Karakorum Government

The Karakorum Government or Confederated Republic of Altai was a republic created as the first step towards the re-establishment of Genghis Khan’s empire. It included the Altai, the Khaka and the Tuvan ethnic groups.

Confederated Republic of Altai
1918–1920
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Government
• Chairman of the Karakorum-Altay
Grigory Gurkin
• Head of the Constituent Congress of the High Altai
Vasily Anuchin
History 
• Established
12 March 1918
• Disestablished
April 1920
Succeeded by
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
  1. This country is also known as the Confederated Republic of Altai, the Oirot Republic and Karakorum-Altai

History

The second Congress of the high Altai was called in March 1918 and officially created the Confederated Republic of Altai. The government was founded by Altai painter Grigoriy Gurkin and by Russian writer and publicist Vasily Anuchin.[1] The republic was not a fully independent entity but rather an administrative entity with some autonomy, although it was relatively independent in reality due to the chaos of the Russian Civil War. The republic was eventually invaded by white forces in the civil war, only to be invaded by the Soviet 5th army and destroyed in April 1920, although resistance continued well into 1922.[2]

References
  1. Znamenski, Andrei (2005). "Power of Myth: Popular ethnonationalism and Nationality Building in Mountain Altai, 1904-1922" (PDF). Acta Slavica Iaponica. 22: 44–47. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. Smele, Jonathan D. (19 November 2015). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 112-113. ISBN 978-1442252813. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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