Tengarian Civil War

Tengarian Civil War
Loyalist Armored Convoy in the Streets of Lenovo
Date 28 November 1955 - 1 November 1957 (1 year, 11 months, 4 days) Location Tengaria Result Decisive Loyalist Victory Simeon Kovachev takes power Second Tengarian Constitution
Belligerents
Republic of Tengaria (Loyalists) Supported by: West Miersa	People's Republic of Tengaria Supported by: Equalist Amathia
Commanders and leaders
Simeon Radez † Simeon Kovachev	Rumen Santov Todor Stoychev †
Strength
Tengarian National Army: 320,500 Other Loyalist forces: 75,000	Tengarian Republican Army: 200,000 Other Republican forces: 95,000 (estimated)
Casualties and losses
64,000 killed or injured (estimated)	74,000 killed or injured (estimated)
33,300 civilians killed

The Tengarian Civil War (Tengarian: Гражданска Война Тенгария) was a civil war in Republic of Tengaria from November 1955 to November 1957. The Right-wing Tengarian government, comprised of a coaltion of monarchists, nationalists and religious conservatives, fought against a revolt of the left-wing People's Republic of Tengaria, an broad-reaching alliance of republicans, socialists, Communists, Equalists, and liberals. After years of civil unrest and a disputed election, civil conflict broke out when left-leaning officers attempted a coup to overthrow the government, leading to the establishment of the People's Republic. Lasting just under two years, the Civil War saw the defeat and downfall of the Tengarian political left, and the rise of Simeon Kovachev as Tengaria's primary statesman and the growth of the National Rally.

Tengaria was an Empire before the events of the Great War, after which Soravia imposed a republic on it. The early Republic was marked with financial disasters, partisan political conflict, and government incompetence; a President never managed to secure more than 41% of the popular vote, and Voter turnout was very low. Only for the first election cicle did a party over control over the whole government; for each term after, the government was divided, with each party having to rely upon three or four other parties in coalition. Initially, the communist TSMR was hoped to bring about some change, however, when Vladimir Vasilov and his administration failed to get legislative support and the left failed to work together, support for the republic rapidly began to decline. As such, the 1955 elections saw the formerly fringe Restoration Party, a pro-monarchist party, swept the elections on a platform of restoring the Empire and solving the problems the republic had faced, winning the largest majority in two decades, having the support of the religious Episemialist Democrats.

Infuriated with the results of the election, the left-leaning members of the government quickly tried to prevent the new government from coming to power, claiming that the Restoration Party would destroy the republic. Many of the political left began to call themselves the "Republicans" as a show of support against the "Imperialist" government. The intervening months saw political violence and agitation against the new elected government, promoted by President Vasilov; however, Simeon Kovachev, the head of the Tengarian armed forces, who used the military to oversee the transition of power. In the end the incumbent politicians were forcibly removed by military forces from office for refusing to yield. The new president, Dimitri Denov, tried to restore order peacefully, but only a few days into his Presidency, a coup attempt was made by officers sympathetic to the republican movement. During this attempt, Denov was assasinated; however, the coup attempt was stifled early on. Many political opponents to the new government fled Lenovo to the Southeastern portion of the country, which had during the coup attempt come into control of much of pro-republican military forces. The rebellious members of Grand Assembly fled Lenovo out of fear of retribution, and three days later proclaimed themselves the legitimate government of Tengaria, with Rumen Santov as their President. Acting President and successor to Denov Simeon Radez ordered the rebels to stand down, but after refusal by both, the Civil War began in earnest.