Krai)

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Head of State
		Yevgeny Miller (1867–1939)	10 September 1919	19 February 1920	Independent
							Alexander Kolchak (1918 — 1920)

Territorial control

During its height of control, the Provisional Government of the Northern Region controlled the overwhelming majority of the Arkhangelsk Governorate (using the 1917 governorate borders of the Russian Republic), about half of the Olonets Governorate (using the 1917 governorate borders of the Russian Republic), and a tiny part of the Vologda Governorate (using the 1917 governorate borders of the Russian Republic).

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