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The
Austrian Asturian Socialist Republic was a commune from the Asturias against the
Second Spanish Republicball dominated by the right. They were an army of miners that were striking to free the government from
right-wingers. It fell and everyone forgot about it. On October 18, it was declared that
Asturias had returned to the
Second Spanish Republicball..
In the modern day[edit | edit source]
In the modern day he's remembered by Asturian
Socialists as at the same time pointless violence and anarchy, and also a necesary action aganist the
Ceda-lead government.
History[edit | edit source]
CEDA[edit | edit source]
After the failed anarchist uprising in Casas Viejas, Cadizball, Andalusiaball, a Coalition of
right-wing parties called
Cedaball (Spanish Coalition of the Autonomous Right) won the elections.
The party won due to the fracturation of the
left-wing parties which had won in 1931 and declared the Second Spanish Republicball and exiled long-time ruling
king Alfonso XIII out of Spain.
October Revolution[edit | edit source]
The October Revolution was a series of waves of strikes, declarations of independence, and revolts over the
Conservative-controlled
Second Spanish Republicball. All over
Spain the
socialist workers went on strike.
The start of the revolution[edit | edit source]
In Asturias, the miners rose up on the 5th of October of 1934, and declared the Republic of Miners and Peasants of Asturias. They had the support of the PSOE (Socialists), the
UGT (Anarcho-syndicalists),
CNT (Anarchists), and the
PCE (Communist Party of Spain).
The Asturian Revolution[edit | edit source]
Northern Front[edit | edit source]
The Trubia (
Oviedo/
Grado), La Vega (
Oviedo) and
Mieres Weapons Factories are sacked by the
revolutionaries between the 5th and 10th of October, the revolutionaries advance towards
Oviedo. In
Ollionegro a battle occurs between the Second Spanish Republicball and the
revolutionaries, which ends in a victory of the
last.
Southern Front[edit | edit source]
The miners rose up in Vega del Rey (Pola de Lena, South Asturias) and begin preparations to attack in the afternoon the town of
Camponares, 5 kilometers away.
Oviedo falls[edit | edit source]
On the 11th of October the last Spanish Forces surrender in Oviedo. The cities of Gijón (
Gijónball) and Avilés (
Avilesball had fallen to the revolutionaries (but some parts of
Gijón were still standing). The combat in Oviedo took place in the
School and Theatre of
Campoamor,
the cathedral of Oviedo,
the arms factory of La Vega (
previously mentioned),
the Covadonga Hotel,
the University,
the Bullring of Oviedo,
the Diputación Building,
the Hospicio,
the water reserve and
the Slaughterhouse.
The final stand[edit | edit source]
The coronel Juan Yagüe Blanco landed in the port of
Gijón (
el musel),
José Solchaga Zala entered from
Cantabria,
Eduardo López Ochoa from Galicia and coronel Carlos Bosch Bosch from
Castille entered the Asturian region with the purpose of crushing the revolt. All were under the command of who would become the caudillo of
Spain:
Francisco Franco, general of the army and Manuel Goded from Madrid. Bosch entered from the south but never reached Oviedo, instead got stuck in the south. Ochoa and Yagüe entered
Oviedo and retook the
city in the name of the
Second Spanish Republicball
Langreo,
Avilés,
Gijón,
Pola de Siero,
Oviedo,
Grado,
Mieres... all of the territory the
revolution had ever stepped foot on was now covered in
Castilian,
Galician,
Catalan and most importantly
Asturian blood.
Flag[edit | edit source]
There are 3 candidates for the title of official flag: the flag of the CNT, the
red flag or a flag of
asturias with a shovel and spout.