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Name: Pro-Russian Rebels

Type: Polity

Start: 2014 AD

End: 2014 AD

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Pro-Russian rebels in the the early phase of the War in the Donbas.

Establishment


  • April 2014: A group of pro-Russian activists stormed the Government offices in Luhansk.
  • Chronology


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    1. Post-Soviet Conflicts


    Are a series of conflicts that are considered to be a consequence of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

    1.1.Russo-Ukrainian War

    Is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, part of the conflicts related to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The main reasons for the conflict are the control of the Ukrainian territories of Donbas and Crimea (both territories have a substantial Russian-speaking populations, in particular Crimea has a majority Russian-speaking population) and Russian influence in former USSR countries. The war started in 2014 with the Russian annexion of Crimea and the Russian-sponsored secession of the the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) from Ukraine. After a phase of low-level warfare (2016-2021), Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

    1.1.1.War in Donbas

    Was a conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the Donbas region that later esclataed in the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

    1.1.1.1.Secession of Donetsk and Luhansk

    Was the secession of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics from Ukraine at the beginning of the War in Donbas, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian conflict.

  • April 2014: Pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk declared the establishment of a "Luhansk People's Republic".

  • Disestablishment


  • April 2014: Pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk declared the establishment of a "Luhansk People's Republic".
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