THE RIGHT-WING SOCIALISTS OF EASTERN SIBERIA AND THE FAR EAST IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE KOLCHAK DICTATORSHIP (1919–1920)

Abstract

The authors consider the policy of East Siberian and Far Eastern organizations of right-wing socialist parties during the Kolchak dictatorship in 1919 –early 1920. The article highlights the activities of the governing bodies of these parties to develop new tactics after the Kolchak coup. The main attention is paid to the oppositional activities of the Socialist-Revolutionaries and Mensheviks, their role in preparing the liquidation of the white regime. The article analyzes the policy of the Irkutsk Political Center, the tactics of the "third force", as well as the attempt of right-wing socialists to create a buffer state in the East of Russia.