Crimean People's Republic
Crimean People's Republic Qırım Halq Cumhuriyeti (Crimean Tatar) قريم خلق جمهوريتى Кримська Народна Республіка (Ukrainian) Krymska Narodna Respublika Крымская Народная Республика (Russian) Krymskaya Narodnaya Respublika | |||||||||||||
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| 1917–1918 | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: Ant etkenmen (Crimean Tatar) "I've pledged" | |||||||||||||
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| Status | Self-proclaimed autonomy of the Russian Republic | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Bakhchysarai | ||||||||||||
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| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
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• 1917–1918 | Noman Çelebicihan | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Qurultay | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | ||||||||||||
• Proclaimed | 13 December 1917 | ||||||||||||
• Soviet takeover | January 1918 | ||||||||||||
• Crimean Offensive | 13–25 April 1918 | ||||||||||||
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The Crimean People's Republic (Crimean Tatar: Qırım Halq Cumhuriyeti; Ukrainian: Кримська народна республіка, romanized: Kryms'ka narodna respublika; Russian: Крымская народная республика, romanized: Krymskaya narodnaya respublika) or Crimean Democratic Republic was a self-declared state that existed from December 1917 to January 1918 in the Crimean Peninsula. The Republic was one of many short-lived states that declared independence following the 1917 Russian Revolution caused the collapse of the Russian Republic.