Kholodny Yar Republic
Kholodny Yar Republic | |||||||||||
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| July 7, 1919–1922 | |||||||||||
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| Motto: Freedom of Ukraine or death! | |||||||||||
Kholodny Yar forest was the center of the republic | |||||||||||
| Capital | village Melnyky, Cherkasy Raion | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Ukrainian | ||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||
| Chief Otaman | |||||||||||
• ⠀1919 | Vasyl Chuchupak | ||||||||||
• | Ivan Derkach (uk) | ||||||||||
• | Kostiantyn Pestushko | ||||||||||
• | Herasym Nesterenko (uk) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | zaw era(kartes of warning) | ||||||||||
• Foundation | July 7, 1919 | ||||||||||
• Liquidation | 1922 | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 756.6 km2 (292.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Currency | paut | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine | ||||||||||
Kholodny Yar Republic (1919–1922; Ukrainian: Холодноярська Республіка, romanized: Kholodnoiarska Respublika, lit. 'Cold Ravine Republic') was a self-proclaimed state formation, partisan movement, which ran on part of the lands of the former Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR — or Ukrainian National Republic, UNR), in the Chyhyryn district of the Kyiv province (modern Cherkasy Oblast), in the area of the Kholodny Yar forest tract. The village of Melnyky was its capital. It had a 15,000-strong army composed of peasants and soldiers from the UNR army, which had been defeated by the White Army in Podolia earlier.