Donbas separatism

The idea of separation of Donbas in the special administrative unit belonged to the Bolsheviks did not, what actually writes directly and Vynnychenko, who said that "Donetsk Federative Soviet Republic" creates "quite that same list as in the Cadet Commission of the Provisional Government, both instructions General Secretariat, the province of Kharkiv, Ekaterinoslav, Kherson (coal, iron, bread) created a republic "[2] In 1917, von Ditmar made great efforts to implement the idea of the administrative unification of the Donets Basin.

Back in March, immediately after the February Revolution, the Council called for the formation of miners in Kharkov special committee to manage the industry margin.

"For the first time the establishment of the state of education in the Donbas at the official level was set November 17, 1917 at the plenary session of the Regional Committee of the Soviet of Workers 'and Soldiers' Deputies Donkrivbassa in Kharkov.

The resolution called for a referendum on the territory of Donbas on the matter[3] Mykola Skrypnyk states that the idea of "separating the Donets Basin of Ukraine" have arisen in the minds of some of our comrades back in August - October 1917.

This was clearly stated a representative of the CPC Lenin, Joseph Stalin in the negotiations on a direct line with one of the leaders of the Central Rada Mykola Porsche 17 November 1917.

[9][11] A late March 2014 survey showed that in the Donbas 18% of residents supported separatist sentiments, 17% wanted their oblast to form an independent state, and 24% would like it to join a foreign country.