Kuban People's Republic

Kuban People's Republic Кубанская Народная Республика (Russian) Кубанська Народна Республiка (Ukrainian)
1918–1920
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Ты, Кубань, Ты наша Родина "You, Kuban, You Are Our Motherland"
Kuban People's Republic on the map. Light green color indicates the territory of the Stavropol Governorate and the Terek Oblast, which the Kuban claimed under the first constitution
Capital	Yekaterinodar
Common languages	Russian Ukrainian
Government	Republic
Ataman
• 1918–1919	Alexander Filimonov
• 1919	Nikolai Uspensky [ru]
• 1920	Nikolai Bukretov [ru]
Chairman of the Kuban Rada
• 1917–1918	Luka Bych [ru]
• 1918–1919	Philip Sushkov
• 1919	Pavel Kurgansky
• 1919–1920	Philip Sushkov
• 1920	Vasily Ivanis [ru]
Legislature	Kuban Rada
History
• Rada formed	March 1917
• Republic proclaimed	January 28 1918
• Independencea	16 February 1918
• Evicted and dissolved	March 17 1920
Population
• 1918[1]	3,500,000
Currency	Ruble
Preceded by Succeeded by Kuban oblast Kuban Rada Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Today part of	Russia
Proclaimed by the Kuban Rada.

The Kuban People's Republic or Kuban National Republic (Russian: Кубанская Народная Республика, romanized: Kubanskaya Narodnaya Respublika; Ukrainian: Кубанська Народна Республiка, romanized: Kubanska Narodna Respublika, abbreviated as KPR or KNR, Cyrillic: КНР) was an anti-Bolshevik state during the Russian Civil War, comprising the territory of the Kuban region in Russia.

The republic was proclaimed by the Kuban Rada on 28 January 1918 and declared its independence on 16 February. It included the entire territory of the former Kuban Oblast of the Russian Empire. During its brief independence, it unsuccessfully sought union with the Ukrainian People's Republic. The Kuban People's Republic was de facto occupied by the forces of Anton Denikin on 6 November 1919, before being fully occupied and annexed by the Soviets in the spring of 1920.