The memorial complex Photo: the Memorial complex "the First revolutionary Committee of Chukotka"

The memorial complex "the First revolutionary Committee of Chukotka is located in the city of Anadyr amazing on the high Bank of the Anadyr estuary. The complex was built in 1957 in honor of the red army and Chukchi, who created the first revolutionary government in Chukotka. On a marble slab can be seen carved the names of all those who were established in Chukotka Soviet power. On the pedestal depicts the figure of a man holding a banner, a little away from her group is soldered one end, people of different nationalities.

In February 1918, in the Kamchatka region proclaimed Soviet power. In Chukotka, the first organ of the new government was announced the first revolutionary Committee of Chukotka. Special attention to the revolutionary Committee was paid to the establishment of Soviet power in the County. For this to Anadyr messengers were sent to the Maritime organization of the Russian Communist party - the Communists M. S. mandrikov and A. M. Berzina, whose main task was to organize the fight against Kolchak regime. The Communists quickly discovered among the locals sympathizers of the Soviet power and founded the underground revolutionary group. This included Russians, Chuvans, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Latvian. In decare G. the power of Kolchak in the city was overthrown, the Kolchak administration was abolished, after which the government moved under the control of the Anadyr district revolutionary Committee.

In late January, 1920, there was a counter-revolutionary coup. The building of the revolutionary Committee was surrounded and fired. M. Mandrikov laid down their arms, in order to gain time, the two riconosci were killed and one wounded. Soon other members of the revolutionary Committee were arrested. In early February of that year they were transferred to the prison across the river Cossacks, but only as members of the revolutionary Committee stepped on the ice, shots rang out. Killed riconosci left lying on the ice, and only after a few days the locals got permission for the burial of bodies., In February of Markovo returned Malsagov and Berzina, who were also killed.

Despite these tragic events - the second revolutionary Committee was organized in the summer of that year.

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