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Pavel Gubarev

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Pavel Gubarev
Павел Губарев
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Gubarev in 2014
People's Governor of the Donetsk People's Republic[1]
In office
3 March 2014 – 4 November 2014[2]
Prime MinisterAlexander Borodai
Alexander Zakharchenko
Succeeded byAlexander Zakharchenko (as Head of Republic)
Personal details
Born
Pavel Yuryevich Gubarev

(1983-02-10) 10 February 1983 (age 40)
Sievierodonetsk,[3] Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussia
Political partyNew Russia Party (since 2014)
Progressive Socialist Party (before 2014)
Russian National Unity (before 2014)
SpouseEkaterina Gubareva
ChildrenTwo sons, one daughter
Alma materUniversity of Donetsk
Military service
Allegiance Russia
Years of service2022–present
RankPrivate
Battles/wars2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Yuryevich and the family name is Gubarev.

Pavel Yuryevich Gubarev (Russian: Па́вел Ю́рьевич Гу́барев, pronounced [ˈpavʲɪl ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪdʑ‿ˈɡubərʲɪf]; or Pavlo Yuriyovych Hubariev Ukrainian: Павло Юрійович Губарєв; born 10 February 1983) is a Russian political figure and soldier who proclaimed himself the "People's Governor" of the Donetsk Region at the Regional Assembly on 3 March 2014, after separatists seized the building. Gubarev had earlier declared himself leader of the Donbas People's Militia.[4] Since then, he has been sidelined by other separatist leaders and was banned from taking part in the 2014 Donbas parliamentary elections.[2] These elections also eliminated the post of "People's Governor".[2] Gubarev was not a figure in local politics prior to the beginning of the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine.

Shortly after declaring himself "People's Governor" on 6 March 2014, Gubarev was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for "advocating separatism" and "illegal seizure of power". He faced up to ten years in prison.[5] On 7 May 2014, Gubarev was freed in exchange for SBU officers detained earlier by the Donbas People's Militia.[6][7]

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Russian language

Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the native language of the Russians and belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the de facto language of the former Soviet Union.

Ukrainian language

Ukrainian language

Ukrainian is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily in Ukraine. It is the native language of the Ukrainians.

Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (Донеччина), is an oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 million residents. Its administrative centre is Donetsk, though due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, the regional administration was moved to Kramatorsk. Historically, the region has been an important part of the Donbas region. From its creation in 1938 until November 1961, it bore the name Stalino Oblast as Donetsk was then named "Stalino", in honour of Joseph Stalin. As part of the de-Stalinization process, it was renamed after the Siversky Donets river, the main artery of Eastern Ukraine. Its population is estimated as 4,100,280

Security Service of Ukraine

Security Service of Ukraine

The Security Service of Ukraine or SBU is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian government, in the areas of counter-intelligence activity and combating organized crime and terrorism. The Constitution of Ukraine defines the SBU as a military formation, and its staff are considered military personnel with ranks. It is subordinated directly under the authority of the president of Ukraine. The SBU also operates its own special forces unit, the Alpha Group.

Early life

Gubarev gained a degree in history from the Donetsk National University, and later became an employee of a Donetsk advertising agency.[3] In 2007, he founded and served as the company director of the "Morozko" company, which supplied hired Ded Moroz (Santa Claus) figures in the Donetsk area.[8][9]

Career and activities

Gubarev was a member of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, a pro-Russian party based in the southeast of the country.[5][10] According to an unnamed acquaintance, Gubarev advocates Pan-Slavism.[5] In earlier years Gubarev was a member of the neo-Nazi Russian National Unity paramilitary group, that later took part in the War in Donbas on the side of pro-Russian forces.[11][12][13][14] Gubarev has publicly given thanks to this group for providing him with military training. In the same interview he said he was not a radical nationalist and described himself as "centre-left".[15]

On 1 March 2014, pro-Russian citizens at a meeting in Lenin Square in the center of Donetsk elected Gubarev as governor of the region.[16]

From the beginning of the 2014 Crimean crisis, Gubarev led pro-Russian protesters who blockaded and occupied the Donetsk Regional State Administration building.

During a press-conference with journalists on 6 March 2014, Gubarev stated that his main goal as the self-proclaimed governor was to declare a referendum on the territorial status of Donetsk Oblast, non-recognition of the new Ukrainian government, and non-recognition of Donetsk governor Serhiy Taruta.[17]

On 6 March 2014, the Security Service of Ukraine arrested Gubarev.[18] Following his arrest, Gubarev was reportedly taken to Kyiv for detention.[19] He was later charged with wanting to damage "the territorial integrity and independence of the state".[20]

On 16 March, a crowd of protesters stormed government buildings in Donetsk demanding Gubarev's release.[21]

On 7 May 2014, Gubarev and two other pro-Russian activists were freed in exchange for SBU officers, detained earlier by the Donbas People's Militia.[6][7]

In October 2014, during a failed assassination attempt on him, Gubarev lost control of his car when it came under gunfire and suffered a head injury.[22] He later regained consciousness and was moved from intensive care to the ordinary ward of the hospital.[23]

Gubarev was excluded by the election commission from participating in the 2014 Donbas parliamentary elections "because his party was not able to hold a founding conference".[2]

Early February 2016 Gubarev was appointed Yasynuvata Raion mayor by the Donetsk People's Republic.[24]

Following the death of Alexander Zakharchenko, there were elections in the Donetsk People's Republic on 11 November 2018.[25][26] In September 2018, Pavel Gubarev went to Moscow and obtained permission to be a candidate for the post of head of the Donetsk People's Republic.[26] Gubarev and supporters collected 15,000 signatures for his nomination papers[27] (the law only requires 10,000 signatures).[26] Gubarev's candidacy displeased Denis Pushilin, who has taken over as head of the Donetsk People's Republic, and pressure has been put on Gubarev.[26]

On 29 September 2018, Gubarev's wife, Ekaterina, was arrested and temporarily detained to prevent her attending the Free Donbas party convention so that she was excluded from the party list for the "elections" of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic on 11 November.[26] At the convention, the Free Donbas movement was taken over by supporters of Denis Pushilin.[26] After this incident Ekaterina Gubareva left for Rostov-on-Don.[26] In early October 2018, the electoral commission ruled that the signatures on Gubarev's nomination papers were invalid;[27][28] the authorities in Russia often use this method to exclude candidates.[26]

In 2022, Gubarev signed a short-term contract with the Russian Armed Forces, as a private, in order to participate in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[29][30] During his service there, he declared in an interview their goal to free from "possession" those who he considers to be Russians, even at the cost of killing them all, which would amount to genocide on Ukrainians.[31]

          Those are Russian people, who are possessed. We aren't coming to kill you, but to convince you. But if you don't want us to convince you, we'll kill you. We'll kill as many as necessary: 1 million, 5 million, or exterminate all of you.

— Pavel Gubarev[31]

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Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine

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Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slavism, a movement which crystallized in the mid-19th century, is the political ideology concerned with the advancement of integrity and unity for the Slavic people. Its main impact occurred in the Balkans, where non-Slavic empires had ruled the South Slavs for centuries. These were mainly the Byzantine Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Venice.

Russian National Unity

Russian National Unity

Russian National Unity or All-Russian civic patriotic movement "Russian National Unity" was an unregistered neo-Nazi, irredentist group based in Russia and formerly operating in states with Russian-speaking populations. It was founded by the ultra-nationalist Alexander Barkashov. The movement advocated the expulsion of non-Russians and an increased role for traditional Russian institutions such as the Russian Orthodox Church. The organization was unregistered federally in Russia, but nonetheless collaborated on a limited basis with the Federal Security Service. The group was banned in Moscow in 1999 after which the group gradually split up in smaller groups and their webpage became defunct in 2006.

Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast

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Serhiy Taruta

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Alexander Zakharchenko

Alexander Zakharchenko

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Source: "Pavel Gubarev", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 20th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Gubarev.

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Yasynuvata Raion

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine

Donetsk People's Republic

Donetsk Regional State Administration Building

Donetsk Republic (movement)

Timeline of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine

Russian people's militias in Ukraine

Denis Pushilin

Ekaterina Gubareva

War in Donbas (2014–2022)

Luhansk People's Republic

New Russia Party

Novorossiya (confederation)

Russian Orthodox Army

Alexander Khodakovsky

Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas

Arsen Pavlov
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