Red Republic of Caulonia
Red Republic of Caulonia Repubblica Rossa di Caulonia | |
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| Anthem: Bandiera Rossa | |
Map of comune of Caulonia | |
| Capital | Caulonia |
| Official languages | Italian |
| Common languages | Calabrese dialect |
| Demonym(s) | Caulonists |
| Government | Socialist republic |
• President | Pasquale Cavallaro |
| History | |
• Established | 6 March 1945 |
• Disestablished | 9 March 1945 |
| Area | |
• Total | 101.76 km2 (39.29 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 12,500 |
• Census | 1945 |
| Today part of | Italy |
| Part of a series on |
| Communism in Italy |
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The Red Republic of Caulonia (Italian: Repubblica Rossa di Caulonia) was a short lived revolutionary communist Italian state formed on 6 March 1945 by the mayor of Caulonia Pasquale Cavallaro, an elementary teacher and former seminarian who joined the Italian Communist Party in 1943.
The revolt which had led to the proclamation of the republic was provoked by protests and turmoil of peasants, still under the control of powerful landowners who wanted to preserve their privileges obtained during fascism and after the Italian unification.