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- Federal State of New Russia (Novorossiya)
- founded on 24th of April in 2014
- ended on 20th of May in 2015
- own name in Russian: Federativnoye Gosudarstvo Novorossia
- own name in Ukrainian: Federatyvna Derzhava Novorosiya
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2014–2015,
Flag of the Federation of New Russia,
Source, by: Wikipedia (DE)
2014–2015,
War flag of the Federation of New Russia,
Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)
2014–2015,
Flag of the Federation of New Russia,
variant with coat of arms,
Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)
As national flag was officially used an horizontally three-striped flag in white, yellow and black is also used. It is similar to the flag of the Russian Empire between 1858 and 1915 (colours are in reverse order). Black and gold are the colors of the coat of arms (black eagle on a golden background), white is the color of Saint George.
The war flag of New Russia showed the colors of Russia: white, blue and red, in an arrangement as a blue diagonal cross with a white border on red ground. The origin lies in the flag of the New Russia party, which has occurred as a first for the interests of a state of New Russia on the territory of Ukraine.
The design of the flag corresponds to design principles that go back to Tsar Peter the Great and can be found in the historical flags of Russia, in flags of Cossack armies (e.g. Semirechye Cossacks) and in the today's naval flag and naval Jack of Russia. The colors white, blue and red have been the national colors of Russia since 1915. There are attempts to interpret the color symbolism of the Confedered States into the flag in order to imply a racial war between the Russians and the Ukrainians. They all serve only to discretize the political project "New Russia". The problem is that even in Russia there are supporters supporters for this point of view who, despite their lack of education, were able to reach influential positions and present their humble understanding, morally charged, as "truth".
Source: Volker Preuß,
Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (DE)
2014–2015,
Coat of arms of New Russia,
Source, by:
Wikipedia (EN)
The coat of arms shows the Russian eagle. It holds a bundle of arrows and ears in its claws, is sitting on a hammer and an anchor, and wears a mural crown. On the chest of a breastplate, showing a Sagittarius. The state motto is: will and work!.
Source: Volker Preuß
since November 2014,
Flag of Luhansk People's Republic,
Source, by:
Wikipedia (EN),
lug-info.com
since Sept. 2017,
Flag of Donetsk People's Republic,
Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)
Ukraine and its claimed territories
Source: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuß
New Russia, hand its historical and claimed territories,
red: in reality owned (July 2015)
Source: Freeware, University of Texas Libraries, modyfied by: Volker Preuß
Area: 6.270 sq. mi.
Inhabitants: 3.766.500 (2015)
Größte Stadt: Donetsk, 908.500 Ew. (2020)
official Languagen: Russian, Ukrainian
Time Zone: GMT + 3 h
Source:
Wikipedia (EN)
After a coup in January 2014, the constitutional order and the democratically
elected President of Ukraine were eliminated. The new leadership pursued a
nationalist, anti-Russian policy, which was directed against the rights of
national minorities of Russians in the country – which accounts for at least
10% of the population – and e.g. abolished the Russian language as one of
the official languages of the Ukraine. The in the east and south of the
Ukraine living Russians organized themselves and took over the power
locally, in specific cities and regions, and proclaimed several Russian
people's republics who aspired autonomy towards the Ukraine. The republics
of Odessa and Kharkov had no long life and perished in the war, which the
Ukraine startet, on the republics. Only the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk could
withstand, and they joined on 24th of April in 2014 to the Federation of New
Russia. On 2nd of November were organized first elections in the republics,
and the pro-Russian forces had been the winners. The project of the
"Federation New Russia" was halted/discontinued on 20th of May in 2015 due
to the lack of interest from the participating republics.
Source: Wikipedia (D),
Volker Preuß
The geographical term "New Russia" is originated around the year 1764 when Russia succeeded in driving the Ottoman Empire out of the region between the coast of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Ukraine. The region was specifically populated by ethnic Russians and Germans. The Russian Bolsheviks annexed New Russia to the Soviet Ukraine after their 1917 coup. Even today there is a high proportion of Russians in New Russia.
Source: Wikipedia (DE),
Volker Preuß
