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{{Infobox country| | {{Infobox country|conventional_long_name=Bavarian Soviet Republic|native_name=Münchner Räterepublik|image_flag=Red flag.svg|motto=Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!|englishmotto=Workers of the world, unite!|capital=[[Munich]]|common_languages=German|leader_title1=6 April–12 April|leader_name1=[[Ernst Toller]]|life_span=1919|date_start=6 April 1919|date_end=3 May 1919|image_map=Bavaria in Weimar Republic.png|map_width=200|anthem=[[The Internationale|Die Internationale]]|leader_title2=12 April–3 May|leader_name2=[[Eugen Leviné]]}} | ||
The '''Bavarian Soviet Republic''' was a revolutionary [[socialist state]] in the [[Weimar Republic]] that existed for less than a month in 1919.<ref>{{Citation|author=Eric James Hooglund|year=1966|title=The Munich Soviet Republic of April, 1919|title-url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Munich_Soviet_Republic_of_April_1919.html?id=tXn3tgAACAAJ|city=Orono, Maine|publisher=University of Maine}}</ref> | The '''Bavarian Soviet Republic''' was a revolutionary [[socialist state]] in the [[Weimar Republic]] that existed for less than a month in 1919.<ref>{{Citation|author=Eric James Hooglund|year=1966|title=The Munich Soviet Republic of April, 1919|title-url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Munich_Soviet_Republic_of_April_1919.html?id=tXn3tgAACAAJ|city=Orono, Maine|publisher=University of Maine}}</ref> | ||
==History== | == History == | ||
After the [[German Empire (1871–1918)|German Empire]] was overthrown in November of 1918, the [[People's State of Bavaria]] was established. It was led by [[Kurt Eisner]], a [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]]. Eisner was assassinated by a German nationalist | After the [[German Empire (1871–1918)|German Empire]] was overthrown in November of 1918, the [[People's State of Bavaria]] was established. It was led by [[Kurt Eisner]], a [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]]. Eisner was assassinated by a German nationalist | ||
On April 6, 1919, the People's State of Bavaria was overthrown and the Bavarian Soviet Republic was established. Unlike the People's State, the Bavarian Soviet Republic was connected to the [[Bolsheviks]] in [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]].<ref>{{Citation|author=Richard J. Evans|year=2003|title=The Coming of the Third Reich|page=158–161|city=New York|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0143034693}}</ref> On May 1, the [[Freikorps]] invaded the Soviet Republic. | On April 6, 1919, the People's State of Bavaria was overthrown and the Bavarian Soviet Republic was established. Unlike the People's State, the Bavarian Soviet Republic was connected to the [[Bolsheviks]] in [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]].<ref>{{Citation|author=Richard J. Evans|year=2003|title=The Coming of the Third Reich|page=158–161|city=New York|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0143034693}}</ref> On May 1, the [[Freikorps]] invaded the Soviet Republic. | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
[[Category:Former socialist republics]] | |||
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