Kuban People's Republic
| Kuban People's Republic | ||||||||||
| Кубанская Народная Республика Kubanskaya Narodnaya Respublika Кубанська Народна Республiка Kubans'ka Narodna Respublika |
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 Map of Europe in 1919 showing the Kuban People's
Republic (green) within Russia. |
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| Capital | Yekaterinodar | |||||||||
| Languages |
Russian Ukrainian |
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| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Chairman | ||||||||||
| • | 1917–1918, 1919 | Luka Bych | ||||||||
| • | 1918–1919 | Nikolai Ryabovol | ||||||||
| • | 1919–1920 | F. Sushkov | ||||||||
| Ataman | ||||||||||
| • | 1917–1919 | Alexander Filimonov | ||||||||
| • | 1920 | Nikolai Bukretov | ||||||||
| Legislature | Kuban Legislative Rada | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| • | Rada formed | March 1917 | ||||||||
| • | Republic proclaimed | January 28, 1918 | ||||||||
| • | Independencea | 16 February 1918 | ||||||||
| • | Evicted and dissolved | March 17, 1920 | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1918 est. | 3,500,000 | ||||||||
| Currency | Ruble | |||||||||
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| a. | Proclaimed by the Kuban Rada. | |||||||||
The Kuban People's Republic (Russian: Кубанская Народная Республика Kubanskaya Narodnaya Respublika; Ukrainian: Кубанська Народна Республiка Kubans'ka Narodna Respublika) was an anti-Bolshevik state that comprised the territory of the Kuban in the modern-day Russian Federation during the Russian Civil War.
The republic was proclaimed by the Kuban Rada on January 28, 1918 and declared its independence on February 16. During its brief period of independence, it sought union with the Ukrainian People's Republic until the latter was occupied by Soviet forces. The Kuban People's Republic would include all territory of the former Kuban Oblast of the Russian Empire. It was crushed 7 November 1919 and existed for a period of 1 year 9 months.
During the Russian Empire, the region of the Kuban was a Cossack territory. Like many similar provinces, its demographics constituted several differences from ordinary Russian governorates (guberniyas). The western regions belonged to the descendants of the Black Sea Cossack Host from Ukraine in 1792. The southern and eastern regions were made from the Caucasus Line Cossack Host, descendants of the Don Cossacks.
Historically, the Kuban Cossacks were formed to guard the Russian borders from the Mountain peoples which caused the Caucasus War that lasted for six decades up until 1860. In addition, during many wars, Cossacks sent large army contingents to fight alongside the Imperial Russian Army; moreover it was the Kuban Cossacks that made the Tsar's personal bodyguard. In return for such loyalty, they lived free from taxes in a semi-independent way with various privileges. The military nature of their lifestyle was also mirrored in the administration of the region, where stanitsa settlements were in place of traditional Russian villages, and had much more autonomy such as the election of a local Ataman, or commander.
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