Comrat Republic

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Comrat Republic
Κομράτ Ρεσπυβλικάσι[a] (Gagauz)
Republica de la Comrat (Romanian)
Комратская республика (Russian)
6 January – 12 January 1906
Flag of Comrat Republic
Flag
CapitalComrat
Common languagesGagauz, also
Romanian, Russian
Religion
Orthodox Christianity
GovernmentAutonomous republic
Leader 
• 1906
Andrey Galatsan
History 
• Declaration
6 January 1906
• Dissolution
12 January 1906
Population
• 1906 estimate
10,000
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Empire
Russian Empire
Today part ofMoldova

The Comrat Republic (

tsarist regime of the Russian Empire. It was created after a mutiny by Andrey Galatsan, a socialist revolutionary, with the support of the local Gagauz population. It lasted six days (from 6 January to 12 January) and is today viewed positively in Gagauzia (now in Moldova
) as a premonition of the future Gagauz territorial autonomy.

History

Map of the Bendersky Uyezd within the Bessarabia Governorate, where Comrat was located in 1906

In 1905, following the arrival of the

medical care and others. During this period, the idea of Gagauz territorial autonomy began to be considered for the first time.[4]

On 6 January 1906, a demonstration began in Comrat that escalated into

dragoons (a mounted infantry) are unarmed".[4] The flag of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, a red flag with the Russian-language slogan Въ борьбѣ обрѣтешь ты право свое ("Through struggle you will attain your rights") printed on it, was promoted as a central symbol of the republic.[5]

On 12 January, after six days, the rebellion was suppressed. Galatsan and several of his companions were tried for

During the times of the

ethnic one. However, since the proclamation of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, it has been regarded as a "sign" or "premonition" of the Gagauz autonomy, highlighting its socialist characteristics but especially the ethnic Gagauz ones.[6] Today, one of the streets of Comrat is named after Galatsan.[2][3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b At the time, the Gagauz language was written in the Greek alphabet.[1]

References