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). 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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Bavarian Soviet Republic Media
- Eugene Levine1.jpg
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