Lokot Autonomy
1942–1943 autonomous government in German-occupied Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lokot Autonomy (Russian: Ло́котское самоуправле́ние, romanized: Lókotskoye samoupravléniye) or Lokot Republic (Russian: Ло́котская республика, romanized: Lókotskaya respublika, German: Republik Lokot) was an autonomous republic in the occupied territories of the Bryansk, Oryol and Kursk Oblasts of the Soviet Union by German Nazi troops, and more specifically by Guderian's 2nd Panzer Army during World War II.[6]
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Lokot Autonomy | |||||||||
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1941–1944 | |||||||||
Anthem: RONA Anthem | |||||||||
Status | Semi-autonomous area in Wehrmacht's Army Rear Area 532[4] | ||||||||
Capital | Lokot, Bryansk Oblast | ||||||||
Common languages | Russian | ||||||||
Starosta | |||||||||
• 1941–1942 | Konstantin Voskoboinik | ||||||||
Ober-Burgomeister | |||||||||
• 1942–1943 | Bronislav Kaminski | ||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
• Established | 15 November 1941 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 26 August 1944 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 10,280 km2 (3,970 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• Estimate | 1,000,000[5] | ||||||||
Currency | Soviet ruble, Reichsmark | ||||||||
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The Wehrmacht entered the area in October 1941 and were forced out in August 1943.[6] A local administration and police were appointed by German occupation authorities in November 1941.[7] The autonomous republic was established in July 1942, when six districts were added to the Lokot district.[6] The autonomy's name was derived from the region's administrative center, the urban-type settlement of Lokot in Oryol Oblast (now located in Bryansk Oblast). The autonomy covered the area of eight raions (the present-day Brasovsky, Dmitriyevsky, Dmitrovsky, Komarichsky, Navlinsky, Sevsky, Suzemsky and Zheleznogorsky districts) now divided between Bryansk, Oryol and Kursk Oblasts.[8]
The Lokot Autonomy was ruled by a Russian civil administration led by Bronislav Kaminski and Konstantin Voskoboinik.[6] The German authorities established the Autonomy to serve as a test case for a Russian collaborating government under the SS in the proposed Reichskommissariat Moskowien.[9]