Editing Gomel (section)

=== Civil war and early Soviet era ===
Preceding the [[treaty of Brest-Litovsk]], on 1 March 1918, the city was occupied (the Executive Committee of the Gomel Council of Workers' Deputies had left already on 21 February) by German forces.<ref name="153431/ Contraband"/> In March 1918, the city became part of [[Chernihiv Governorate]] of the [[Ukrainian State]].<ref name="153431/ Contraband">{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.istpravda.com.ua/articles/2018/12/19/153431/ Contraband, strikes, Bolsheviks ... Ten months of Ukrainian government in Polissya], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (19 September 2018)</ref> After the overthrow of the Ukrainian State Gomel was administered by the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] for 25 days.<ref name="153431/ Contraband"/>

On 14 January 1919, Gomel was occupied by the Red Army. In March 1919, the largest uprising against the [[Bolshevik]]s occurred in Gomel, known as the short-lived Strekopytov Revolt. Rebels seized strategic facilities and executed members of the Soviet leadership in the city. The uprising was crushed by Red Army units dispatched to Gomel.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Golinkov|first1=D. L. |title=Krushenie antisovetskogo podpol'ia v SSSR (1917–1925gg.) |date=1975 |location=Moscow |publisher=The Great Soviet Encyclopedia |volume=3rd Edition |access-date=2024-01-07 |url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Strekopytov+Revolt| language=ru}}</ref>

In 1919, Gomel became the centre of [[Gomel Governorate]] in the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]]. After the end of hostilities, the restoration of industry and transportation began. In the 1920s, a number of large businesses were created: shipyards, a factory named "Polespechat", a shoe factory named "Trud", a bakery, and the first phase of a municipal power plant. In 1926, the city was passed to the [[Byelorussian SSR]].

By 1940, 264 industrial enterprises had been established.