Yakutia was short-lived, being declared in February 1918 during the Russian Civil War, and being dissolved following a Bolshevik intervention in July 1918.

After the February Revolution of 1917 in Russia, ethnic Yakuts began politically organizing and forming their own local committees.

After the formal proclamation of the Russian Soviet Republic in January 1918, the Committee declared the independence of Yakutia in reaction to these events.

This independent government was overthrown on July 1[1] by the intervention of Soviet troops from Irkutsk led by A. S.

[4] Later, in 1921, the Yakuts and White Russians would organize an anti-Soviet revolt in the region, which also ended in failure.