Iskolat

 ( Political History Of Latvia ) 

Iskolat (, ), or formally the Executive Committee of the Soviet of Workers, Soldiers, and the Landless in Latvia, was the governing body in the territory of Latvia that was under control of the pro-Communist Latvian Riflemen in 1917–1918.

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History During the Russian Revolution the Iskolat was established in Riga on 29–30 July 1917 O.S. (August 11 – 12, 1917, New Style), at the initiative of the Central Committee of the Social Democratic Party, then controlled by the with the purpose of carrying out the Bolshevik coup within the territory of Latvia not occupied by Germany. When Germans occupied Riga, the Iskolat moved to Cēsis and later to Valka, where it took power over the Valka district, disbanding the organs established by the Russian Provisional Government.

On December 17, 1917 the Congress of Soviets of Latvia convened in Valmiera and elected as the chairman of Iskolat, who was later replaced by Fricis Roziņš in 1918.

Iskolat fled to Moscow after German forces occupied Latvia in February 1918 and was disbanded in March 1918.

Soviet historiography considers the Iskolat to have been the first Soviet government of sovereign Latvia between December 1917 and February 1918.

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See also

• Latvian Provisional National Council
• Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic

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Notes

• "Iskolat", Great Soviet Encyclopedia
• Andrew Ezergailis (1983). 9780880330350, East European Monographs. ISBN 9780880330350

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