Serbian-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Baranya-Bajai Szerb-Magyar Köztársaság"
"Српско-мађарска република Барања-Баја"
conventional_long_name = Serb-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic
common_name = Baranya-Baja Republic
continent = Europe
region = Balkans
status = Unrecognized state
era = Interwar period
year_start = 1921
year_end = 1921
date_start = August 14
date_end = August 25
event_start =
event_end =
p1 = Austria-Hungary
flag_p1 = Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_1869-1918.svg
s1 = Kingdom of Hungary (Regency)
flag_s1 = Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg
s2 = Kingdom of Yugoslavia
flag_s2 = Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (civil).svg






capital = Pécs
government_type = Republic
leader1 = Petar Dobrović

The Serb-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic (Hungarian: "Baranya-Bajai Szerb-Magyar Köztársaság", Serbian: "Srpsko-mađarska republika Baranja-Baja" or Српско-мађарска република Барања-Баја) was a short-lived state, proclaimed in Pécs on August 14, 1921. Its territory included the geographical region of Baranya and the northern part of Bačka region.

History

After the military defeat of Austria-Hungary in October 1918, the territory of Baranya came under control of the Serbian army and was administered by a people's administration from Novi Sad. Since the defeat of Béla Kun's Hungarian Soviet Republic in summer 1919, many communist dissidents from Budapest, escaping from the "white terror" of admiral Horthy, emigrated to Baranya, where Béla Linder, mayor of Pécs, gave them refuge.

The peace conference in Paris assigned Baranya to Horthy's Hungary and news about this decision were followed by general strike and mass demonstrations in Pécs against the decision, which culminated in Great People's Assembly on August 14, where in front of 30,000 people painter Petar Dobrović suggested the formation of independent republic that would include region of Baranya and northern part of Bačka around Baja. Since his suggestion was accepted by the people, Petar Dobrović became president of executive committee of the new Republic.

However, the authorities of the new republic did not manage to gain international recognition of their independence, and since the republic was under protection of the Serbian army, after withdrawal of this army from Baranya, Horthy's forces entered into region and put an end to the Republic.

On August 21-25, 1921, the territory claimed by the Republic was divided between Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (the later Yugoslavia; notably the part that today is part of the republic of Croatia), as was previously decided by the Treaty of Trianon of 1920.

Population

Most of the inhabitants of the republic were ethnic Hungarians, while other ethnic groups that lived in the area included Serbs, Croats, Šokci, Bunjevci, Germans, Jews, Romanis, Banat Romanians, Germans, Slovaks and others. [http://www.talmamedia.com/php/district/district.php?county=Baranya] [http://www.talmamedia.com/php/district/district.php?county=B%E1cs-Bodrog]

President

The President of the Executive Committee (14 - 25 August 1921), i.e. president of the republic, was Petar Dobrović (1890 - 1942), an ethnic Serb.

ources and references

*Dimitrije Boarov, Politička istorija Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 2001.

ee also

*Baranya (region)
*Baranya (former county)
*Baranya (county)
*Osijek-Baranja county
*Srem-Baranja Oblast
*Banat Republic
*Republic of Prekmurje
*Former countries in Europe after 1815
*List of unrecognized countries

External links

* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Hungary.htm#Baranja WorldStatesmen - Hungary]
* [http://terkepek.adatbank.transindex.ro/kepek/netre/167.gifMap]