Crimean People's Republic

Crimean People's Republic
Qırım Halq Cumhuriyeti (Crimean Tatar)
قريم خلق جمهوريتى
Кримська Народна Республіка (Ukrainian)
Krymska Narodna Respublika
Крымская Народная Республика (Russian)
Krymskaya Narodnaya Respublika
1917–1918
Anthem: "Ant etkenmen" (Crimean Tatar)
('I've pledged')
Map of the Crimean People's Republic
StatusSelf-proclaimed autonomy of the Russian Republic
CapitalBakhchysarai
Common languages
GovernmentRepublic
President 
• 1917–1918
Noman Çelebicihan
LegislatureQurultay
Historical eraWorld War I
• Proclaimed
13 December 1917
• Soviet takeover
January 1918
• Crimean Offensive
13–25 April 1918
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Republic
Taurida Governorate
Crimean Regional Government
Taurida SSR
Today part of

The Crimean People's Republic or Crimean Democratic Republic was a self-declared state that existed from December 1917 to January 1918 in the Crimean Peninsula. The Republic was one of many short-lived states that declared independence after the 1917 Russian Revolution caused the collapse of the Russian Republic.