Imperial Separatist Movement of Ruvelka
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| Imperial Separatist Movement | |
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 The flag used by the Imperial Separatists which currently serves as Ruvelka's flag in the modern era. | |
| Leaders | Princess Rózsá Kátálin Dorman Kristóf Barta Paloma Keresztes |
| Dates of operation | 1914–1918 |
| Headquarters | Debrecen |
| Active regions | Central Ruvelka Kurilla Mountains |
| Ideology | Anti-Communism Anti-Authoritarianism Socialism Ruvelkan Nationalism |
| Allies |  Cacertian Empire(1914-1916)  Independent Insurrectionists(After November 1917)  OMS(After January 1918) |
| Opponents |  Ruvelkan Socialist Republic
OMS(Until January 1918)  Insurrectionist Ruvelkan Army Ruvelkan Anarchist Army Independent Insurrectionists(Until November 1917) |
| Battles and wars | 1914 December Uprising Ruvelkan Civil War |
The Imperial Separatist Movement, and its military arm the Separatist Volunteer Guard, was an anti-communist organization that served as one of the main belligerents that participated in the Ruvelkan Civil War. The movement started as simply the “Separatist Movement” and originally began in the 1870s as a big tent political movement that represented an array of differing political opinions that were commonly anti-authoritarian. It eventually evolved to be a homogenous organization that also espoused democratic socialism and Ruvelkan nationalism alongside its anti-authoritarian rhetoric; the term “Imperial” was quietly added to the name when Rózsá Prohászka returned to Ruvelka in 1909.
In December 1914, the Imperial Separatists staged an armed uprising in the city of Debrecen and, following their successful takeover, began actively fighting the Communist Red Army in Hajdúböszörmény nearly a week later. Support for the movement within Ruvelka did not begin to make ground until mid-1915 with Syara’s occupation of the Zemplen Peoples’ Republic and the National Communist Party’s subsequent implementation of war communism.
The Separatist Volunteer Guard conquered large swathes of Communist territory beginning in mid-1916 and continued to gain ground well into 1917. The Civil War ended in victory for the Separatists in 1918 following the defeat of the last major Red Army elements in July and the dissolution of the Insurrectionist Ruvelkan Army in September. Following the foundation of the Principality of Ruvelka, the Imperial Separatist Movement was reformed into the Imperial Socialist Party.