Hutsul Republic Гуцульська Республіка Hutsulska Respublika | |||||||||||
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| 1919 | |||||||||||
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| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||
| Capital | Yasinia | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Ukrainian | ||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1919 | Stepan Klochurak | ||||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | ||||||||||
• Established | 8 January 1919 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 11 June 1919 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine | ||||||||||
TheHutsul Republic (Ukrainian:Гуцульська Республіка,romanized: Hutsulska Respublika) was a short-lived state formed in the aftermath ofWorld War I. Inhabited byHutsuls, the republic was declared on 8 January 1919, when original plans to unite this area with theWest Ukrainian People's Republic failed and the territory was occupied by Hungarian police.[1]
Thelegislature of the Hutsul Republic was the "Ukrainian People's Council" with 42 members, and itsexecutive power (government) was the "Council" with 12 members.[2]
| Hutsul uprising | |||||||
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| Part of theRevolutions and interventions in Hungary | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Hutsul Republic |  First Hungarian Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Stepan Klochurak | Mihály Károlyi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 109[2] | 620[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None[3] | 500 captured | ||||||
On 20–22 December 1918 Hungarian troops returned to the territory of the Hutsul Republic.[2] A state of emergency was proclaimed, the Hutsul militia units disarmed, the Ukrainian People's Council was liquidated, theHungarian language was restored in school and in government communication, and former Hungarian officials were appointed to all posts of the local government.[2]
On the night of 7–8 January 1919 the local population of Rahó (Rakhiv) rose against the Hungarian gendarme battalion, taking into custody some 500 Hungarian policemen. GeneralStepan 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.[4] On 17 January 1919 the army waged a brief confrontation against the occupying Romanian troops in Máramarossziget (Sighetu Marmației), in the adjacent lands ofMáramaros County. This unequal battle resulted in the Hutsul Republic suffering, according to various data, 18 to 41 people killed, 39 to 150 people wounded, and 400 people taken prisoner including 20 officers.[2]
The day after the "Unification Act" was signed on 23 January 1919 by theUkrainian People's Republic and theWest Ukrainian People's Republic Stepan Klochurak and Julian Braschaiko joined the "Labor Congress" of this new entity as representatives of the Hutsul Republic.[2]
By the end of April 1919, the eastern part of Transcarpathia was occupied by Romanian troops, the central part was under the control of the Hungarians, while Czechoslovak troops occupied its western part.[2]
In April 1919 most ofCarpathian Ruthenia joinedCzechoslovakia granted as an autonomous territory, while its easternmost territory (Hutsul Republic) wasde facto a breakaway state.[clarification needed]
The state finally fell when its claimed territory was occupied by Romanian troops on 11 June 1919.[5] The territory claimed by this state accepted the admission into theFirst Czechoslovak Republic in September 1919, where it remained during theinterwar period. On 15 March 1939, just for a day, after its proclamation the Ukrainian state namedCarpatho-Ukraine claimed its independence but was soon occupied byHungarian troops and was annexed byHungary until the end ofWorld War II. After the war, the region became theCarpathian Oblast of theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, as part of theSoviet Union.
Hutsul Republic.
