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Republic of Tarnobrzeg Republika Tarnobrzeska (Polish) | |||||||||
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Tarnobrzeg | ||||||||
| Common languages | Polish | ||||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Republica | ||||||||
• President | Tomasz Dąbal (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Aftermath of World War I | ||||||||
• Established | 6 November 1918 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | Spring 1919 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
a.Soviet republic intended. | |||||||||
TheRepublic of Tarnobrzeg (Polish:Republika Tarnobrzeska,IPA:[rɛpuˈblikatarnɔˈbʐɛska]) was a short-lived political entity, proclaimed on 6 November 1918 in the Polish town ofTarnobrzeg. Its main founders were twosocialist activists,Tomasz Dąbal andEugeniusz Okoń.
The idea of the Republic had its roots in mass demonstrations of peasants, which were taking place almost on a daily basis in the fall of 1918. Tarnobrzeg had been part ofAustria-Hungary (Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria) and the dissolution of this entity created a political unrest. On 6 November, after a demonstration with some 30,000 people, local peasants decided to take advantage of it and seize power.
As news of theRussian Revolution came to Tarnobrzeg, socialist activists decided to followCommunist ideas. They demanded the liquidation ofcapitalist government and the introduction of a land reform, which would result in taking away land from rich owners and giving it to the poor peasantry. Also, directed by Okoń and Dąbal, the peasants started to organize local administration as well as a peasants' militia.
The Republic of Tarnobrzeg was suppressed by units of the freshly createdPolish Army at the beginning of 1919. Father Okoń was arrested but soon released, when the locals elected him to thePolish Parliament.
