Formation of county, volost and rural revolutionary committees on the territory of Tomsk province (late 1919 - early 1920)

The purpose of the article is to disclose the formation of county, volost and rural revolutionary committees in the Tomsk province during the liquidation of the Kolchak's regime on its territory and the restoration of soviet power. The source base of the research was archival and published documents, periodicals. On December 1 Barabinsk and Kainsk were freed. Revolutionary committees were formed. Revolutionary committee in Barabinsk included the communists P.D. Bochkarev (chairman), V.I. Bugakov, I.G. Verkutis, G.Y. Salnikov (members). Revolutionary committee in Kainsk was headed by the communist I.V. Smyshlyaev. As members the communists M.A. Chervonny-Usatenko and M.M. Fuchsov. On the night of December 13-14, 1919 Novonikolaevsk was occupied by the bolsheviks. On December 16 army political worker V.F. Druzhitsky formed a revolutionary committee and became its chairman. The communists G.K. Sobolevsky, M.N. Ryutin and N.G. Kalashnikov entered as members. On December 28 Mariinsk was liberated. The revolutionary committee was formed under the chairman of V.I. Rothschild. It included the communists E.A. Magradze, A.N. Safonova, A.K. Sorokin. In Tomsk on December 17 power passed to the coalition military revolutionary committee. After entering the city of the Ural Soviet Regiment the military organ was abolished. The Tomsk provincial revolutionary committee was established with Chistyakov (chairman, V.G. Shumkin began to fulfill his duties), A.P. Karlov and F.A. Krylov (members). The provincial center was moved to Novonikolaevsk. The Tomsk revolutionary committee began to act as a county authority. In Kuznetsk the Kolchak's regime fell as a result of the uprising of soldiers of the local garrison. The military revolutionary committee of 8 people took power. After the entry of the 5th army organ was transformed into the revolutionary committee of Kuznetsk, which included A.F. Ivanov (chairman), V.F. Gunerlah and R. Tagaev (members). In Shcheglovsk the whiteguard power was overthrown on December 21, 1919. On December 25 a county revolutionary committee was organized. In Narym on the night of December 13, 1919 the committee of order of Togursk county was formed. After the entry of the Red forces into Narym this organ was abolished. On December 30 the bolsheviks created the revolutionary committee (chairman A.I. Zavalishin, members A.A. Cherepanov, V.A. Lemeshev, I.E. Blokhin, A.M. Zaev). Thus, volost and rural revolutionary committees were formed of political workers of the Red army, by decision of higher committees, the population itself with the support of soviet and party workers. By March 1920 3,734 rural and volost revolutionary committees were operating. A system of county, volost and rural revolutionary committees was formed in the territory of Tomsk province. County revolutionary committees were appointed. Volost and rural mainly were chosen from sympathizing Communist party and non-partisan peasants.

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