Comrat Republic
Comrat Republic | |||||||||
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6 January – 12 January 1906 | |||||||||
Flag | |||||||||
Capital | Comrat | ||||||||
Common languages | Gagauz, also Romanian, Russian | ||||||||
Religion | Orthodox Christianity | ||||||||
Government | Autonomous republic | ||||||||
Leader | |||||||||
• 1906 | Andrey Galatsan | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Declaration | 6 January 1906 | ||||||||
• Dissolution | 12 January 1906 | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1906 estimate | 10,000 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Moldova |
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
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
- ^ a b At the time, the Gagauz language was written in the Greek alphabet.[1]
References
- S2CID 144122722.
- ^ a b c d "107 лет назад в Буджаке была провозглашена Комратская республика". vfokuse.md (in Russian). 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d "106 лет назад была провозглашена Комратская республика". Gagauzinfo.MD (in Russian). 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Влияние русской революции 1905-1907 на Бессарабию". istoriagagauz.com (in Russian). 10 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.
- ISBN 978-9975-3075-2-9.
- ^ "URSS: le rêve turc des Gagaouzes Effrayée par la Moldavie nationaliste, déçue par le Kremlin et méfiante à l'égard de la Roumanie, la jeune "République de Gagaouzie" se tourne vers Ankara". Le Monde (in French). 28 March 1991.