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Pyotr Derber (1883-1938) was the first of two chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the briefly independent nation of The Provisional Siberian Government (Vladivostok). His rule lasted from January 29, 1918, to July 21, 1918. Derber's time in power ended following an internal dispute with the Provisional Siberian Government (Omsk)
Early Life
[edit]Pyotr Derber was born in 1883 to a family in Odesa, Russia. Little is known about his adolescent years, but it is known that he attended the University of Tomsk in Russia, where he studied law. At some point in 1902, Derber obtained membership in the Socialist Revolutionary Party. His time in the party resulted in multiple run-ins with the law; his first known arrest was in 1904. Following this arrest, Derber was expelled from the university. After being released in early 1905, Derber was involved in various other crimes and revolutionary acts until he briefly fled to France in 1913, before returning to Russia in 1914.
Political Career Prior to Chairmanship
[edit]Derber resided in the city Omsk, Russia, in 1916. Following a strike at the factory he worked at, Derber had to go into hiding. At some point in 1917 was elected to the Steppes electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917). Derber made another major step in his career by making his way into the then secretly convened Siberian Regional Duma in Tomsk. This Duma was only formed to elect members for the Provisional Siberian Government. The Duma was dismantled by the Bolsheviks, and Derber was elected as Chairman of the Provisional Siberian Government in a small apartment by the remaining Duma members on January 29, 1918.
Time as Chairman
[edit]Perceiving the threat of soviet expansion upon Siberian territory, Derber moved to the Russian Far East, in the far east. On June 1st, 1918, following the revolt by the Czechoslovak legion the Provisional Siberian Government (Omsk) was announced. Derber in no way agreed with this choice and opposed the new government. Following a meeting in Vladivostok internal disputes worsened. The two governments did not recognize each other, and each claimed to be the sole ruler of Siberia. But Derber was unarmed and totally defenseless. Pyotr Vologodsky, then leader of the Omsk government, and former peer of Derber, received notice of abdication. This was the end of Derber's role in government.
Post-Leadership life, and death
[edit]He was sent to prison by Kolchak's forces on Halloween of 1918. Derber was sentenced to death by the 2nd steppe horse corps, but was freed by anti-Kolchak forces. Derber then spent his time as a free man until 1922, when he was arrested again and was released in early 1924. After this longer tenure in prison, Derber worked in a Gosplan in Moscow. Various other jobs and positions were held by him. His final arrest would take place in early 1938, when he was arrested by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR for counter-revolutionary actions. He was sentenced to execution and was killed on March 19, 1938. at the presumed age of 55. The decision was made to posthumously rehabilitate Derber in 1991.
further reading
[edit]Alexander Kolchak Provisional Siberian Government (Omsk) Provisional Siberian Government (Vladivostok) Pyotr Vologodsky