| Republic of the Cossacks Республіка козаків Timeline: An Honorable Retelling | ||||||
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| Motto: Бережіть честь – будуйте славу! "Keep Honour – Build Glory!" |
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| Anthem: Це сколихнуло, сколихнуло православний тихий Дон "It has shaken, has stirred the Orthodox quiet Don" |
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 Location of Cossackia (green)
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| Capital (and largest city) | Rostov-on-Don | |||||
| Official languages | Ukrainian | |||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christianity | |||||
| Demonym | Cossackian | |||||
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic | |||||
| - | President | Vasily Golubev | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Andrey Bocharov | ||||
| Legislature | Supreme Council | |||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Kuban Rada formed | March 1917 | ||||
| - | Kuban Republic proclaimed | January 28, 1918 | ||||
| - | Don Republic proclaimed | May 18, 1918 | ||||
| - | Kuban and Don unify to establish Cossackia | June 1, 1918 | ||||
| - | Pyotr Krasnov dies | 16 January 1949 | ||||
| - | Nikolai Nazarenko dies and the dictatorship of the Atamans ends | 20 November 1992 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 22,884,267 | ||||
| Currency | Cossack ruble (RUB) (₽) |
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| Drives on the | right | |||||
Cossackia (Ukrainian: Козакія), officially the Republic of the Cossacks (Ukrainian: Республіка козаків) is a country located in Eastern Europe. It borders Ukraine to the west, Russia, to the north, Cumania to the east, and Georgia, and Albania to the south. Cossackia's capital and largest city is Rostov-on-Don.
History[]
The Cossacks were a militarized group who helped Russia conquer Siberia, and in 1648, some of the Cossacks in Ukraine established the Cossack Hetmanate in Lublin, however some Cossacks settled around the Don and Kuban area, known as "Don Cossacks" in 1786. The "Don Host Oblast" was established made up primarily of Don Cossacks, after the Russian Republic was formed in March 1917, the Kuban Rada formed, which on January 28th, 1918 proclaimed the Kuban Republic, shortly afterwards the Don Cossacks established the Don Republic on May 18th, 1918, talks immediately began between Kuban and the Don Republic and on June 1, 1918, the countries united to form Cossackia. Pyotr Krasnov, a Russian military leader, was made the Ataman of Cossackia.
The dictatorship period[]
Within the first few months of his reign, Krasnov turned Cossackia into a one-party dictatorship, lead by the Cossack National Liberation Movement (KNVR), striking against minorities, such as the Chechens and the Kalmyks, and becoming a regional rival to Russia and Ukraine, On the 16th of January 1949, Krasnov died, after a short period of chaos far-right Cossack leader Nikolai Nazarenko would take over, and continue the dictatorship of the KNVR, Cossackia would end up aligning with the fascists during the Cold War and Cossackia was more or less an authoritarian far-right state of its own.
Civil war[]
Main article: Cossack Civil War
On the 20th of November 1992, Nikolai Nazarenko died, with the Cold War coming to an end and fascism being looked down upon by the rest of the world, the country fell into a civil war with 2 factions, the faction that wanted to reform and democratize the country, and the faction that wanted to continue the dictatorship under a new dictator, eventually after a long period of fighting, the Reform and Democracy Faction won, and Cossackia began a period of stabilizing.
Politics[]
Cossackia is a unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic with Vasily Golubev as its President and Andrey Bocharov as its Prime Minister, the former KNVR is still a major political party though after the civil war it relaxed itself into being a generally conservative party, and they currently hold the offices of both the president and the prime minister.
Demographics[]
Cossackia's official language is Ukrainian, and since its founding, Ukrainian has been the biggest language within Cossackia, and was heavily promoted during the dictatorship period with it eventually becoming the majority language, however, there are still some minority languages like Chechen, Kalmyk, Ossetian, and Avar.
Geography[]
Cossackia in the north is mostly located within the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, it also borders the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, and to the south it is protected by the Caucasus Mountains.
Religion[]
Most of Cossackia practices Orthodox Christianity, it being the majority religion in most Slavic states. However before the Russian conquest which was completed in 1863, it was primarily Turkic practicing Manichaeism in its later Turkic history. with it being a homeland or middle ground for most Turkic empires such as the Cumans, Huns, Avars, and Khazars.
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