Shuliavka Republic

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Shuliavka Republic
Шулявська республіка
1905
Early 20th-century postcard depicting the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, where the uprising was headquartered.
Early 20th-century postcard depicting the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, where the uprising was headquartered.
GovernmentRepublic
History 
• Established
12 December 1905
• Disestablished
16 December 1905
Today part ofUkraine

The Shuliavska Republic (

Shuliavka neighborhood, Kyiv by workers of the factory of Greter, Krivanek, & Co (today Bilshovyk Factory) and students of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.[1] The uprising lasted a total of four days, from 12–16 December (O.S.; 26–29 in the Gregorian calendar), 1905. The Shuliavska Republic ended after the Imperial Russian Army
put down the uprising.

Uprising

On 11 December 1905 (O.S.), in a sign of support for the

December Uprising in Moscow,[2]
the Council of Workers' Deputies of Kyiv decided to stage a mass uprising. On the next day, all major city organisations stopped their operation. The majority of the protesting workers were concentrated in the Shuliavska district.

By a couple of hours after the start of the uprising, a "strict revolutionary order" was established.[1][2] Groups of about 150 armed workers were sent to patrol the territory,[1][2] which was headquartered in the first building of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

Shuliavka was declared a workers' republic,[3] where the citywide protest headquarters and the Council of Workers' Deputies were housed. Workers in the district proclaimed the republic as the sole authority in Kyiv. Among the supporters of the protesting workers were the students and faculty of the Polytechnic Institute.

Manifesto

On the first day of the uprising, the Council of Workers' Deputies published their manifesto, which proclaimed:

Citizens of the Shuliavska republic protest for the abolition of

Jews, and other nationalities of the Russian Empire, for the immediate end to the Jewish pogroms
, which embarrasses our people.

In addition, the workers demanded a pension, normal working conditions, the removal of unnecessary fines, better medical services, and a system of government protection.[4]

End

The ongoing conflict between the

Mensheviks in the Council and Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party slowed the growth of the uprising.[2] On 15 December (O.S.), the territory of Shuliavska was surrounded by the Imperial Russian Army and local authorities. The police, who, before then, usually avoided the area,[5] began mass arrests and confiscated any weapons they found. In all, police arrested more than 78 people.[6] On the next day, the uprising was put down by a 2,000-strong armed force consisting mainly of the Special Corps of Gendarmes and Cossack cavalry.[2][3]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-691-02585-1
    .
  2. ^ a b c d e Kudrytskyi, A. (1981). Kyiv, Encyclopedic Directory. Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia. p. 705.
  3. ^ a b "Something about Shuliavka". Old Kiev (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 19 April 2008.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Manchuk, Andrei (19 January 2007). "In defence of the 'Shuliavska republic'". Gazeta po-Kievski (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  5. ^ Hamm, pg. 217.
  6. ^ Hamm, pg. 219.

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