Idel-Ural State
Idel-Ural State ادیل-اورال Идел-Урал | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1917–1918 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Ufa | ||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Tatar, Russian | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||||||
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• 1918 | Sadrí Maqsudí Arsal | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Russian Civil War | ||||||||||||||||
• Proclamation | November 1917 | ||||||||||||||||
• Defeat by Red Army | November 1918 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Idel-Ural State (Tatar: Идел-Урал өлкәсе, İdel-Ural ölkäse, ادیل-اورال اولكسی, also İdel-Ural berlege İdel-Ural ştatı), also known as the Volga-Ural State or Idel-Ural Republic, was a short-lasting autonomy of Tatar peoples that claimed to unite the Tatars, Bashkirs, and Chuvash in the turmoil of the Russian Civil War. The republic was proclaimed on 1 March 1918, by a Congress of Muslims from Russia's interior and Siberia, but defeated by Bolsheviks the same month. Idel-Ural means "Volga-Ural" in the Tatar language.