Pro-independence movements in Russian Civil War

Pro-independence movements in Russian Civil War

Pro-independence movements in Russian Civil War within the territory of the former Russian Empire sought for creation of independent and non-Bolshevik nation states after the October Revolution. They were often supported politically or militarily by the Entente Powers. Some of them cooperated with the Russian White Movement, others were opposed to it.

The following list presents the major pro-independence movements and the conflicts they were involved in during this period.

Western periphery

*flagicon|Poland Poland (Independence from 1918)
**Polish-Ukrainian War
**Polish-Soviet War
**Polish-Lithuanian War
*flagicon|Ukraine|1918 Ukraine (Independence 1917-1921. Partitioned between Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Ukrainian SSR)
**Ukrainian War of Independence
*flagicon|Belarus|1991 Belarussia (Independence 1918-1919. Partitioned between Poland and Belorussian SSR)

Baltic States

*flagicon|Finland Finland (Independence from 1918)
**Finnish Civil War
**Viena expedition
**Aunus expedition
*flag|Latvia (Independence from 1918)
**Latvian War of Independence
*flag|Estonia (Independence from 1918)
**Estonian War of Independence
*flag|Lithuania|1918 (Independence from 1918)
**Lithuanian Wars of Independence

European Russia

*East European Russia
**Little Bashkortostan (Independence 1917-1919. Allied with RSFSR and lated annexed by it)
**)

*South European Russia
**)

Eastern periphery

*Siberia
**Siberian separatism
**Provisional Government of Autonomous Siberia
*Russian Far East
**Provisional Priamurye Government
**Japanese-planned Republic of the Far East

Caucasus

*flagicon|Azerbaijan|1918 Azerbaijan (Independence 1918-1920. Transformed into Azerbaijan SSR)
**Armenian-Azerbaijani War
*flagicon|Armenia|1918 Armenia (Independence 1918-1921. Transformed into Armenian SSR)
**Armenian-Azerbaijani War
**Turkish-Armenian War
*flagicon|Georgia|1990 Georgia (Independence 1918-1921. Transformed into Georgian SSR)
**Red Army invasion of Georgia
*)

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Cental Asia

*Basmachi revolt
*Turkistan and Kazakhstan:
**)
** Bukhara (Independence 1918-1920. Transformed into Bukharan PSR)
**


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