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Separatism has, in theory, existed for as long as civilization. Independence movements and separatist revolts have been around since the dawn of humanity. The most notable separatist movement was the [[File:American Nationalism.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|American Revolution]] from 1775-1783 as it marked the first time a European colony successfully separated from it's master, starting the Age of Revolution.
Two decades before the [[File:American Nationalism.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|American Revolution]] started, another somewhat successful separatist movement happened in 1755 in the form of the [[File:Cball-Corsica.png]] [[Constitutionalism|Corsican Republic]], which declared independence from the sea-faring [[File:Cball-Genoa.png]] Republic of Genoa. It lasted until 1769 when Corsica was invaded and annexed by [[File:Cball-FranceFranceKingdom.png]] France invaded and annexed it.
In 1860, [[File:Cball-SouthCarolina.png]] South Carolina declared indepedenceindependence from the [[File:Cball-USUSA.png]] United States. Several other states did the same in 1861., Theselater separatists formedcreating the [[File:Cball-CSA.png]] [[White Nationalism|Confederate States of America]]. This large separatist attempt in North AmericaCSA was crushed a few years later in 1865.
From 1917-1922, inaround the aftermath ofFirst World War I, many separatist movements and revolutions happened across Europe. Some of theseCountries includedlike [[File:Cball-Finland.png]] Finland [[File:Cball-Duchy_Finland.png]], [[File:Polandball.png]] Poland (which had seized to exist in 1795, restored 122 years later), [[File:Cball-Estonia.png]] Estonia, [[File:Cball-Latvia.png]] Latvia, [[File:Cball-Lithuania.png]] Lithuania (all of which separated from the [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] RussiaRussian Empire), [[File:Cball-Yugoslavia-old.png]] Yugoslavia (separatedwhich formed from parts of [[File:Cball-AustriaHungary.png]] Austria-Hungary), [[File:Cball-Bavaria.png]] Bavaria (separated from [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany but rejoined), and many others. Ahad lotappeared ofon the European map. These thesenations had their roots in [[File:Ethnonat.png]] [[Ethnonationalism]], [[File:Cultural Nationalism.png]] [[Cultural Nationalism]], and [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] and similar socio-political movements.
Simultaniously, fromSimultaneously (1917 to 1918), [[File:Cball-UkrainianPR.png]] Ukraine People's Republic, [[File:Cball-Belarus-old.png]] Belarus People's Republic, [[File:Cball-CrimeanTatar.png]] Crimea, [[File:Cball-KazakhstanCrimean_Regionale.png]], [[File:Cball-UzbekistanAlash.png]] CentralAlash, Asianand nationsseveral [[File:Cball-KyrgyzstanGeorgia_(old).png]] and [[File:Cball-Georgia.png]] [[File:Cball-Azerbaijan.png]] [[File:Cball-Armenia.png]] Caucasian nations havehad proclaimed their independence from [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russian Empire as well, but their attempts to remain sovereign were crushed by the [[File:OrthlenCball-RSFSR-old.png]] [[Leninism|Russian SFSRRSFSR]], formingwhich became the [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Union of Soviet UnionSocialist Republics]] in 1922.
In 1991, the [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Soviet Union collapsed. Thisand was doformally todissolved [[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism]] andin SeparatismDecember. In the aftermath, ofseveral thenew collapsenations were formed, manyincluding new15 countries separatedwhich andhad becameconstituted independentthe core republics of the union. ButAs nationalistic sentiments grew, many separatists triedwithin tothe separatenew fromnations thetook newlyto createdthe countriesopportunity, causing chaos in regions likeof [[File:Cball-Abkhazia.png]] Abkhazia and [[File:Cball-SouthOssetia.png]] South Ossetia in [[File:Cball-Georgia.png]] Georgia, [[File:Cball-Artsakh.png]] Nagorno-Karabakh in [[File:Cball-Azerbaijan.png]] Azerbaijan, [[File:Cball-Transnistria.png]] Transnistria and (partially) [[File:Cball-Gagauzia.png]] Gagauzia in [[File:Cball-Moldova.png]] Moldova, [[File:Cball-Chechnya.png]] Chechnya and [[File:Cball-Dagestan.png]] Dagestan in the [[File:Cball-RussiaRussia_1991-1993.png]] RussiaRussian Federation for many years to come.
In 2014, Separatism caused a war in [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine. It started with the annexation of [[File:Sball-Sevastopol.png]][[File:Cball-Crimea.png]] Crimea by [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia, but then spread to the eastern [[File:Cball-DonetskOblast.png]][[File:Cball-Luhansk.png]] Donbass region with the "self-proclamation" of the so-called [[File:Cball-Donetsk.png]] Donetsk and [[File:Cball-Lugansk.png]] Luhansk "People's Republics". There were attempts to createproclaim similar thingsseparatist entities in [[File:Cball-Kharkiv.png]][[File:Cball-KharkivOblast.png]] Kharkiv [[File:Cball-Kharkiv_OblastRU.png]] and [[File:Cball-Odesa.png]][[File:Cball-OdesaOblast.png]] Odesa [[File:Cball-OdessaPR.png]] regions, but they were crushedunsuccessful. Despite countless evidence of Russian military fighting on the separatist side, [[File:Putin.png]] Russian officials deny their involvement in the war until a full-scale invasion occurred in 2022 following Russian recognition of both Regions. CurrentlyAs of January 2024, apart from the [[File:Cball-Donetsk.png]] Donetsk and [[File:Cball-Lugansk.png]] Luhansk People's Republics, parts of [[File:Cball-KhersonOblast.png]] Kherson Zaporizhian[[File:Cball-KhersonOblast-RU.png]] and [[File:Cball-ZaporizhzhiaOblast.png]] Zaporizhzhia [[File:Cball-_ZaporozhyeOblast-RU.png]] oblasts wereare formally''de absorbedfacto'' incorporated into Russia after aseveral riggedreferendums, referendumall of which were internationally recognized as illegitimate. An eastern part of [[File:Cball-MykolaivOblast.png]] Mykolaiv [[File:Cball-NikolayevPR.png]] oblast, which bordering Kherson, was also claimed by Russia.
In 2017 and 2018, the 'Unite the Right Rally' and 'Unite the Right Rally 2' occurred. TheseThe events were mainly organized by [[File:Whitesup.png]] [[White Nationalism|White Nationalists]] and Neo-Nazis, but alsoimportantly included [[File:Neoconfed.png]] Neo-Confederate separatists.
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