Chukotka Autonomous "Free State" Democratic Republic.

The **Chukotka Autonomous "Free State" Democratic Republic** is a nominally independent state located in the former Chukotka region. It is currently under Canadian occupation. It borders the Sakha Republic to the West, the Magdan State/Magdan Client to the Southwest, along with their Japanese occupation (Which does not apply to the Sakha Republic.), and the Kamchatkan Sovereign Nation State, a Japanese puppet with little autonomy. The Chukotkan Administration is generally autonomous in domestic matters, but remains loyal to the Canadians under all other circumstances.

## Chukotka Autonomy/Chukotka "Free State.".

The Chukotka Autonomous Democratic Republic mapped. Canada in Rustic-Light Olive Drab, and Chukotka in Vibrant Reduced Green.

## Chukotka Autonomous Democratic Republic

### Government Type;

Democracy (De Jure.), Popular Military Dictatorship (De Facto.).

### Language(s) [Official.];

Chukchi/Chukot, English (Canadian Dialect.), Chukit/Chukot Constructed Language, Canadian, French (Canadian Dialect.),

### Other Language(s);

Russian, Japanese, English (American.).

Chukotka's capitol of Anadyr is inhabited by a mostly Chukchi people, though numerous Canadians also live within the ever growing city. Chukotka is an ever growing soon-to-be superpower, as its population simply refuses to decline, and the nation as a whole urbanizes. The state has begun massive infrastructure projects aimed at turning the nation from a remote Soviet state into a united nation capable of challenging even the German Reich.

The State of Chukotka, however, is still subject to the Moscow Armistice and the Anadyr Compromise (*Kompromiss Anadyirh*.), and as such, Chukotka remains in the Canadian zone of influence. Unable to gain full independence, many Chukotkans are unhappy with the status quo, and rumors abound of potential revolts and resistance networks, though, at the moment, most Chukotkans will cooperate with the Canadians in exchange for gradual furthering of their autonomy and eventual total independence. Canadian racial and linguistic policies actively promote Chukchi culture and language, at the cost of minorities. With the Holocaust sparing nearly no land, Chukotka has been forced to give up its Jewish population in exchange for further independence procedures, however, the Chukotkans are conspicuously reluctant and occasionally late in delivering of these.

The Chukotkan Autonomy officially declared itself independent from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 3rd of March, 1944. It was occupied by Canada on the 11th that month and year.

## History.

### Pre-Soviet.

Following the 1778 final annexation of Chukotka, passive resistance and gradual nationalism began to grow. In 1859, due to rising tensions caused by the spread of serfdom, a full-scale revolt broke out. This, "Chukotkan Uprising of 1859" , was partially successful initially, though a 296,000 man force from Russia (116,000), Canada (50,000), the United States (40,000), Japan (40,000) and the British Empire (30,000) (With smaller groups from different, other countries not included in aforementioned number[s].) eventually put an end to the revolt after the Chukotkans recklessly destroyed nearby merchant vessels. Roughly 48,000~ Chukotkan soldiers and civilians died. This number is in two parts; About 18,000 were soldier or other military/government personnel and the rest were civilians caught in the crossfire of the "Chukotkan Intervention (1859.)."

In January of 1911, the Chukotkans fought a bloody internal conflict between Bolsheviks and their leftist allies against the central, Tsarist government. The 1911 Chukotkan Socialist Revolt was put down by December of that year.

###### Russian Civil War.

The Chukotkans were very unhappy with the Russian Civil War, but many saw it as an opportunity to bring about their idea of an "Ideal Chukotka[n society.].", such as the October Faction (Chukotkan Red Army and Red Parliament.), a group of government and army officials and soldiers who chose to side with the Bolsheviks during their uprising in Petrograd and Moscow early in the war, hence the name "October Faction.".

In 1922 a White Army offensive was launched into Chukotka. By 1923 the Chukotkans were again under Bolshevik occupation, but, as Anatoly Pepelyayev fought a brutal campaign against the Bolsheviks, the relatively nearby Chukotkans who supported the Whites staged a full-scale revolution, 50,000~ or so Chukotkan Whites, Canadian Volunteers and American Foreign Fighters participated in a 9-month war, starting in March of 1923, which the Bolsheviks eventually won following a counterinsurgency operation at the cost of nearly, or just shy/around 80,000 casualties (Figure including nearby conflicts pertaining in relation to the Uprising.).

#### Soviet Occupation.

Following the end of the Russian Civil War, the Chukotkans did briefly face a crisis of identity, with many White Army veterans and Red Army soldiers occasionally clashing. Chukotka faced severe turmoil during the Civil War. 15,000 veterans and soldiers loyal to the White Army staged an uprising in Anadyr and in Pevek in 1931 (Sometimes mistakenly listed as "1921.".), two decades after the 1911 Revolt.

##### Independence.

###### Subsequent Canadian Takeover (Operations Takari 5-7.).

On the 3rd of March 1944, a Canadian ship, the HMCS St. Laurent (H83) (originally HMS Cygnet, pictured.), became the head of Operation Takari-Five, a plan to rid the Chukchi Sea of any Soviet or otherwise Allied warships. By the 5th the campaign was effectively ended with the Battle of Wrangel Island coming to a final close. With the seas now clear, a 136,000 man invasion force would carry out the subsequent Operation Takari-Six, the landings in Chukotka. The newly independent Chukotkan regime would be unable to resist occupation, come an invasion. The Chukotkan Congress did not declare war on the Axis powers, but relations between them and Japan were very poor and increasingly low.

Canadian forces selected three main routes for the invasion; The first, an attack on Anadyr itself, carried out just outside the city in order to encircle and besiege it, the second, and advance along the Pevek Line, a northern supply, communications and logistical nexus. The Pevek Line's superior, if complex apparatus, was unchallenged in the Northeast of Russia. Its cutting would ensure the downfall of Anadyr, as it would prevent any supplies from Sakha reaching Anadyr, food was becoming increasingly scarce and Sakha was a major producer in the area, without Sakha's support, the Chukotkans would starve to death. The third, was an attack against the Egvekinot Garrison, this would effectively decapitate the Chukotkan Army.

This plan was carried out on the 7th of March 1944. As per the operation, Canadian forces landed just outside of Anadyr, and began to set up artillery positions outside the city. Canadian warships were spotted at dawn just off the coast of Pevek, and the aforementioned HMCS St. Laurent directed the landings off the Egvekinot Garrison.

By Dawn, the Canadian 111th Infantry Regiment, numbering some 28,000 men, complete with artillery, motorcycles, jeeps, machine guns, mortars and bicycles in close support (Amongst other gear and equipment.), along with numerous transport ships and warships (Including Battleships, and even some recommissioned Soviet Cruisers.), landed at the town of Preshzhanyizhokel, A.K.A. Prykanzhyadzh/Prykanjanjya[n]j, just 13 Kilometers East-Northeast of Pevek.

The men of the 111th were commanded by Lieutenant General Geoffrey Walsh.

## References.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schneider, 1988.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Openheimer, 1999.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 *Independence and Vice*, General Arthur Currie, published January 16th, 1946.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *Von Kanadiens uer Za'plandi Chukchikotkann,* Aleksei Kuropaktin, 1956.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 *Takark-Takari,* General Lentex Xenengdenk, Chukotkan 3rd Army, Anadyr Military War College, published October 3rd, 1996.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gerhardt, 1994.
7. ↑ Douglas, 1993.
8. ↑ Office of the Canadian Records and Historical Department, Record No. Log 4-0-1-3-6-6-13-23-0-5/1904/AA3K.
9. ↑ Kanacs/Kanax Denesgenx, 1999.