Slutsk Uprising
1920 Belarus tries to escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow creates the puppet state “Litbel” to sabotage the independence movement. A small belarusian army resists enormous Kremlin forces for over a month
Category: Russian Colonialism
The Red Army Invasion of Georgia
1920 Georgia tries to escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow stages ethnic violence and invades to “stop it”. Over 15,000 executed and 20,000 deported in ethnic cleansing of Georgians.
East Karelian Uprising
1919-22 Karelia tries to escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow crushes the anti-colonial uprisings, bans democratically-elected assembly and creates a puppet government. Hundreds slaughtered, approx 30,000 became refugees, the local language/culture was
The Idel-Ural Republic
1918 Idel-Ural tries to escape Russian Colonialism. A Tatar proto-republic, it had one of the first democratic muslim parliaments and constitutions in the world. Moscow stokes internal ethnic divisions, kidnaps
Lithuanian War of Independence
1918 Lithuania tries to escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow breaks its word on an international post-WWI treaty that guaranteed Lithuanian independence, creates the puppet state “Litbel” to legitimise the invasion, orchestrates
Estonian War of Independence
1918-1920 Estonia tries to escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow invades using token Estonians & disinformation claiming “liberation” of the country. With solidarity of the UK & Finland, Estonians managed to defend
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus
1918-45 North Caucasus tries to escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow stages ethnic violence and invades to “stop it”. Mass ethnic cleansing and deportations in following two decades kill hundreds of thousands.
The Kuban People’s Republic
1917-20 Kuban Cossacks try to escape Russian Colonialism. They form a democratic parliament, a republic, join the newly-independent Ukrainian People’s Republic in a federation. After the invasion of Ukraine, they
The Ukrainian Republic of the Far East
1917-23 Ukrainians of the Far East try to leave Russian Colonialism. they form the zeleny klyn state as part of newly-independent ukrainian people’s republic, a democratic council, an army. a
The Crimean People’s Republic
1917-18 The indigenous nation of Crimean Tatars tries to escape Russian Colonialism and founds the second-ever muslim democracy. Moscow overthrows the government, executes 33 year old president Numan Çelebicihan and