List of active separatist movements in Europe
This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe. Separatism often refers to full political secession,[1][2][3] though separatist movements may seek nothing more than greater autonomy or to be recognised as a national minority.[4]
What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:
- They are active movements with active members;
- They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy);
- They are citizens/peoples of the conflict area and do not come from another country.
Under each region listed is one or more of the following:
- De facto state (de facto entity): for unrecognized regions with de facto autonomy;
- Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state;
- Proposed autonomous area: for movements towards greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession;
- De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region;
- Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control;
- Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession;
- Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations;
- Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities;
- Ethnic/ethno-religious/racial/regional/religious group(s).
Various ethnic groups in Europe are seeking greater autonomy or independence. In the European Union (EU), several of these groups are members of the European Free Alliance (EFA). In some cases, the group seeks to unify into a different state – in cases where this does not involve the creation of a new state entity, this is considered to be irredentism. Analogous irredentist movements are included in the list of active irredentist movements.
Azerbaijan
|
- Breakaway state
- Ethnic group: Armenians
- De facto state: Artsakh[5][6]
- Political organisation: Government of Artsakh
- Military organisation: Artsakh Defense Army
- De facto state: Artsakh[5][6]
Belgium
|
- Autonomist movements
German-speaking Community[7][8]
- People: German-speaking
- Autonomous area: Eastern Belgium
- Political parties: ProDG (former EFA member), Party for Freedom and Progress, Christian Social Party
- Autonomous area: Eastern Belgium
- People: Flemish
- Autonomous area: Flanders
- Movements: Flemish Movement
- Autonomous area: Flanders
- People: Walloons
- Autonomous area: Wallonia
- Movements: Walloon Movement
- Autonomous area: Wallonia
- Secessionist movements
German-speaking Community[7][8]
- People: German-speaking
- Proposed state: Eastern Belgium, unification with Germany
- Political parties: ProDG (former EFA member), Party for Freedom and Progress, Christian Social Party
- Proposed state: Eastern Belgium, unification with Germany
Flanders or Flemish Community (the latter includes Brussels-Capital Region)
- People: Flemish
- Proposed state: Flanders, unification with the Netherlands
- Political parties: New Flemish Alliance (member of the European Free Alliance), Libertair, Direct, Democratisch, Vlaams Belang and Flemish-Socialist Movement
- Movements: Vlaamse Volksbeweging (VVB), Overlegcentrum van Vlaamse Verenigingen, Taal Aktie Komitee and Voorpost
- Proposed state: Flanders, unification with the Netherlands
Wallonia or French Community of Belgium (the latter includes Brussels-Capital Region)
- People: Walloons
- Proposed state: Walloon Republic, unification with France
- Political parties: Walloon Rally
- Proposed state: Walloon Republic, unification with France
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Secessionist movements
- People: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Proposed state: Republika Srpska or unification with Serbia
- Political organisation: National Assembly of the Serbian Republic (Government of the Serbian Republic)
- Political parties: Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, Serbian Democratic Party, Serbian Radical Party, SRS "Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"[9]
- Proposed state: Republika Srpska or unification with Serbia
- Autonomist movements
Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia
- People: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Proposed state: Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, as a refounded third entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Political organisation: Croatian National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Political parties: Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Democratic Union 1990, Croatian Christian Democratic Union
- Proposed state: Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, as a refounded third entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Cyprus
- De facto state
- Ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot
- De facto state: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Political organisation: Government of Northern Cyprus
- De facto state: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Czech Republic
- Autonomist movements
- People: Moravian
- Proposed autonomous area: Moravia
- Political party: Moravané (former EFA member)
- Organization: Moravian National Community
- Proposed autonomous area: Moravia
Denmark
- People: Bornholmsk
- Proposed autonomous region/state: Bornholm
- Political party: Bornholm's Self-Government Party (Bornholms selvstyreparti)[10][11]
- Proposed autonomous region/state: Bornholm
- People: Faroese
- Proposed state: Republic of the Faroe Islands
- Political parties: Republican Party, Progress, People's Party, Centre Party, Self-Government Party
- Movement: Faroese independence movement
- Proposed state: Republic of the Faroe Islands
France
- Secessionist movements
- People: Alsatians (Allemanics)
- Proposed state: Alsace
- Political parties: Elsass Zuerst, Unser Land (EFA member)
- Proposed state: Alsace
- People: Basque
- Proposed state: unification with the Basque Country and Navarre – Euskal Herria[13][14][15]
- Political parties: Abertzaleen Batasuna (AB), Eusko Alkartasuna (EFA member), Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (Basque Nationalist Party).
- Trade unions: Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna, Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak
- Youth advocacy groups: Gazte Abertzaleak, Segi
- Militant organisations: Irrintzi
- Proposed state: unification with the Basque Country and Navarre – Euskal Herria[13][14][15]
Historic Brittany, comprising Brittany (administrative region) and parts of Pays de la Loire
- People: Bretons
- Proposed state: Brittany
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League[16]
- Political parties: Adsav, Strollad Breizh, Emgann
- Militant organisation: Talbenn Dieubiñ Breizh (Breton Revolutionary Army) (ARB)
- Proposed state: Brittany
- People: Corsicans
- Proposed state: Corsica
- Political party: Corsica Libera, Pè a Corsica
- Militant group: National Liberation Front of Corsica
- Proposed state: Corsica
- People: Occitans
- Proposed state: Occitania
- Political parties: Partit de la Nacion Occitana, Aran Amassa, Occitan Republican Left
- Political movement: Bastir!
- Proposed state: Occitania
- People: Flemings
- Proposed state: French Flanders, Pale of Calais and Audomarois and re-unification with West Flanders, East Flanders, Tournaisis and Zeelandic Flanders into an independent Flemish state, unification with the Netherlands (separatist) or Belgium (autonomist)
- Political party: Flemish movement
- Proposed state: French Flanders, Pale of Calais and Audomarois and re-unification with West Flanders, East Flanders, Tournaisis and Zeelandic Flanders into an independent Flemish state, unification with the Netherlands (separatist) or Belgium (autonomist)
- People: Provençals (Occitans)
- Proposed state: Provence
- Militant group: Front Nacionala Liberacion de Provença
- Proposed state: Provence
- People: Northern Catalans
- Proposed state: Catalonia or unification with Catalan Countries
- Political parties: Esquerra Republicana- Catalunya del Nord,[19] Oui au Pays Catalan (autonomist)[20]
- Advocacy organisations: Catalunya Nord per la independència,[21] Òmnium Catalunya Nord[22]
- Youth organisations: Joventuts d'Esquerra Republicana (Catalunya Nord)[23]
- Proposed state: Catalonia or unification with Catalan Countries
- Autonomist movements
- People: Alsatians (Allemanics)
- Proposed autonomous area: Alsace
- Political parties: Elsass Zuerst, Nationalforum Elsass-Lothringen, Unser Land (EFA member)
- Proposed autonomous area: Alsace
- People: Bretons
- Proposed autonomous area: Brittany
- Political party: Unvaniezh Demokratel Breizh (EFA member)
- Proposed autonomous area: Brittany
- People: Corsicans
- Proposed autonomous area: Corsica
- Political party: Partitu di a Nazione Corsa (EFA member)
- Proposed autonomous area: Corsica
- Proposed autonomous area: County of Nice
- Political party: Partit Nissart (Parti niçois (fr))[24]
- Proposed autonomous area: County of Nice
- People: Normans
- Proposed autonomous area: Normandy
- Political party: Mouvement normand
- Proposed autonomous area: Normandy
- People: Savoyans
- Proposed autonomous area: Savoy
- Political party: Movement Règion Savouè (EFA member)
- Proposed autonomous area: Savoy
- People: Occitans
- Proposed autonomous area: Occitania
- Political parties: Partit Occitan (EFA member)
- Proposed autonomous area: Occitania
- People : Yvelinois
- Proposed autonomous area: Chevreuse High Valley ( Yvelines and Essonne)
- Organization: Front de libération de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse
- Proposed autonomous area: Chevreuse High Valley ( Yvelines and Essonne)
Georgia
- Breakaway states
- People: Abkhaz
- De facto state with partial de jure recognition: Republic of Abkhazia
- Political organisation: Government of Abkhazia
- Militant organization: Abkhazian Armed Forces
- People: Ossetians
- De facto state with partial de jure recognition: South Ossetia
- Political organisation: Government of South Ossetia
- Militant organization: Armed Forces of South Ossetia
- Autonomist movement
- Ethnic group: Armenians
- Proposed autonomous area: Javakhk
- Advocacy groups: United Javakhk Democratic Alliance, Virk[26][27]
Germany
- Secessionist movements
- People: Bavarians, Franconians, Swabians
- Proposed state: Free State of Bavaria
- Political party: Bavaria Party (EFA member)[28]
- Proposed state: Free State of Bavaria
The Danes of Southern Schleswig
- People: Danish
- Proposed state: Southern Schleswig or unification with Denmark
- Political party: South Schleswig Voter Federation
- Proposed state: Southern Schleswig or unification with Denmark
- Autonomist movements
- People: Bavarians, Franconians, Swabians
- Proposed autonomous area: Bavaria
- Political party: Bavaria Party (EFA member),[28] Christian Social Union in Bavaria
- Proposed autonomous area: Bavaria
East Frisia (the latter includes Saterland)
- People: East Frisians, Frisians, Saterland Frisians
- Proposed autonomous area: East Frisia
- Political party: Die Friesen
- Proposed autonomous area: East Frisia
- People: Sorbs
- Proposed autonomous area: Lusatia
- Political party: Lusatian Alliance
- Proposed autonomous area: Lusatia
- People: North Frisians, Frisians
- Proposed autonomous area: North Frisia
- Political party: Die Friesen
- Proposed autonomous area: North Frisia
- People: Danish, Frisians, Germans
- Proposed autonomous area: Southern Schleswig
- Political party: South Schleswig Voter Federation
- Proposed autonomous area: Southern Schleswig
Italy
- People: Friulians
- Proposed state: Friuli
- Political parties:
- Secessionist parties: Res Publica Furlane-Parlament Furlan,[29] Patrie Furlane, Friulian Front,[30]
- Autonomist parties: Pact for Autonomy
- Political parties:
- Proposed state: Friuli
- Proposed state: Free Territory of Trieste
- Proposed state: Republic of Lombardy
- Political parties (autonomist): Lega Autonomia Lombarda
- Political parties (secessionist): Pro Lombardy Independence, Lega Lombarda[34]
- Proposed state: Padania
- Political parties (autonomist): Lega Nord, Great North
- Political parties (secessionist): Lega Nord (formerly), Lega Padana, Padanian Union, Alpine Padanian Union
- People: Sardinians
- Proposed state: Republic of Sardinia
- Political parties (autonomist): Fortza Paris, Sardinian Reformers
- Political parties (secessionist): Sardinian Action Party, Sardinia Nation, Independence Republic of Sardinia, Project Republic of Sardinia, Party of Sardinians, others
- Proposed state: Republic of Sardinia
- People: Sicilians
- Proposed state: Sicily
- Political parties (autonomist): Sicilian Socialist Party, Party of the Sicilians
- Political parties (secessionist): Free Sicilians[35]
- Groups: Sicilian National Front,[36] Sicilia Nazione,[37] Sicilian National Liberation Movement.[38]
- Proposed state: Sicily
- Proposed state: unification with Tyrol ( Austria)
- Political parties: Die Freiheitlichen, South Tyrolean Freedom, Citizens' Union for South Tyrol
- Proposed state: unification with Tyrol ( Austria)
- Proposed state: Republic of Venice
- Political parties (autonomist): Liga Veneta, Veneto for Autonomy
- Political parties (secessionist): Party of Venetians, Venetian Independence, We Are Veneto, Liga Veneta Repubblica, Venetian People's Unity, Venetian Left
Kosovo
North Kosovo/Ibar Kolašin[39][40]
- People: Kosovo Serbs
- Proposed state: Community of Serb Municipalities within Kosovo or re-unification with Serbia[41]
- Political organisations: Assembly of the Community of Municipalities (status unknown), Serb List
- Proposed state: Community of Serb Municipalities within Kosovo or re-unification with Serbia[41]
Lithuania
- Autonomist movements
- People: Samogitians
- Proposed autonomous area: Samogitia
- Political organisations: Samogitian Party
- Proposed autonomous area: Samogitia
Moldova
- Breakaway state
- People: Equal proportions of Russians, Ukrainians and Moldovans
- De facto state: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
- Political organisation: Government of Transnistria
- Militant organisation: Army of Transnistria
- De facto state: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
- Proposed secessionist or autonomist movements
- People: Gagauz
- Proposed state: Republic of Gagauzia
- Political organisation: Gagauzian People Assembly
- Proposed state: Republic of Gagauzia
Netherlands
- Proposed secessionist or autonomist movements
- People: Frisians, West Frisians
- Proposed state or autonomous area: West Frisia, or unification with foreign states : Frisia
- Political party: Frisian National Party, (EFA member) Die Friesen
- Status: Democratic movement seeking greater autonomy for Frisian-speaking people in Friesland[42]
- Proposed state or autonomous area: West Frisia, or unification with foreign states : Frisia
Poland
- Autonomist movements
- People: Silesians
- Proposed autonomous area: Silesia
- Political party: Silesian Autonomy Movement[43]
- Proposed autonomous area: Silesia
- People: Kashubians
- Proposed autonomous area or state: Kashubia
- Political party: Kashubian Unity
- Proposed autonomous area or state: Kashubia
- Secessionist movements
- People: Danzigers, Poles and Kashubians
- Proposed state: Free City of Danzig
- Government in exile: Free City of Danzig Government in Exile
- Proposed state: Free City of Danzig
- Kashubia by Bernard Sychta as the Kashubian dialects area
Romania
Hungarian community in Romania
- People: Hungarians and Székelys
- Proposals for Hungarian territorial autonomy:
- Székely Land: Székely autonomy initiatives
- Partium
- Unification with Hungary
- Political organisations: Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the demand for Hungarian autonomy has been part of their program since 1993.[44] Hungarian Civic Party, they signed a settlement with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania about cooperation and joint support for Hungarian autonomy.[45] Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (PPMT), the party proposes the establishments of Transylvanian parliament and government and supports the case of Szekler autonomy in Szekely Land.[46] It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium.[47][48]
- Advocacy organisations: Szekler National Council,[49] Hungarian National Council of Transylvania, Liga Pro Europa, a Romanian-Hungarian regionalist NGO,[50] Provincia, a group of intellectuals promoting regionalization of Romania.[50]
- Proposals for Hungarian territorial autonomy:
- Other administrative proposals by regionalist organisations
- Banat[51]
- Transylvania[52]
- Political organisations: Liga Transilvania-Banat, a regionalist party led by Sabin Gherman.[50]
- Advocacy organisations: Autonomy for Transylvania (AFT) campaign, it demands autonomy for Transylvania.[53] Democratic League of Transylvania (Liga Transilvania Democrată), a regionalist NGO,[52] an active supporter of the "Autonomy for Transylvania" campaign,[54] League of Banat (Liga Banateana), a regionalist NGO.[51][55]
- The historical Székely seats on the map of present-day Romania
- Partium, depicted in the darker colour, and the Principality of Transylvania, 1570
- Location of the Banat (dark green)
Russia
Summary
This table shows only the list of movements. The source of each movement is cited in its own section. The population of each area is provided for information only.
Number | Land | Capital | Area | Population | Ethnic | Main Political Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ural Federal District of European Russia | ||||||
1 | Ural Republic | Yekaterinburg | 194,800 | 4,300,000 | Russian people | Ural Democratic Foundation |
Volga Federal District of European Russia | ||||||
2 | Idel-Ural | Kazan | 321,400 | 11,000,000 | Volga people | Free Idel-Ural |
3 | Bashkortostan | Ufa | 143,600 | 4,050,000 | Bashkorts | The Heavenly Wolf |
4 | Tatarstan | Kazan | 68,000 | 4,000,000 | Tatars | All-Tatar Public Center |
5 | Udmurtia | Izhevsk | 42,100 | 1,500,000 | Udmurts | Udmurt Republican National Party |
6 | Mordovia | Saransk | 26,200 | 800,000 | Mordovians | Democracy and Independence Mordvin Front |
7 | Mari El | Yoshkar-Ola | 23,200 | 700,000 | Maris | Mari Ushem |
8 | Chuvashia | Cheboksary | 18,300 | 1,250,000 | Chuvash | Chuvash National Movement |
Northwestern Federal District of European Russia | ||||||
9 | Komi Republic | Syktyvkar | 415,900 | 850,000 | Komi | Komi People's Congress |
10 | Nenetsia | Naryan-Mar | 176,700 | 45,000 | Western Nenets | Nenet National Movement |
11 | Karelia | Petrozavodsk | 172,400 | 600,000 | Karelians | |
12 | Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad | 84,500 | 1,800,000 | Kaliningradians | |
13 | Permyakia | Kudymkar | 32,770 | 120,000 | Permyaks | Komi People's Congress |
14 | Leningrad | Leningrad | 15,100 | 1,000,000 | Ingrians | Free Ingria |
Southern Federal District of European Russia | ||||||
15 | Don Republic | Rostov | 100,800 | 4,200,000 | Donians | Free Cossack Movement (Rostov Oblast) |
16 | Kuban | Krasnodar | 76,000 | 5,300,000 | Kubanians | Free Cossack Movement (Krasnodar Krai) |
17 | Kalmykia | Elista | 76,000 | 300,000 | Kalmyk people | |
North Caucasian Federal District of European Russia | ||||||
19 | Circassia | Sochi | 50,000 | 1,000,000 | Circassians | Circassian nationalism |
20 | Chechnya | Grozny | 17,300 | 1,500,000 | Chechens | Chechen Republic of Ichkeria |
21 | Lezgistan | Derbent | 10,000 | 800,000 | Lezgins | Lezgin nationalism |
22 | Karachay-Balkaria | Karachayevsk | 10,000 | 300,000 | Karachays & Balkars | Balkar and Karachay nationalism |
23 | Ingushetia | Magas | 3,000 | 500,000 | Ingush | Ingush People Council |
24 | Rutulstan | Rutul | 2,170 | 20,000 | Rutuls | Rutul National Revival Front |
25 | Abazinia | Adlersky | 2,000 | 50,000 | Abazins | World Congress of Abkhaz-Abazin people |
26 | Lakistan | Kumukh | 1,500 | 200,000 | Laks | Lak National Council |
27 | Tabasaranstan | Khuchni | 1,400 | 75,000 | Tabasarans | Tabasaran National Movement |
28 | Avaria | Khunzakh | Unknown | 850,000 | Avars | Avar National Union |
29 | Darginstan | Levashi | Unknown | 500,000 | Dargwa | Free Society of Dargo |
30 | Kumykia | Tarki | Unknown | 500,000 | Kumyks | Tenglik |
31 | Nogaia | Erken | Unknown | 100,000 | Nogais | Association of Nogais of Dagestan |
32 | Aghulistan | Aguldere | Unknown | 25,000 | Aghuls | Agul Gelinbatan |
Autonomist movements
- People: Komi and Komi-Permyaks
- Proposed federal subject: Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug
Ural Federal District
- People: Russians
- Proposed state: Ural Republic
- Advocacy groups: Ural Democratic Foundation, Free Ural
- Proposed state: Ural Republic
Volga Federal District
- People: Bashkirs, Chuvash, Erzya, Mari, Mokshas, Tatars, Udmurts
- Proposed state: Idel-Ural Republic
- Advocacy group: Free Idel-Ural.
- Proposed state: Idel-Ural Republic
- Ethnic group: Mordvins
- People: Tatars
- Militant organisation: All-Tatar Public Center
- Advocacy groups: The Union of Tatar Youth, Tatar Patriotic Front Altyn Urda, Tatar Social Center
- Government in exile: Tatar Government in Exile
- Organization: Ittifaq Party
- Proposed state: Tatarstan
- Militant organisation: All-Tatar Public Center
- People: Udmurts
- Proposed state: Udmurtia
- Movement: Congress of the Peoples of Udmurtia
- Advocacy groups:Udmurt Kenesh, Udmurt National Centre, Udmurt National Progress, Odmort
- Political parties: Udmurt Republican National Party, Udmurt National Progress
- Proposed state: Udmurtia
- People: Bashkir
- Advocacy groups: Bashkort Public Organization, Bashkir Human Rights Movement, Council of Aksakals of Bashkortostan, Bashkir Social Movement
- Political party: The Heavenly Wolf
- Proposed state: Bashkortostan
- Advocacy groups: Bashkort Public Organization, Bashkir Human Rights Movement, Council of Aksakals of Bashkortostan, Bashkir Social Movement
Northwestern Federal District
- Ethnic group: Nenets
- Proposed state: West Nenetsia
- Movements: Nenet National Movement, Hasava United Movement
- Advocacy groups: Yasavei, National Association of Nenets
- Proposed state: West Nenetsia
- People: Komi
- Proposed state: Komi Republic
- Political organizations: Komi Republican Organization
- Advocacy movements: Komi Voityr, Finno-Ugric Peoples Consultative Committee
- Organization: Komi People's Congress
- Proposed state: Komi Republic
- People: Russian, Old Prussian Descendants
- Proposed state:
- Regionalist: Kaliningrad[71]
- Pro-German / Nationalist (especially Prussian revivalists): Prussia (region) ( East Prussia), unification with Germany.
- Pro-Baltic: Prussia (region)
- Advocacy movement: Latvian Prussian Brotherhood
- Movement: Kaliningrad Public Movement
- Organization: Prussia Reborn (Preußen Wiedergeboren)
- Proposed state:
Southern Federal District
- People: Kuban Cossacks
- Advocacy movements: Community of the Don-Kuban-Terek Citizens, Klin-Yar, Kuban Cossack Host, Kuban Cossacks of the Kuban Host Autonomy Movement, Kuban Cossack Youth, New Kuban Cossack Association, Southern Regional Resource Center, Union of Cossack Republics of Southern Russia
- Militant organization: Kuban Cossack Army
- Political parties: Free Cossack Movement, Lapin, Movement for the Federalizations of Kuban, Union of the Cossack Hosts of Russia, Union of the Cossack Hosts of Russia and Abroad, Committee for the Liberation of the Kuban
- Political organizations: Cossack Congress, Cossacks of the Kuban Rada
- Proposed state: Kuban People's Republic (proclaimed in 1918), Kuban Republic (attempted to proclaim in 1991 as part of Union of Cossack Republics in Southern Russia in Union of Sovereign States that never founded both) Currently asking for federalisation (Now consist of Krasnodar Krai and accommodates the republics of Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, and parts of Stavropol Krai).
- Advocacy movements: Community of the Don-Kuban-Terek Citizens, Klin-Yar, Kuban Cossack Host, Kuban Cossacks of the Kuban Host Autonomy Movement, Kuban Cossack Youth, New Kuban Cossack Association, Southern Regional Resource Center, Union of Cossack Republics of Southern Russia
- People: Don Cossacks
- Proposed state: Don Republic / Rostov Oblast
- People: Kalmyk people
- Proposed state: Kalmykia
North Caucasian Federal District
- People: Chechens
- Militant organisation: Chechen separatists
- Proposed state: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (government in exile)[78][79][80]
- People: Abazins
- Advocacy groups: Abaza Adkilra, Abaza Yurdu, Abzanhara, Unity (Adgylara)
- Organization: World Congress of Abkhaz-Abazin People
- Proposed state: Abazinia
- Proposed entity: Abazinia, including all ethnic Abazin parts and/or districts of Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai and Kabardino-Balkaria or solely the rural locality of Psyzh
- People: Circassians
- Movement: Circassian nationalism; Circassian Congress; Circassian Youth Initiative; Adyge Djegi; Adyghe Khase; International Circassian Association (member of UNPO)
- Proposed entity: Circassia, including all regions historically included in Circassia and/or inhabited by Circassians (note: this includes Adygea as well as north Kabardino-Balkaria, north Karachay–Cherkessia, south-east Krasnodar Krai, and south Stavropol Krai)
Aghulistan
- People: Aghuls
- People: Avars
- Advocacy groups: High-landers (Maarulal)
- Political party: Avar National Union-Iman Shamil
- Proposed state:
- Republican: Avar Republic
- Monarchist: Avar Khanate
- Proposed entity: Avaria, including all ethnic Avar parts and/or districts of Dagestan
- Avaria coverage area : Kazbekov, Gergebil, Shamil, Akhvakh, Kunzakh, Gunib, Charodin, Tlyaratin, Tsuntin, Tsumadin, Gumbetov, Untsukulsky, Kizilyurt, Botlikh, Khasavyurt, Bezhtin, Tarumov, Kizlyar
- Advocacy groups: High-landers (Maarulal)
Darginstan
- People: Dargins
- Proposed state:Darginstan[86][87]
- Advocacy group: Free Society of Dargo
- Proposed entity: Darginstan, including all ethnic Dargin parts and/or districts of Dagestan
- Darginstan coverage area: Dakhadayev, Sergokalin, Kaytag, Akushin, Levashin
- Proposed state:Darginstan[86][87]
- People: Ingush
- Advocacy groups: Zaschita
- Militant organizations: Ingush Self Defense Force, Ingush National Front
- Political party: Ingush People Council
- Proposed state: Ingushetia[88]
- People: Balkars, Karachays
- Movement: Various nationalist organisations in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia
- Goals: Autonomy for the Karachay and Balkaria, rather than in biethnic republics where they must share power with Russians and Circassians (division of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia into smaller units, also popular for Circassian nationalists). Then, the unification of Karachay and Balkar units is advocated by some but not all nationalists (see Balkar and Karachai nationalism)
- Proposed autonomous republic: Karachay-Balkar Republic (includes south Kabardino-Balkaria and south Karachey-Cherkessia)
- People: Kumyks
- Proposed state: Kumykia
- Proposed entity: Kumykia, including all ethnic Kumyk parts and/or districts of Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia.
- Political parties: Nogai El, Tenglik
- Kumykia coverage area: Babayurt, Kumtorkalin, Buynak, Karabudakhkent, Kayakent, Makhachkala
- People: Laks
- Proposed state: Lakia[89]
- Proposed entity: Lakia, including all ethnic Lak parts and/or districts of Dagestan
- Movements: Kazi Kumuk, Lakistan, Lak Language Group, Lak National Movement (New Star/Tsu Barz), Lakral Sharhurdu, New Lak Popular Movement (Novo-Lak), Tariqat (Movement)/Tariqat, Tsudahar
- Political organizations: Lak National Council
- Lakistan coverage area: Kulin, Laksky, New Lakia
- People: Lezgins
- Proposed state: Lezgistan[90]
- Proposed entity: Lezgistan, including all ethnic Lezgin parts and/or districts of Dagestan
- Movement: Lezgin nationalism, Lezgin Movement of Caucasian Albania
- Advocacy movement: Lezgin National Center
- Political party: Lezgin Patriotic Union
- Organization: Federal Lezgin National Cultural Autonomy (member of UNPO)
- Lezgistan coverage area: Suleiman-Stal, Magaramkent, Kurakh, Dokuzparin, Akhtyn, Derbent
- People: Nogais
- Proposed state: Nogaia[91]
- Proposed entity: Nogaia, including all ethnic Nogai parts and/or districts of Dagestan, Chechnya and Astrakhan Oblast
- Movement: Association of Nogais of Dagestan
- Political party: Birlik
- Organization: Assembly of Turkic Peoples
- Nogaia coverage area: Eastern Nogaia, Western Nogaia
- People: Rutuls
- People: Tabasaran
- Proposed state: Tabasaranstan[94]
- Movement: Tabasaran National Movement
- Militant organization: Tabasaran Republican Front
- Proposed entity: Tabasaranstan, including all ethnic Tabasaran parts and/or districts of Dagestan
- Tabasaranstan coverage area: Khiv, Tabasaransky
- Proposed state: Tabasaranstan[94]
Serbia
Image Note: Republic of Vojvodina within federalized Serbia, proposed by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina in 1999 – the map also includes an autonomous Sandžak, Kosovo and the metropolitan area of Belgrade as a distinctive administrative unit as well
- Autonomist movements
- Proposals for Hungarian territorial autonomy in the northern part of Vojvodina:
- People: Bosniaks of Serbia
- Proposed autonomous province: Sandžak
- Advocacy groups (autonomist): Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak, Islamic Community in Serbia[95]
- Breakaway state
Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija
- People: Albanians in Kosovo
- Proposed: Republic of Kosovo, unification with Albania
- De facto state: Republic of Kosovo (recognised by 51% of UN member states)
- Political organisation: Government of Kosovo
- Movement: Albanian nationalism in Kosovo
- De facto state: Republic of Kosovo (recognised by 51% of UN member states)
Slovakia
- Autonomist movements
Southern Slovakia:
- People: Hungarians
- Proposed autonomous area: Territorial autonomy for the compact Hungarian ethnic block and cultural autonomy for the regions of Hungarian presence,[96] or unification with Hungary
- Political parties (autonomist): Party of the Hungarian Community,[97] In 2010, the party renewed their demand for autonomy.[98]
- Proposed autonomous area: Territorial autonomy for the compact Hungarian ethnic block and cultural autonomy for the regions of Hungarian presence,[96] or unification with Hungary
Spain
- Secessionist movements
- People: Andalusian
- Proposed state: Andalusia
- Political parties (nationalist): Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas, Partido Comunista del Pueblo Andaluz
- Political parties (secessionist): Nación Andaluza, Asamblea Nacional de Andalucía, Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores
- Youth movements: Jaleo!!!, Juventud Independentista Revolucionaria Andaluza, Juventudes Andalucistas
- Trade union: Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores
- Proposed state: Andalusia
- People: Aragonese
- Proposed state
- Socialist: Aragon
- Federalist: Aragon
- Political party (nationalist): Chunta Aragonesista (EFA member), Tierra Aragonesa
- Political party (secessionist): Estau Aragonés, Puyalón de Cuchas,
- Youth movements: Purna Astral, Chobenalla Aragonesista
- Trade union: Sindicato Obrero Aragonés (SOA)
- Other pro-independence organisations: A Enrestida, Sindicato d'Estudiants Independentistas y Revolucionarias d'Aragón (SEIRA), Bloque Independentista de Cuchas
- Proposed state
- People: Asturians
- Proposed state: Asturias
- Political parties (autonomist): Partíu Asturianista, Unión Renovadora Asturiana
- Political parties (nationalist): Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana (EFA member), Unidá, Bloque por Asturies, Compromisu por Asturies
- Political parties (secessionist): Andecha Astur
- Youth movements: Darréu, UNA-Mocedá, Fai!
- Trade unions: Corriente Sindical d'Izquierda, SUATEA
- Other pro-independence organisations: Sofitu
- Proposed state: Asturias
- People: Balearics – Catalanics (those with Catalan ancestry)
- Proposed state: Balearic Islands – Catalan Countries (Confederation of Catalan States)
- Political parties: Partit Socialista de Mallorca-Entesa Nacionalista (in Majorca), Més per Menorca, Més per Mallorca
- Youth advocacy groups: Arran, Joventuts d'Esquerra Republicana de les Illes Balears
- Proposed state: Balearic Islands – Catalan Countries (Confederation of Catalan States)
Basque Country (autonomous community)
- People: Basques
- Proposed state: Basque Country (greater region) – Euskal Herria[13]
- Political parties: Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (Basque Nationalist Party) (member of the European Democratic Party), Eusko Alkartasuna (EFA member), Bildu, Eusko Abertzale Ekintza (Basque Nationalist Action)
- Trade union: Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna, Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak
- Youth advocacy groups: EGI, Gazte Abertzaleak, Haika (illegalised) Segi, Ikasle Abertzaleak
- Proposed state: Basque Country (greater region) – Euskal Herria[13]
- People: Canarians
- Proposed state: Republic of the Canary Islands
- Political parties (autonomist): Coalición Canaria, Partido Nacionalista Canario, Centro Canario Nacionalista, Nueva Canarias
- Political parties (secessionist): FREPIC-AWAÑAK, Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria, Alternativa Popular Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo
- Trade union: Intersindical Canaria
- Youth movement: Azarug
- Proposed state: Republic of the Canary Islands
- People Castilians
- Proposed state: Castile
- Political parties (autonomist): Partido Castellano PCas
- Political parties (secessionist): Izquierda Castellana
- Youth movements: Yesca
- Proposed state: Castile
- People: Catalans
- Proposal state: Catalan Republic – Catalan Countries (Confederation of Catalan States) (i.e. including other Catalan-speaking areas)
- Political parties:
- JuntsxCat (34/135), Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (32/135): coalition to stand in the 2017 Catalan parliamentary election supported by Republican Left of Catalonia (33/135 seats in the Catalan parliament) and Democrats of Catalonia (3/135), Left Movement (1/135) and other small parties and civil organisations
- Popular Unity Candidacy, supported by other small parties and civil organisations
- Political parties (autonomist): Catalunya en Comú–Podem (8/135)
- Civil organisations: Assemblea Nacional Catalana, Òmnium Cultural, Association of Municipalities for Independence, Procés Constituent, Catalunya Acció, Sobirania i Progrés, Committees for the Defense of the Republic
- Youth advocacy groups: Arran, La Forja, Joventuts d'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Joves d'Esquerra Verda, Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, Unió de Joves
- Political parties:
- Proposal state: Catalan Republic – Catalan Countries (Confederation of Catalan States) (i.e. including other Catalan-speaking areas)
- People: Galicians
- Proposed state: Galiza, or unification with Portugal
- Political party: Galician Nationalist Bloc (Galician Nationalist Bloc) (souveranist) (EFA member), Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood (independentist, includes the Galician Popular Front), Compromiso por Galicia (centrist federalist), Terra Galega (Centrist autonomist), Galician Coalition (Centrist nationalist Party)
- Unions: Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG) and Central Unitaria de Traballadores (CUT)
- Youth advocacy groups: Galiza Nova, Xeira, BRIGA and Erguer-Estudantes da Galiza (students)
- Militant organisation: Resistência Galega
- Proposed state: Galiza, or unification with Portugal
- People: Leonese
- Proposed autonomous area: Leonese region
- Political parties: Unión del Pueblo Leonés UPL
- Youth movements: RUCHAR Mocedá Llionesa[99]
- Advocacy groups: AGORA País Llionés
- Militant organisations: Tierra Lleunesa
- Proposed autonomous area: Leonese region
- People: Navarran or Navarrese (a subgroup of Basque people)
- Proposed states: unification with the Basque Country – Euskal Herria
- Political parties: Geroa Bai, Bildu, Basque Nationalist Action, Batasuna
- Militant organisations: ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna) (ceasefire since 2011)
- Proposed states: unification with the Basque Country – Euskal Herria
- People: Valencians – Catalanics (those with Catalan ancestry)
- Proposed state: Valencian Country or unification with Catalan Countries
- Political parties: Valencian Nationalist Bloc, Initiative of the Valencian People, Popular Unity Candidates, Republican Left of the Valencian Country, Valencian State, Valencian Nationalist Left, Valencian Left
- Advocacy groups: Pro-Catalan Valencianists (who defend pan-Catalanism and Fuster's theories) propose the creation of a Valencian State and some type of reconnection with the rest of Catalan-speaking areas. Only a minor tendency within anti-Catalan Valencianism (Blaverism) proposed independence of the Kingdom of Valencia from both Catalonia and Spain.[100][101]
- Youth advocacy groups: Arran, Youths of Compromís (mostly soveranist and non-secessionist), Youths of Republican Left of the Valencian Country
- Trade union: Intersindical Valenciana
- Other organisations: Valencian Sovereignty (Sobirania Valenciana)
- Proposed state: Valencian Country or unification with Catalan Countries
Additionally, there are a number of almost extinct secessionist or soveranist movements in other autonomous communities and historical territories, e.g. Extremadura and Murcia.
- People: Aranese (a subset of Gascon Occitans)
- Proposed autonomous area: Aran Valley – within Catalonia or unification with Occitania
Switzerland
- Autonomist movements
Jura region
- People: Jurassien (French-speaking)
- Proposed autonomous area: unification of the three districts of Bernese Jura and the Laufen District with the Canton of Jura
- Militant organisations: Mouvement Autonomiste Jurassien (Jurassian Autonomist Movement),[102] Groupe Bélier (Youth activists movement)[103]
- Proposed autonomous area: unification of the three districts of Bernese Jura and the Laufen District with the Canton of Jura
- Jura region
- The French-speaking part of Switzerland is shown in green on this map
Sweden
- Ethnocultural people: Scanians
- Proposed state: Scania or reunification with Denmark
- Political party: Scania Party
- Proposed state: Scania or reunification with Denmark
Turkey
Ukraine
- People: Russians in Ukraine
- De facto entity: Republic of Crimea within the Russian Federation[104]
- Political organization: State Council of Crimea
- De facto entity: Republic of Crimea within the Russian Federation[104]
- People: Crimean Tatars
- Proposed entity: Crimean Tatar autonomy within unitary Ukraine[105]
- Political organizations: Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People
- Proposed entity: Crimean Tatar autonomy within unitary Ukraine[105]
Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast
- People: Russians in Ukraine
- Proposed entity: Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic within federalized Ukraine,[106] unification with the Russian Federation[107]
- De-facto entity: Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic
- Political parties: Opposition Platform — For Life[108]
- Political organization: People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic, People's Council of the Luhansk People's Republic
- Militant organization: United Armed Forces of Novorossiya
- Religious organization: Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)[109]
- Proposed entity: Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic within federalized Ukraine,[106] unification with the Russian Federation[107]
- Support for the major pro-Russian party in 2019 elections
United Kingdom
- Secessionist movements
- People: Cornish
- Proposed state: Cornwall
- Political parties: Mebyon Kernow
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League[16]
- Proposed state: Cornwall
- People: English
- Proposed state: England
- Political parties: English Democrats[110]
- Proposed state: England
- People: Irish, Northern Irish (Nationalists)
- Proposed state: Re-unification with Ireland
- Political parties: Sinn Féin,[111] Fianna Fáil, Éirígí, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Aontú[112][113]
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League[16]
- Militant organizations: RIRA, CIRA[114]
- Proposed state: Re-unification with Ireland
- People: Scots
- Proposed state: Scotland
- Political parties: Scottish National Party (EFA member), Scottish Green Party, RISE,[115] Scottish Socialist Party
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League,[16] Scottish Independence Convention (Common Weal, People's Voice, Radical Independence Campaign, Scottish CND, Voice for Scotland, Women for Independence), Yes Scotland
- Proposed state: Scotland
- People: Welsh
- Proposed state: Wales
- Political parties: Plaid Cymru, Cymru Sovereign, Gwlad Gwlad, Welsh National Party
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League,[16] YesCymru
- Proposed state: Wales
- Autonomist movements
- People: English
- Proposed autonomous area: England
- Political parties: English Democrats,[116] UKIP[117]
- Advocacy groups: Campaign for an English Parliament
- Proposed autonomous area: England
- People: Scots
- Proposed autonomous area: Scotland
- Political parties: Scottish National Party (EFA member)[118]
- Proposed autonomous area: Scotland
- People: Welsh
- Proposed autonomous area: Wales
- Political parties: Plaid Cymru
- Proposed autonomous area: Wales
Cornwall (possibly including the Isles of Scilly)
- People: Cornish
- Proposed autonomous area: Cornwall
- Political parties: Green Party of England and Wales,[119] Mebyon Kernow (EFA member), Cornish Nationalist Party, Liberal Democrats[120][121]
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League, Cornish Constitutional Convention, Cornwall 2000, Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament, Wessex Constitutional Convention[122]
- Proposed autonomous area: Cornwall
- People: Geordies
- Proposed autonomous area: North East England or Northumbria[123]
- Political parties: North East Party[124]
- People: People of Wessex
- Proposed autonomous area: Wessex
- Political parties: Wessex Regionalists
- Advocacy group: Wessex Constitutional Convention
- Proposed autonomous area: Wessex
- People: People of Yorkshire
- Independence movements of dependent territories
- People: Manx
- Proposed State: Isle of Man
- Political party: Mec Vannin
- Advocacy group: Celtic League[16]
See also
References
- "Separatism", Free Dictionary
- Merriam; Webster, "Separatism", Dictionary
- "Separatism", The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English, Encyclopedia, 2008
- Harris, Jerry (2009). The Nation in the Global Era Conflict and Transformation. Brill. p. 320. ISBN 978-90-04-17690-4.
- "Artsakh Votes for New Constitution, Officially Renames the Republic". Armenian Weekly. 21 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- "Constitution". Nagorno Karabakh Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- De Vries, J.; Tielemans, A. (15 August 2008). "De triangelspeler van België: Duitstalig België" (in Dutch). De Groene Amsterdammer. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
- "Duitstalige Gemeenschap wil extra bevoegdheden". De Morgen (in Dutch). 15 September 2009.
- Armed Peacekeepers in Bosnia. Diane. 2004. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4289-1020-1.
- "Free Bornholm". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Amtsradsvalg". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- Gråsten, Hanna (12 June 2018). "Ahvenanmaan itsenäisyyttä ajavan puolueen johtaja: Suomesta tulossa yhä enemmän yksikielinen: 'Pienillä askelilla ruotsi suljetaan pois'". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- Zubiaga, M. et al.: Towards a Basque State. Nation-building and institutions, Bilbo: UEU, 2012 ISBN 978-84-8438-421-2.
- Mateos, T. et al.: Towards a Basque State. Citizenship and culture, Bilbo: UEU, 2012 ISBN 978-84-8438-422-9.
- Antiguedad, I. et al.: Towards a Basque State. Territory and socioeconomics, Bilbo: UEU, 2012 ISBN 978-84-8438-423-6.
- "Current Campaigns". Celtic League. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- Sabéran, Haydée (7 July 2008). "Le collège change de nom, le principal est menacé par les extrémistes flamands". Libération.fr.
- "Société : Alors que la Catalogne s'embrase, la Flandre française s'interroge sur elle-même". 19 October 2019.
- "Catalunya del Nord". locals.esquerra.cat. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- "El nou partit 'Oui au Pays Catalan' opta pel regionalisme i la renúncia a la llengua catalana". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- "Catalunya Nord per la independència". Assemblea Nacional Catalana (in Catalan). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- "Catalunya Nord". Òmnium Cultural (in Catalan). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- "Joventuts d'Esquerra Republicana". joventrepublica.cat. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- Parti niçois [Nice party] (in French)
- Rédaction, La (15 May 2019). "Coignières - Vers une intégration partielle de la commune au PNR ?". La Gazette de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
- "Russia's Javakhk Diaspora demands autonomous region status for Samtskhe-Javakhk". Times.am. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- "US State Department and Javakhk: The WikiLeaks Cables Part I". Asbarez. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- Satzung der Bayernpartei, 30. October 2011, from: bayernpartei.de, 28 August 2018
- "Dopo il Veneto prova anche il Friuli Il "referendum" degli indipendentisti". Corriere della Sera. 27 July 2014.
- "I movimenti per l'autonomia e per l'indipendenza in FVG - Bora.La". 17 April 2013.
- "Home". www.triestelibera.one.
- "Trieste: The Italian city that wants a divorce". BBC.
- "The Free State of Trieste". Slate.
- "Cos'è pro Lombardia - pro Lombardia Indipendenza".
- "Siciliani Liberi" (in Italian). Siciliani Liberi. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- "Fronte Nazionale Siciliano" (in Italian). Facebook. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- "Sicilia Nazione" (in Italian). Sicilia Nazione. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- "Vlaskamp van Loo Attorneys". msln.org. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005.
- "The Brussels Agreement and Serbia's National Interests: A Positive Balance Sheet?" (PDF). KONRAD -ADE NAUER -ST I FT UNG. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- Ilić, Jovan (1995). "The Serbian question in the Balkans" – via Google Books.
- BBC, Could Balkan break-up continue?, 22.02.08
- "FNP program for the Provincial Elections 2007". Frisian National Party. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- and People of the Silesian Nationality "Silesian Autonomy Movement" Check
|url=
value (help). Silesian Autonomy Movement. Retrieved 10 April 2009. - "Borbély az autonómiatervezet ről: ejnye, hogy megijedtünk!" [Barber's autonomy from the draft: ahem, that scared!] (in Romanian). kronika. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- "Jövő héten egyeztet az MPP és az RMDSZ az autonómia-tervezetről". transindex.ro. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- "Cultural autonomy and territorial federalism: two voting options for Hungarians in Transylvania". Nationalia. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- "Megalakult a Partiumi Autonómia Tanács" [The formation of the Partium Council Autonomy] (in Hungarian). Kitekinto. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- "Nyílt pályázat a Partium jelképeinek megtervezésére" [Open tender for the design of the Partium symbols] (in Hungarian). Erdely. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- "Szekler National Council". Transilvania. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- "Cooperating regionalist and autonomy movements in Europe" (PDF). Central European University. 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- "Program" (in Romanian). Liga Banateana. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- "De ce "Liga Transilvania Democrată"" [Why "Transylvania Democratic League"] (in Romanian). Neuerweg. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- "Petiţie pentru autonomia Transilvaniei, depusă la Prefectura Cluj" [Petition for the autonomy of Transylvania, Cluj filed Prefecture] (in Romanian). Romania libera. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- "Liga Transilvania Democrată a mai anunţat că se va implica şi din punct de vedere logistic pentru a obţine numărul necesar de semnături" [Transylvania Democratic League announced that it will involve and logistically to get the required number of signatures] (in Romanian). Nova TV. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- "Bănăţenii vor autonomie economică şi administrativă: "Acest lucru nu înseamnă independenţa sau ruperea de România"" [Economic and administrative autonomy of Banat: "This does not mean independence or breaking of Romania"] (in Romanian). Adevarul. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- Subbotin, Ivan (6 May 2015). ""We are patriots, not separatists!" Residents of the Komi District hope that autonomy will be returned to them". RIA URA (in Russian). Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- Andrey, Romanov (28 May 2019). "The Urals will become free, even if the West will save Moscow". Region Expert (in Russian). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Ural Republic is the future". After Empire (in Russian). 17 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- Bugai, Janusz (9 January 2020). "Uprising of the Russian administrative divisions". Region Expert (in Russian). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- Goble, Paul (24 March 2018). "Free Idel-Ural Movement takes shape in Kyiv". Euromaidan Press. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- Podobed, Pavel (12 April 2019). "Tatarstan is silent, suffering, waiting for an opportunity". ZN UA (in Russian). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- "О национальном флаге Эрзя народа". uralistica.com.
- Eltsov, Peter (3 August 2019). "The Best Way to Deal With Russia: Wait for It to Implode". Politico. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- Alpout, Ramadan (5 June 2019). "Members of the Tatar "government in exile" ask the Russian opposition to recognize the independence of the Idel-Ural republics". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Russian). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- Shtepa, Vadim (19 June 2019). "Independent Tatarstan will not be a colony or a metropolis". Region Expert (in Russian). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- "POHC", В Удмуртия появилась организация региональных сепаратистов
- Ashurov, Alexander (19 January 2016). "Longing for sovereignty of Chuvashia inspired in Ukraine". EADaily (in Russian). Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- "The program of the Komi Republican Association "Doryam Asnymys" ("Protect Yourself")". Region Expert (in Russian). 16 September 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- "The site of the movement "Free Ingria" is blocked". Meduza (in Russian). 24 July 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- Goble, Paul (30 May 2016). "By Attacking 'Free Ingria' Leader, Moscow Highlights Regionalist Challenge to Itself in Russia's Northwest". Window on Eurasia. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- "Kaliningrad Separatism Again on the Rise", Jamestown
- Goble, Paul (15 August 2014). "From Siberia to Kaliningrad: the fledgling independence movements gaining traction in Russia" – via www.theguardian.com.
- "Kuban People's Republic proclaimed in Russia". Region Expert (in Russian). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- Kramer, Andrew E. (4 August 2015). "Cossacks Face Grim Reprisals From Onetime Allies in Eastern Ukraine" – via NYTimes.com.
- Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Cossack Separatism Again on the Rise". Refworld.
- "Kalmyks Protest Donbas Separatist Who Was Appointed Mayor of Republican Capital". Jamestown. 21 October 2019.
- Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Russian Federation : Kalmyks". Refworld.
- Sengupta and Chatterjee. Geographies: Perspectives from Eurasia. 15 December 2014. (page number not shown on page, but is available by text search): "The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria has collapsed and since then only remains a government in exile"
- Julia Wong (6 June 2017). "Facebook blocks Chechnya activist page in latest case of wrongful censorship". The Guardian. quote = "The group is supportive of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, an unrecognized government consisting of exiled leaders from the wars for independence."
- Liz Fuller (6 June 2017). "Facts In Attack On National Guard In Chechnya Questioned". RFERL. quote= "Akhmed Zakayev, the head of the independent Chechen Republic Ichkeria government in exile, similarly told Kavkaz.Realii that he was absolutely certain the Naurskaya attackers had no ties to IS or to any other terrorist group."
- "Abhazyam".
- https://www.loc.gov/newspapers/?fa=subject%3Apolitics+and+government%7Clocation%3Ageorgia%7Csubject%3Anewspapers%7Csubject%3Aabkhazia%7Clanguage%3Arussian%7Csubject%3Aadgylara+(political+party+%3A+abkhazia%2C+georgia)&c=25&all=true. Missing or empty
|title=
(help) - "Seldon News".
- "The Economist". Charles Reynell. 17 May 1998 – via Google Books.
- "TRT World".
- "Dargins". Minority Rights Group.
- "Dagestan: Russian Hegemony and Islamic Resistance in the North Caucasus: Russian Hegemony and Islamic Resistance in the North Caucasus". CRC Press.
- http://www.dushakavkaza.ru/st4.html
- Minahan, James (17 May 2000). One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313309847 – via Google Books.
- Minahan, James (17 May 2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: L-R. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313321115 – via Google Books.
- "The Anthropology of East Europe Review". Field and International Study Program, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University [and] Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Central Connecticut State University. 17 May 1998 – via Google Books.
- "Рутульцы (Рутулы) — Республика Дагестан, Рутульский район". rutulets.ru.
- Minahan, James B. (1 August 2016). Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World, 2nd Edition: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610699549 – via Google Books.
- Minahan, James B. (1 August 2016). Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World, 2nd Edition: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610699549 – via Google Books.
- "Zukorlić: Autonomija Sandžaka sve izvesnija". www.novosti.rs.
- "Berényi: A tömbnek területi, a szórványnak kulturális autonómiát". bumm.sk. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- "Head of party for ethnic Hungarians in Slovakia says autonomy necessary for minority's survival". politics.hu. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- "A felvidéki önrendelkezés kilátásairól az autonómia albizottság ülésén". mkp.sk. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- Llionesa, Ruchar Mocedá. "Ruchar Mocedá Llionesa: Presentación RUCHAR Mocedá Llionesa". Ruchar Mocedá Llionesa. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- Independència Valenciana (Valencian)
- "Noticias - Valenciafreedom - La web que lucha contra la imposicion catalanista". www.valenciafreedom.com.
- "Mouvement autonomiste jurassien" [Jura autonomist movement] (in French). Maj.ch. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- "Groupe Bélier – Mouvement de lutte pour l'Unité du Jura" [Aries Group – Movement struggling for Jura Unity] (in French). Groupebelier.ch. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- "Russian Federation Council ratifies treaty on Crimea's entry to Russia". ITAR TASS. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- "Crimean Tatar autonomy: Mejlis urges to introduce bills to Parliament". Ukrinform. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- Motyl, Alexander (28 August 2014). "Why Russia Wants the Federalization of Ukraine". HuffPost. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- "East Ukraine separatists seek union with Russia". BBC. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- "Putin's crony Medvedchuk claims pseudo-republics in Donbas tentatively agree to autonomy status within Ukraine". UNIAN. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- Warwick, Filip (4 June 2014). "The dangers for religion in Donetsk". DW News. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- English Democrats seek independence for England, BBC News. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- Fenton, Siobhan (24 June 2016). "Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister calls for poll on united Ireland after Brexit". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- "SDLP councillor quits to join Aontú". News Letter. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- Kelly, Ben (11 February 2019). "The Irish parties reaching across the border towards a new era for nationalism". The Independent. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- Connla Young. "Republican groups have no plans for ÓNH-style ceasefire". The Irish News. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Northern Independence Party: the new campaign for an independent North of England explained, BBC News. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- "Section 5: Solutions – Economic, Legal and Political Measures", Restoring Britishness: UKIP Policy, UK Independence Party, archived from the original on 28 September 2011, retrieved 6 April 2010
- "Scottish government renews call for extra powers on tax and welfare". The Guardian. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- "Green Party will support calls for a Cornish Assembly". The Cornish Guardian. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- Graeme Demianyk (10 March 2014). "Liberal Democrats vote for Cornish Assembly". The Western Morning News. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- "Spring Conference 2014". Liberal Democrats. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- Robins, David; Xylas, Nick (15 March 2003). The Case for Wessex (PDF). Wessex Constitutional Convention. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-9544667-0-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- "Northumbria | Definition of Northumbria in English by Lexico Dictionaries". Lexico Dictionaries | English.
- "North-east devolution? We could be like Plaid Cymru says new party's leader". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- Robins, David; Xylas, Nick (15 March 2003). The Case for Wessex (PDF). Wessex Constitutional Convention. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-9544667-0-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- Mark Stead (24 March 2012). "We want devolution, says York council leader". The York Press. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- "The official website of the "Yorkshire Independence – Campaign for devolution"". 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010.
- The Yorkshire devolution movement, Facebook Account
- "David Blunkett MP suggests "Yorkshire Parliament"". News. BBC. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- The Yorkshire devolution movement, Word press
- Yorkshire devolution
External links
- "Manifest" (PDF), Politiskaprogram [Political program], AX: Ålands framtid, 2011.
- From Spain to Iraq, states have to see that suppressing secession won’t work
- Disintegration of Britain and Spain both possible