Samooklicane republike na slovenskem ozemlju po prvi svetovni vojni

Lončarić, Tamara (author), Jezernik, Božidar (mentor)

Balkan je bil vedno nemiren, krvav, prepojen s strahom, le slabotno je tlelo upanje v boljšo prihodnost. Po vseh vojnah na Balkanskem polotoku je bilo prebivalstvo obubožano in izčrpano. Slabe življenjske razmere, še posebej na obrobju držav, so prebivalstvo prisilile k odhodu v tujino ali v upor oblastem. Menjava monarhij ni bila za nikogar lahka, ljudje so težko sprejemali spremembe. Ob koncu prve svetovne vojne je vladala na slovenskih tleh zmešnjava. Nekateri so hoteli staro vlado, nekateri, liberalnejšega duha, pa so bili odprti za nove zakone. Kratek čas leta 1919 so na slovenskih tleh nastale štiri republike. Kočevski Nemci so vložili pisno prošnjo za avtonomijo Kočevske, saj so se poleg Slovencev na Kočevskem počutili ogroženi, a odgovora niso dobili. Republika Kandija v Novem mestu je imela le svojo himno, drugih izgredov ni bilo, medtem ko sta bili drugi dve republiki težji zalogaj. Obe sta nastali na mejnih področjih današnje Slovenije, in sicer Viniška republika na jugu države ter Murska republika na vzhodu. Vsaka je prispevala svoj delež zgodovini slovenskega ozemlja. Viničani so bili razdvojeni: nekateri so pogrešali nekdanjo pripadnost monarhiji, drugi so se navduševali za novo kraljevino, zato je med njimi prišlo do nesoglasij. Murska republika je hotela boljše življenje za svoje prebivalce, hoteli so svojo narodno identiteto, ki so jo enačili s slovensko. Obe republiki sta bili vojaško zatrti. Te republike so si bile po marsičem različne, vendar so vse želele isto: svobodo, pravičnost in pripadnost narodni matici.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: 1. sv. vojna, republika, neodvisnost, nacionalizem, Slovenija
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2020
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-116844
• Publication date in RUL: 13.06.2020

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Self-proclaimed republics on Slovenian ground after World War I

Abstract

Self-proclaimed republics on Slovenian ground after World War I In the history of the Balkans there were hundreds of years of disorder, a lot of of spilled blood and many victims. The people who had survived the wars were filled with fear and were barely hoping for a better tomorrow. All of the wars in the Balkan Peninsula badly affected the population, most people were poor and exhausted. Bad living circumstances, especially in the outer regions of the countries, forced the population into going abroad or rebelling against the authorities. The changes of monarchies were not easy for anybody and people were not fond of them. At the end of World War I there was chaos in the Slovenian territory. There was a division between the supporters of the old monarchy and the followers of the new Yugoslav monarchy. The liberals were more open for modern legislation. In a short period of time in 1919 there were four republics proclaimed on Slovenian ground. The Gottschee Germans made a written demand for the autonomy of their region because they felt intimidated by the Slovenians living in the Gottschee area but there was no response to their demand. The Republic of Kandija in Novo mesto boasted its own anthem yet it caused no riots whatsoever. However, the other two self-proclaimed republics emerging at that time were a tougher nut to crack. Both of them were formed in the border areas of today’s Slovenia; the Republic of Vinca emerged in the South and the Republic of Murska Sobota in the East, each contributing its share to the turbulent history of the Slovenian territory. The people of Vinica were torn apart: some of them missed the loyalty to the former monarchy and the others were enthusiastic about the newly formed kingdom. Consequently, this led to many tensions between them. The Republic of Murska Sobota particularly emphasized the need for a better life of its citizens, the locals wanted to express their national identity which they perceived as Slovenian. Both of these republics were crushed by the military. There were several differences between the self-proclaimed republics yet their aim was the same: freedom, justice and the right to belong to the core of the Slovenian nation.

• Keywords: World War 1, republic, independence, nationalism, Slovenia