Kuban People's Republic
The Kuban People's Republic or Kuban National Republic (Russian: Кубанская Народная Республика, romanized: Kubanskaya Narodnaya Respublika; Ukrainian: Кубанська Народна Республiка, romanized: Kubanska Narodna Respublika, abbreviated as KPR or KNR, Cyrillic: КНР) was an anti-Bolshevik state during the Russian Civil War, comprising the territory of the Kuban region in Russia.
Kuban People's Republic Кубанская Народная Республика (Russian) Кубанська Народна Республiка (Ukrainian) | |||||||||||
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| 1918–1920 | |||||||||||
Coat of arms
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| Anthem: Ты, Кубань, Ты наша Родина "You, Kuban, You Are Our Motherland" | |||||||||||
Kuban People's Republic on the map. Light green color indicates the territory of the Stavropol Governorate and the Terek Oblast, which the Kuban claimed under the first constitution | |||||||||||
| Capital | Yekaterinodar | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Russian Ukrainian | ||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||
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• 1918–1919 | Alexander Filimonov | ||||||||||
• 1919 | Nikolai Uspensky | ||||||||||
• 1920 | Nikolai Bukretov | ||||||||||
| Chairman of the Kuban Rada | |||||||||||
• 1917–1918 | Luka Bych | ||||||||||
• 1918–1919 | Philip Sushkov | ||||||||||
• 1919 | Pavel Kurgansky | ||||||||||
• 1919–1920 | Philip Sushkov | ||||||||||
• 1920 | Vasily Ivanis | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Kuban Rada | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Rada formed | March 1917 | ||||||||||
• Republic proclaimed | January 28 1918 | ||||||||||
• Independencea | 16 February 1918 | ||||||||||
• Evicted and dissolved | March 17 1920 | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1918 | 3,500,000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Ruble | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Russia | ||||||||||
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The republic was proclaimed by the Kuban Rada on 28 January 1918 and declared its independence on 16 February. It included the entire territory of the former Kuban Oblast of the Russian Empire. During its brief independence, it unsuccessfully sought union with the Ukrainian People's Republic. The Kuban People's Republic was de facto occupied by the forces of Anton Denikin on 6 November 1919, before being fully occupied and annexed by the Soviets in the spring of 1920.