On October 19, 1918, the Germans of the Volga Region Received Autonomy

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On October 19, 1918, the Volga Germans Labor Commune was established in Soviet Russia. It is important to note that at that time it was an autonomous region, not an autonomous Soviet socialist republic. However, it was this commune that became the basis of the future Volga Germans Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The decree was adopted by the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR and covered parts of the Saratov and Samara provinces. …