Kolky Republic ( uk, Колківська Республіка) was a temporary state composed of five regions of
Volyn, measuring approximately 2500 square kilometers,
created after being liberated from
Nazi Germany in April 1943 by the
Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and resistance fighters in Volyn.
The state was named after its capital, the village of
Kolky.
It was proclaimed on 13 May 1943 and consisted of 40 villages near Kolky.
The republic had its own police force, ambulance service, court system and postal system and a
counterintelligence unit that allegedly foiled a
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
coup.
The state also had its own currency, bofon, with banknotes designed by
Robert Lisovskyi
Robert Lisovskyi ( uk, Роберт Антонович Лісовський; 29 December 1893 – 28 December 1982) was a Ukrainian artist and graphic designer, a follower of Mykhailo Boychuk and Heorhiy Narbut. He was specializing in variou ...
.
On 13 June 1943 Ukrainian inhabitants of Kolky Republic burned Roman Catholic church in Kolky killing about 40 Poles.
1943 zbrodnia upa
in Polish)
The Kolky Republic lasted until 4 November 1943, when it was retaken by Nazi Germany using artillery and air attacks.
See also
* Carpatho-Ukraine
* Act of restoration of the Ukrainian state
* Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
References
Ukraine in World War II
States and territories established in 1943
States and territories disestablished in 1943
1943 in Ukraine
History of Volhynia
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
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