Everything about The Shuliavka Republic totally explained
The
Shuliavka Republic (; ) was an early 20th century worker based quasi-government organization in the city of
Kiev, now the capital of
Ukraine, whose main task was self-defense. The uprising lasted a total of four days, from December 12–16, 1905 and encompassed the territory of the
Shuliavka factory district of Kiev. The Shuliavka Republic came to an end after the protest was put down by the
Imperial Russian Army.
Uprising
On
December 11,
1905, in a sign of support for the December Uprising in
Moscow, the Council of Workers' Deputies of Kiev decided to stage a mass uprising. On the next day, all major organizations of the city stopped their operation. The majority of the protesting workers were concentrated in the Shuliavka district of Kiev.
In a couple of hours after the start of the uprising, a "strict revolutionary order" was established. where the city-wide protest headquarters and the Council of Workers' Deputies were housed. Workers in the district proclaimed the republic as the sole local authority of Kiev. Among the supporters of the protesting workers were the students and faculty of the Polytechnic Institute.
Manifest
On the first day of the uprising, the Council of Workers' Deputies published their
manifest, which proclaimed:
In addition, the workers demanded a
pension, normal working conditions, the removal of unnecessary fines, a better medical service, and a system of government protection.
End
The ongoing conflict between the
Bolsheviks and the
Mensheviks in the Council and Committee of the
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party slowed the growth of the uprising. began mass arrests and confiscated any weapons they found. In all, more than 78 people were arrested. On the next day, the uprising was put down by a 2,000-strong armed force (consisting mainly of
gendarmes and
Cossack cavalry).
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