On 14 July 1924, the Tungus Republic, independent from the USSR, was proclaimed on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. Having failed to suppress the Tungus by force, the Bolsheviks turned to negotiations, and when the militia laid down their arms, they dealt cruelly with the rebellious reindeer herders and hunters through repression.
Hundreds of people were shot and sent to camps, and Russian historians try not to remember the Tungus People’s Republic. After all, as is well known, Moscow recognizes any congresses and referendums only at entry, and only at gunpoint. But exiting voluntarily is already extremism, anti-state activity and an attempt to seize “originally Russian” lands.
