The Labour Commune of Volga Germans (; ) was a

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established in

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following the

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seizure of power in October 1917. The

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of the

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passed a decree which established this The administrative centre was originally located in the city of

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, but was relocated to Yekaterinenstadt, which was renamed Marxstadt a few weeks later in June 1919. The polity consisted of three districts (

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): * Goly Karamysh District centred on Goly Karamysh * Yekaterinenstadt District centred on Yekaterinenstadt ( Marxstadt) * Rovnoye District centred on Rovnoye It was restructured as the

Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (; ), abbreviated as the Volga German ASSR, was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR. Its capital c ...

on February 20, 1924 (claims of December 19, 1923), by the Declaration of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR.

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