The Terek Soviet Republic (), or Terek People's Republic () (March 1918 – February 1919), was a short-lived republic on the territory of the former

Terek Oblast The Terek Oblast was a province (''oblast'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917), Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, roughly corresponding to the central part of Russia's North Caucasian Federal District. Тhe ''оblast'' was created ...

. Its capital was first

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, and later

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. After July 1918, it was part of the North Caucasian Soviet Republic. In contrast to other Soviet republics, the Republic was a coalition government. The economist

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served as Secretary of Labour, despite being only a 19-year-old student. After internal struggles, it was conquered by the

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led by

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in early 1919.Alex Marshall: ''The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule'', Routledge: London/New York 2010, p. 175.

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Subdivisions of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Early Soviet republics States and territories established in 1918 States and territories disestablished in 1919 Former socialist republics Post–Russian Empire states Terek Oblast {{Soviet-stub