Republic of Paulava

Paulava Republic
Rzeczpospolita Pawłowska
Paulavos respublika
1769–1795
Coat of arms
CapitalMerkinė Manor
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary republic
• President
Paweł Ksawery Brzostowski
LegislatureSeimas (parliament)
History 
• Established
1769
• Disestablished
1795
Area
30.4 km2 (11.7 sq mi)
Population
• 
800
Today part ofLithuania

Paulava Republic (Lithuanian: Paulavos respublika, Polish: Rzeczpospolita Pawłowska) was a farmer community and a micro-state in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with its own parliament, army, and laws.

Located around the Merkinė Manor (also Pavlovo Manor) in present-day Šalčininkai District Municipality, Lithuania, it covered an area of 30.4 km2 (11.7 sq mi) and had about 800 residents.

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