Republican Party of Crimea

Republican Party of Crimea Республіканська партія Криму
Russian name	Республиканская партия Крыма
Leader	Yuriy Meshkov
Founded	October 24, 1992 (24 years ago) (1992-10-24)
Dissolved	April 22, 1995
Merged into	Civil Congress of Ukraine
Ideology	Russian nationalism
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Republican Party of Crimea (Ukrainian: Республіканська партія Криму, Respublikanska partiya Krymu; Russian: Республиканская партия Крыма, Respublikanskaya partiya Kryma) was a regional separatist political party of Ukraine, that was created in 1992 based on the Republican Movement of Crimea and fought for the incorporation of Crimea into the Russian Federation.

Since 1991 in Crimea existed the Republican Movement of Crimea (RDK) which goal was to revive the republican status of the region and its sovereignty. The movement was financed by the local company "Impeks-55" and supported by a criminal gang "Bashmaki" (after its leader Bashmakov). With the help of the Black Sea Fleet administration, in February 1992 the movement initiated gathering of signatures for a referendum for Crimea in the new Soviet Union.

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