Bavarian Soviet Republic
Coordinates: 48°08′N 11°34′E / 48.133°N 11.567°E
The Bavarian or Munich Soviet Republic (German: [Bayerische Räterepublik, Münchner Räterepublik] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Bavarian: Mingara Räterepublik, Boarische Räterepublik)[1][2][3] was a socialist state mostly in Munich, Bavaria.
Bavarian Soviet Republic Bayerische Räterepublik | |||||||||||||
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 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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• | 6 April 1919 | ||||||||||||
• | 3 May 1919 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | German Papiermark (ℳ) | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Germany | ||||||||||||
Bavarian Soviet Republic Media
Eugen Leviné, head of the second and more radical government of the Bavarian Soviet Republic
References
- ↑ 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
