The Chita Republic was a short-term workers and peasants' dictatory republic in Chita. Chita was a city in eastern Siberia

Siberia

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, Russia and place of exile for early revolutionaries was a center for worker unrest in the early years of the 20th century. During the Russian Revolution of 1905

Russian Revolution of 1905

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 armed revolutionaries under the leader of the RSDRP headed by Viktor Kurnatovsky (Виктор Константинович Курнатовский) took control over the city and declared Chita Republic in December, 1905.

The leaders of the republic tried to organize and establish administration in the city and its outskirts and the new periodical Zabaykalsky Rabochy was issued in Chita on December 7, 1905, but the republic was fated to fail after the suppression of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg's uprisings. The troops loyal to the regime, led by Paul von Rennenkampf

Paul von Rennenkampf

Paul von Rennenkampf was a Russian general who served in the Imperial Russian Army for over 40 years, including during World War I.-Early career:...

and general Miller-Zakomelsky, were sent to suppress the rebellious territory; it was quickly subjugated and Chita was occupied by the governmental troops on 22 January 1906.

The six leaders of the Chita Republic were shot on the slope of Titovsky sopka. In the memory of the leaders of the Chita Republic, several central streets of Chita were named after them (Babushskinskaya street, Kurnatovsky street etc.).