Crimean Republic
29-04-2008, 04:37
The Republic of Crimea, as the Crimean Republic is formally known, came about in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution. In March of 1920, it seemed as though all hope was lost for the White Army under Anton Ivanovich Denikin. They were in a continuous retreat, and his British and American allies were growing weary of losing to the Soviets. When Denikin reached the Crimean Peninsula, he believed that this protrusion into the Black Sea would be his grave, his brilliant last stand against the Red Army. When he met his Bolshevik foes in the Battle of Djankoy, he unexpectedly defeated them, forcing them into the unfamiliar territory of a city battle, where he and his White Russians, with the help of a few of the remaining American and British soldiers made the Reds struggle for every room that they earned. The struggle for Djankoy marked the high water mark of the Red Army’s advance into Crimea, though they would have a remaining presence there for years to come.
Slowly, the Reds were turned back, finally being pushed past Armvansk—the de facto border between the two Russias—in November of 1923. After the Battle of Armvansk, Denikin evaluated his position, and opted to end the war, choosing to consolidate his authority in the Crimean, rather than try and push the Soviets back further. He announced the creation of the Czardom of White Russia, and began to search for the remaining members of the Romanov family in order to continue the dynasty’s rule of Czarist Russia. With the approval of his top lieutenants, Denikin decided to offer the crown to Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich Romanov, despite his close relationship with the Provisional Government before the October Revolution. Cyril eagerly accepted, anointing himself Emperor Cyril of The White and Red Russias, despite only owning control of White Russia in Crimea.
It was not long before Emperor Cyril began to unnerve General Denikin and the other soldiers who had fought the Reds. Not only did Cyril use the small national treasury to take lavish trips to Paris, Venice and other posh locations, but he also displayed an utter lack of respect for those who had fought to create the state he ruled. When the generals asked Cyril for his approval of White Guard Council, an upper house of legislature that would function as a vetting agency to protect the vulnerable state’s independence from the now powerful USSR, he rejected it, favoring a unicameral State Duma instead.
Any other man might have overreacted to this snub, but General Denikin refused to act, feeling that a seizure of power might disrupt the nation and leave it wide open to assault by its enemies to the north. This choice of complacency did not however, mean that Denikin idly stood by as Cyril played with him as a puppet. In 1932, after nine years after leading the fight for White Russia, Denikin resigned as the commander of the White Army, appointing Peter Nikolayevich Wrangel as the new leader.
General Wrangel could not have been further from Denikin’s sentiments on Cyril, for he felt that the last Romanov was nothing more than a bumbling noble, who cared not for his own people, but only for himself. Wrangel’s assumption of Cyril was not that far off, the man had squandered much of the once lush fortunes of the nation on his own pleasure. The seat of government in Yalta was little more than a massive playground for the Emperor and his court.
In 1939, General Denikin died. The public expected a hero’s burial for the old Civil War stalwart. Emperor Cyril refused to allow Denikin to be buried in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral as many wished, prompting widespread outrage. The most outspoken of the critics, Peter Krasnov called for a military occupation of the area surrounding the church so that the fallen hero may be buried there without hindrance by the Emperor and his personal guards, made up of Tartars from Crimea itself. These Tartar guards did not answer to anyone but Cyril, and were fiercely anti-White Army. After the Denikin Affair, Wrangel knew that the time had come to act. He felt the Emperor and his actions were trampling on the ideas set forth by Denikin and the Stalwarts years before, and so he began to converse with those who were sympathetic to his cause, those like Adolf Hitler.
Soon, Krasnov and his top officials begin to plot a coup d’etat to oust the Emperor and restore the influence of the military to the White Russian government. They begin clandestine relations with the Axis, and soon are being fed money and supplies by the Germans. The militarist movement soon gains popularity through its peaceful façade, the Veterans Honor Party, under the control of the young Mikhail Dimitrovitch Rimneyv, who demands benefits for the fighters in the Civil War and proper amenities for the rest of the population. He soon organizes the Blue Shirt Auxiliaries, a paramilitary force that swears allegiance to the White Movement, rather than to the Emperor, as the regular Army and the Tartar Guards do.
By late 1940, the stage is set for the ouster. The Blue Shirts under Rimneyv, and the regular military loyal to Krasnov march onto Yalta after using dive-bombers to knock out much of the Tartar Guard infrastructure. The military gains functional control of the country soon after, forcing the State Duma to adopt the Sevastopol Charter, which modifies the structure of the government to give them almost absolute control over the nation. In the document, a council of fifteen military officers, who are popularly elected by the military and the general population elect the head of government, with the military’s votes counting as fourth and the civilian vote counting as three fourths. The Emperor remains as a figurehead, however since Cyril was killed in the fighting, his son Vladimir takes the throne. Also, an upper house made up of military officers is created, with an effective veto on any anti-military legislation the Duma tries to enact.
In the first election under the new system, the Veterans Honor Party wins almost eighty percent of the Duma, and Rimneyv wins the Premiership despite a close race with Krasnov. In his first act as Premier, Rimneyv begins an all out offensive against the Tartar Guards, who still control pockets of the country. With the help of SS officials, he commences the destruction of hundreds of Tartars, from villages to neighborhoods in the major cities.
When the Germans launch Operation Barbarossa in the summer of 1941, Premier Rimneyv and the Veterans Honor Party welcome them with open arms, allowing them to use the area as a staging ground for the operations, and allow Sevastopol to be transformed into the principle German port in the Black Sea.
Soon, the small Crimean state becomes one of the most influential players in the German war strategy, to the point that Hitler begins to make frequent visits to the peninsula, primarily Sudak.
The Allies begin to notice the involvement of this small nation, and soon begin to arm the remaining Tartar rebels, promising them their own state once the war comes to completion.
Timeline (Written out story to come soon):
1944: The Western Allies launch an Amphibious Assault on Crimea, codename Operation Rhine Whiskey, and destroy the military regime under Rimneyv. Rather than be apprehended by the allies, the Premier chooses to die in battle, as do many other members of the junta. The Tartar Republic of Crimea is established as a unitary republic. Great Britain, France and the United States stand adamant about not handing over the area to the control of the Russians, though they do allow them to occupy Sevastopol. The Emperor’s post is officially abolished.
1947: The Truman Doctrine effectively protects Crimea from any re-occupation by the Russian government.
1987: In the first diplomatic overture with the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev recognizes the Crimean Republic as a sovereign nation, and opens and embassy exchange with the nation.
1995: The title of the nation is simplified to the Republic of Crimea, or the Crimean Republic, to show the new face of the Republic as a multi-ethnic nation not ruled by any one group. The Russian population of Crimea officially recognizes the Tartar genocide, before this, they viewed it as the consequences of the war.
Critiques, questions, comments, invites to join a role play?
Slowly, the Reds were turned back, finally being pushed past Armvansk—the de facto border between the two Russias—in November of 1923. After the Battle of Armvansk, Denikin evaluated his position, and opted to end the war, choosing to consolidate his authority in the Crimean, rather than try and push the Soviets back further. He announced the creation of the Czardom of White Russia, and began to search for the remaining members of the Romanov family in order to continue the dynasty’s rule of Czarist Russia. With the approval of his top lieutenants, Denikin decided to offer the crown to Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich Romanov, despite his close relationship with the Provisional Government before the October Revolution. Cyril eagerly accepted, anointing himself Emperor Cyril of The White and Red Russias, despite only owning control of White Russia in Crimea.
It was not long before Emperor Cyril began to unnerve General Denikin and the other soldiers who had fought the Reds. Not only did Cyril use the small national treasury to take lavish trips to Paris, Venice and other posh locations, but he also displayed an utter lack of respect for those who had fought to create the state he ruled. When the generals asked Cyril for his approval of White Guard Council, an upper house of legislature that would function as a vetting agency to protect the vulnerable state’s independence from the now powerful USSR, he rejected it, favoring a unicameral State Duma instead.
Any other man might have overreacted to this snub, but General Denikin refused to act, feeling that a seizure of power might disrupt the nation and leave it wide open to assault by its enemies to the north. This choice of complacency did not however, mean that Denikin idly stood by as Cyril played with him as a puppet. In 1932, after nine years after leading the fight for White Russia, Denikin resigned as the commander of the White Army, appointing Peter Nikolayevich Wrangel as the new leader.
General Wrangel could not have been further from Denikin’s sentiments on Cyril, for he felt that the last Romanov was nothing more than a bumbling noble, who cared not for his own people, but only for himself. Wrangel’s assumption of Cyril was not that far off, the man had squandered much of the once lush fortunes of the nation on his own pleasure. The seat of government in Yalta was little more than a massive playground for the Emperor and his court.
In 1939, General Denikin died. The public expected a hero’s burial for the old Civil War stalwart. Emperor Cyril refused to allow Denikin to be buried in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral as many wished, prompting widespread outrage. The most outspoken of the critics, Peter Krasnov called for a military occupation of the area surrounding the church so that the fallen hero may be buried there without hindrance by the Emperor and his personal guards, made up of Tartars from Crimea itself. These Tartar guards did not answer to anyone but Cyril, and were fiercely anti-White Army. After the Denikin Affair, Wrangel knew that the time had come to act. He felt the Emperor and his actions were trampling on the ideas set forth by Denikin and the Stalwarts years before, and so he began to converse with those who were sympathetic to his cause, those like Adolf Hitler.
Soon, Krasnov and his top officials begin to plot a coup d’etat to oust the Emperor and restore the influence of the military to the White Russian government. They begin clandestine relations with the Axis, and soon are being fed money and supplies by the Germans. The militarist movement soon gains popularity through its peaceful façade, the Veterans Honor Party, under the control of the young Mikhail Dimitrovitch Rimneyv, who demands benefits for the fighters in the Civil War and proper amenities for the rest of the population. He soon organizes the Blue Shirt Auxiliaries, a paramilitary force that swears allegiance to the White Movement, rather than to the Emperor, as the regular Army and the Tartar Guards do.
By late 1940, the stage is set for the ouster. The Blue Shirts under Rimneyv, and the regular military loyal to Krasnov march onto Yalta after using dive-bombers to knock out much of the Tartar Guard infrastructure. The military gains functional control of the country soon after, forcing the State Duma to adopt the Sevastopol Charter, which modifies the structure of the government to give them almost absolute control over the nation. In the document, a council of fifteen military officers, who are popularly elected by the military and the general population elect the head of government, with the military’s votes counting as fourth and the civilian vote counting as three fourths. The Emperor remains as a figurehead, however since Cyril was killed in the fighting, his son Vladimir takes the throne. Also, an upper house made up of military officers is created, with an effective veto on any anti-military legislation the Duma tries to enact.
In the first election under the new system, the Veterans Honor Party wins almost eighty percent of the Duma, and Rimneyv wins the Premiership despite a close race with Krasnov. In his first act as Premier, Rimneyv begins an all out offensive against the Tartar Guards, who still control pockets of the country. With the help of SS officials, he commences the destruction of hundreds of Tartars, from villages to neighborhoods in the major cities.
When the Germans launch Operation Barbarossa in the summer of 1941, Premier Rimneyv and the Veterans Honor Party welcome them with open arms, allowing them to use the area as a staging ground for the operations, and allow Sevastopol to be transformed into the principle German port in the Black Sea.
Soon, the small Crimean state becomes one of the most influential players in the German war strategy, to the point that Hitler begins to make frequent visits to the peninsula, primarily Sudak.
The Allies begin to notice the involvement of this small nation, and soon begin to arm the remaining Tartar rebels, promising them their own state once the war comes to completion.
Timeline (Written out story to come soon):
1944: The Western Allies launch an Amphibious Assault on Crimea, codename Operation Rhine Whiskey, and destroy the military regime under Rimneyv. Rather than be apprehended by the allies, the Premier chooses to die in battle, as do many other members of the junta. The Tartar Republic of Crimea is established as a unitary republic. Great Britain, France and the United States stand adamant about not handing over the area to the control of the Russians, though they do allow them to occupy Sevastopol. The Emperor’s post is officially abolished.
1947: The Truman Doctrine effectively protects Crimea from any re-occupation by the Russian government.
1987: In the first diplomatic overture with the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev recognizes the Crimean Republic as a sovereign nation, and opens and embassy exchange with the nation.
1995: The title of the nation is simplified to the Republic of Crimea, or the Crimean Republic, to show the new face of the Republic as a multi-ethnic nation not ruled by any one group. The Russian population of Crimea officially recognizes the Tartar genocide, before this, they viewed it as the consequences of the war.
Critiques, questions, comments, invites to join a role play?