Bavarian Soviet Republic
short-lived unrecognised socialist state in Bavaria during the German Revolution of 1918–19
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Bavarian Soviet Republic Bayerische Räterepublik | |||||||||||||
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| 1919 | |||||||||||||
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| Motto: "Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!" "Workers of the world, unite!" | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: Die Internationale The Internationale | |||||||||||||
 Territory claimed by the Bavarian Soviet Republic (in red) shown with the rest of the Weimar Republic (in beige). | |||||||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Munich | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | German | ||||||||||||
| Government | Soviet Republic | ||||||||||||
• 12 April 1919 – 3 May 1919 | Eugen Leviné | ||||||||||||
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• Established | 6 April 1919 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 3 May 1919 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | German Papiermark (ℳ) | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Germany | ||||||||||||
The Bavarian or Munich Soviet Republic (German: Bayerische Räterepublik, Münchner Räterepublik; Bavarian: Mingara Räterepublik, Boarische Räterepublik)[1][2][3] was a socialist state mostly in Munich, Bavaria.
References
change- ↑ Hooglund, Eric James (1966) The Munich Soviet Republic of April, 1919. Orono, Maine: University of Maine
- ↑ Mitchell, Allan (1965) Revolution in Bavaria, 1918-1919: The Eisner Regime and the Soviet Republic. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p.346. ISBN 9781400878802
- ↑ Hollander, Neil (2013) Elusive Dove: The Search for Peace During World War I. McFarland. p.283, note 269. ISBN 9781476614106
