North Caucasian Soviet Republic
Template:Infobox Former Subdivision North Caucasian Soviet Republic (Template:Langx, Severo-Kavkazskaya Sovetskaya Respublika; 7 July 1918 – 11 January 1919) was a territory in the North Caucasus established to consolidate Soviet power during the Russian Civil War. A republic of the Russian SFSR, it was created by merging the Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic, the Stavropol Soviet Republic, and the Terek Soviet Republic.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Its capital was Yekaterinodar; however, on August 16, 1918 Yekaterinodar was taken by Denikin's Volunteer Army,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and the capital was moved to Pyatigorsk.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
By the end of 1918, the majority of the republic's territory was captured by the White Army. On January 11 1919, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee abolished the republic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>