Hutsul Republic

Hutsul Republic
Гуцульська республіка
1919–1919
Flag
Status Unrecognized state
Capital Yasinia
Common languages Ukrainian
Government Republic
Historical era World War I
• Established
8 January 1919
• Disestablished
11 June 1919
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Austria-Hungary
West Ukrainian People's Republic
Czechoslovakia
Today part of  Ukraine

The Hutsul Republic was a short-lived state, formed in the aftermath of World War I. The republic was declared on January 8, 1919, when original plans to unite this area with the Western Ukrainian People's Republic failed and the territory was occupied by Hungarian police.[1]

Czechoslovakia between 1920 and 1938, with Subcarpathian Ruthenia shown in blue.

Creation

Hutsul uprising
Part of the Polish–Ukrainian War
Date7–8 January 1919
LocationHutsul Republic (today Zakarpattia Oblast)
Result Hutsul victory
Belligerents
Hutsul Republic  Hungarian Democratic Republic
Commanders and leaders
Stepan Klochurak Hungarian People's Republic (1918–19) Mihály Károlyi
Strength
Unknown 620
Casualties and losses
Unknown 500 captured

On the night of January 7–8, 1919 the local population of Rahó (Rakhiv) rose against the Hungarian gendarme battalion, taking into custody some 500 Hungarian policemen. General Stepan Klochurak was elected prime minister of the republic. He was also active in organizing the armed forces of the republic, which consisted of nearly 1,000 soldiers[2] The army waged a brief confrontation against the occupying Romanian troops in Máramarossziget (Sighetu Marmației), in the adjacent lands of Máramaros County. In April 1919 most of Carpathian Ruthenia joined Czechoslovakia granted as an autonomous territory, while its easternmost territory (Hutsul Republic) was de facto a breakaway state.

Hungarian invasion

Hungarian invasion of the Hutsul Republic
Part of the Hungarian–Romanian War
Date11 June 1919
LocationHutsul Republic (today Zakarpattia Oblast)
Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Hutsul Republic Hungarian Soviet Republic
Commanders and leaders
Stepan Klochurak Béla Kun
Strength
1,100 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The state finally failed when it was occupied temporarily by Hungarian troops on 11 June 1919.[3] The territory claimed by this state accepted the admission into the First Czechoslovak Republic in September 1919. On 15 March, 1939, just for a day, after its proclamation the Ukrainian state named Carpatho-Ukraine claimed its independence but was occupied by Hungarian troops and was annexed by Hungary until the end of the war. After the war, the region became the Carpathian Oblast of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, as part of the Soviet Union.

References

  1. ↑ Magocsi, Paul Robert; Pop, Ivan I. (June 2002). Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture (book). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-0-8020-3566-0. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  2. ↑ Klochurak, Stepan (1978). Do Voli (Strive for freedom : Memories) (book) (in Ukrainian). New York: The Carpathian Alliance. OCLC 17608529.
  3. ↑ Magocsi, Paul R. (1975). "The Ruthenian Decision to Unite with Czechoslovakia". Slavic Review. 34 (2): 360–381. doi:10.2307/2495193.


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