Sostava War

Sostava War
A Zalyk guerrilla overlooking a destroyed hotel in Yashkul, 1982
Date August 21, 1979 – February 4, 1983 (3 years, 5 months and 15 days) Location Soravia, spillover in neighbouring countries Result Partisan victory: Constitution reformed, term limits introduced Presidential power curtailed, Duma power increased Vilem Gardos flees to Zorasan Rise of the Patriots' Front of Soravia Curtailing of Zalyk federal devolvement until 2005
Belligerents
Constitutionalists: Presidency of Soravia	Partisans: Partisans New Voyin Movement (until 1982)	Zalyk insurgents Radushian Provisional Government File:LemovOldFlag.png State of Lemovicia Vichod insurgents Vedmedi insurgents Minilovian insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Vilem Gardos Illya Volynets Vitalij Vakulenko † Pavlo Pavlenko Fedir Kondratenko Havrylo Hrytsyuk † Artem Ostapenko Yurij Buryak Bohdan Herman Dmytro Sayenko † Anton Tkach Josyp Horbach	Sava Tokar Vasil Bodnar Ihor Bojchenko Myron Rud Joseph Sokolov † Taras Ivanyuk Ivan Lecsko Leonid Radchenko Lyubomir Lebid † Denis Semenov Svyatoslav Ilchuk Afansij Petruk	Tagai Chulgetei Amasar Ilyumzhinov Ganbataar Nokhaev Tokhtamysh Taghai Ozbeg Sechegur Alexander Nivitsky Saroi Garnica Eero Parvalainen Daniel Kaponen Gaioz Babadishvili Azat Abazasdze
Strength
385,000 in 1981	850,000 by 1983	55,000 in Zalykia
Casualties and losses
98,726 killed, wounded or missing 25,000 POWs	106,377 killed, wounded or missing	21,928 killed, wounded or missing 12,000 POWs
Total military casualties: c. 220,000 Total civilian casualties: 200,000–500,000 Total displaced: Up to 1,000,000

The Sostava War (Soravian: Війна Состава; Viyna Sostava), also known in Soravia as the Second Soravian Civil War (Soravian: Друга Нарозалійська громадянська війна; Druha Narozaliys'ka hromadyans'ka viyna) was a major conflict in Soravia between the Presidency of Soravia, referred to as the "Constitutionalists", and the Partisans, who disavowed the original constitution and wanted to curtail presidential power. The war was fought between 1979 and 1983 and saw major constitutional reforms in Soravia, the declared independence of four new states, the return of Sanday to Lainan as well as around 500,000 casualties.

Since Eduard Olsov's presidency, the president of Soravia had immense power and influence over internal politics, often serving as a single point of power unregulated by the Voynaskul or Duma. The tenure of Vilem Gardos was littered with accusations of corruption, bribery, and attempts to turn the nation into a military dictatorship by his self-appointment as Prime Minister and regular suspensions of Soravia's legislature. Continual differences between Gardos and the miltary saw the resignation of the leading general Sava Tokar in 1978. In response, Gardos revoked Tokar's military honours and medals. By 1979, dissatisfaction with Gardos' rule resulted in mass mutinies within the military, as well as the widespread outbreak of guerrilla conflicts, particularly in Zalykia, which saw some of the more intense urban warfare during the war.