The Kuban Rada (; ) was the supreme organisation of the

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, which represented all the heads of the districts. However, its head, Nakazny Ataman, was appointed by the Tsar directly. In April 1917, after the

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, the Rada proclaimed itself as the supreme administration of the Kuban Oblast. On September 24, 1917, the Rada adopted a resolution on the formation of a legislature. After the

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, the Rada fought against

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rule, and proclaimed the

Kuban People's Republic The Kuban People's Republic or Kuban National Republic (; , 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 proclaim ...

on January 28, 1918, with its capital in

Yekaterinodar Krasnodar, formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern Russia, with a population of 1,154,885 residents, and up to 1.263 millio ...

. According to

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, " Filimonov and his fellow leaders placed their hopes on the Cossacks returning from the front, the ''frontoviki'', believing that they would defend the status quo against the ''inogorodnye'' and the armies of

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and

Trotsky Lev Davidovich Bronstein ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky,; ; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky'' was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist. He was a key figure ...

." On 13 March, the ''rada'', led by L. L. Bych as premier and N. S. Riabovol as speaker, was forced to evacuate Yekaterinodar. On 16 August, the Kuban ''rada'' was able to return after the successful

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. Yet in 1919,

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was forced to disperse the ''rada'' because of its agitation for the formation of a separate army.

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