[3] Following the 1917 October Revolution, the ethnic Tatar government proclaimed the Crimean People's Republic on 13 December 1917.

In Simferopol, a guberniya revkom was established which, however, did possess sufficient authority as the military center continued to be located in Sevastopol.

To liquidate this dual authority on February 10–12, 1918 there took place a conference of revkoms at which participated 44 delegates (including 27 Bolsheviks).

The Taurida congress also approved the adoption of drastic measures for grain procurement allowing requisition and the use of armed force to bring bread to industrial areas and the army.

Following the invasion, a German-protected Crimean Regional Government was established under Maciej Sulkiewicz and, later, Solomon Krym.