Page "Samara, Russia" Paragraph 9

By the start of the 20th century, the population exceeded 100, 000, and the city was the major trading and industrial center of the Volga region.

During the October Revolution of 1917, Samara was seized by the Bolsheviks.

However, on June 8, 1918, with the armed support of the Czechoslovak Legions, the city was taken by the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly, or Komuch, who organized a " democratic counter-revolution ", which at its height encompassed twelve million people.

They fought under the Red flag against the Bolsheviks.

On October 7, 1918, Samara fell to the Fourth Army of the Red Army.