July 17, 1918
On July 4th, Russia celebrated its own Independence Day. The Declaration of State Independence of Siberia was adopted in Omsk. Was born Siberian Republic, which existed 4 months. Chairman of the Provisional Siberian Government Pyotr Vologodsky wrote:
The Siberian Provisional Government emerged from the depths of the Siberian Regional Duma, the long-cherished dream of Siberian patriots. The very idea of Siberian autonomy, which gave birth to the Siberian Regional Duma, had long been the secret thought of the best sons of our Motherland. It is the very flesh and blood of that socio-political current of public thought from the early second half of the 19th century known in history as regionalism.
The authors of the Declaration stated that, at the time of its writing, Russian statehood did not exist. A significant portion of the territory had been seized by the Central Powers, while other lands were controlled by the Bolsheviks. Therefore, the Provisional Siberian Government, together with the Siberian Regional Duma, assumed full power, at least for the time being:
The Provisional Siberian Government also considers it absolutely necessary to declare no less solemnly that it does not consider Siberia to be forever separated from those territories which together constituted the Russian State.
Siberian Republic, with its administrative capital in Omsk, and legislative In Tomsk, existed on the territory from the Urals to the Pacific OceanAnd, in fact, it became one of the largest state entities in Eurasia. The republic adopted its own white-and-green flag, coat of arms, and anthem. It had its own currency, the Siberian ruble. The process of creating a Siberian Army was underway.
However, the motto "Through autonomous Siberia to the revival of a free Russia" This was not destined to be realized. As a result of the coup, Kolchak seized power in Siberia. On November 3, 1918, the Provisional Siberian Government dissolved itself, transferring power to the Provisional All-Russian Government, whose Council of Ministers was chaired by the same Pyotr Vologodsky.