The Republic of Stakhanov was a separatist quasi-state republic of Pavel Dryomov on the territory of the city of

Kadiivka Kadiivka () or Stakhanov (), is a city in Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Donbas, eastern Ukraine. Residence of Kadiivka urban hromada. It is located on the Komyshuvakha River, a right tributary of the Luhan (river), Luhan. Ukraine renamed the ci ...

(formerly Stakhanov) within the separatist

Luhansk People's Republic The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR; , ) is a disputed territory administered as a republic of Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, with its capital in Luhansk. The LPR was proclaimed by Russian-backed paramilitar ...

. Before the war Dryomov was a bricklayer in Kadiivka. At the beginning of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, Dryomov offered Kadiivka citizens an alternate vision to that of the LPR - a new,

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neo-Soviet, "Cossack" republic "that works for the poor and elderly". In 2014 Dryomov was called the "savior of Stakhanov" by the British journalist Oliver Carroll who wrote an article about him in

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magazine. According to Carroll, one of the main points of departure between The Republic of Stakhanov and the

was whether to adhere to the

Minsk Protocol The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end the Donbas war fought between armed Russian separatist groups and Armed Forces of Ukraine, with Russian regular forces playing a central part. After a defe ...

ceasefire deal with Ukraine. Dryomov advocated continuing the war in Donbas. During a speech, he advocated his views and stated "We've had enough corruption and slavery here for a century! We're not fools—neither Poroshenko nor Putin are interested in an honest country!" Nothing would be allowed to get in the way of destiny, he declared: "We will build a Cossack republic right here in Stakhanov!" According to some sources, on September 14, 2014,

Don Cossacks Don Cossacks (, ) or Donians (, ), are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don River (Russia), Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (, ), which was either an independent or an autonomous democratic rep ...

proclaimed the Republic of Stakhanov, with the city of Kadiivka serving as the administrative centre and its 60,000 people. They claimed that a "Cossack government" now ruled in Kadiivka. However, the following day, this was claimed to be a fabrication, and an unnamed Don Cossack leader stated the September 14 meeting had, in fact, resulted in 12,000 Cossacks volunteering to join the LPR forces. Pavel Dryomov died on 12 December 2015 when his car was blown up while he was traveling the day after his wedding.Separatist Cossack Commander Reported Killed In Ukraine's Luhansk

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(12 December 2015)

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{{War in Donbas Luhansk Oblast in the Russo-Ukrainian War Luhansk People's Republic Proposed countries Russian irredentism Separatism in Ukraine War in Donbas States and territories disestablished in 2015

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