The military regime in a negligee

The military regime in a negligee

And now we live in "Good night kids' short informative historical excursion for children. Before we begin to bear good and eternal to the masses, let's just stipulate a few things so you do not claim arose in the style of "the author, what a bummer."

The first thing about sex is not true is not, well, purely for a change. Second, no "n", and the truth, the historical evidence will not lie. Third, no, not based on Pasolini. Fourth, there is not timed to coincide with the ninth of May, so that about grandparents will not be the same. Well, if someone of you read to the end of the disclaimer, then let's get started.

In this article, we will tell you about one of perhaps the most absurd political regimes in history, which, in practice, no matter how it was funny, the closest thing close to that in the classical interpretation implies a notion of utopia.

Pilot in the shoes of human skin

The military regime in a negligee

By 1919, when Gabriele D'Annunzio and his party Blackshirts reached the city of Fiume, covered entirely characteristic of the historical period rebellions, for former military pilot and poet-enthusiast already entrenched widely known in narrow circles.

Ever since childhood, suffers from a number of specific personality disorders, which are expressed in pathological craving for everything that is connected with the blood, the future head of the "single state", which in total had existed less than one year, did everything to attract attention and translate their fantasies into reality (in general, the guy was a success, yes), ranging from shoes made of human skin, and ending with a torchlight procession theater. Dropping a couple of cluster of "gifts" from the air during the time of the First World War and returned home a hero, Gabriel confidently decided to move from words to action.

Marsh righteous fire

The military regime in a negligee

So, in September, the nineteenth year of D'Annunzio and his followers without spending a single bullet entered the city of Fiume, who subsequently turned to the future dictator in the playground the next six months. The grand procession, which the participants pathetically dubbed the "March on Ronchi" or "March of the righteous fire," it was not without theatricality, including rose petals and artillery salutes, that caught the side of the march, more soldiers, and citizens simply vagrants.

By the way, it's funny, but it is at "not quite friendly with the head" D'Annunzio same Mussolini literally "ripped" his famous March on Rome and some other stylish pieces from military uniforms to torchlight processions.

The dictatorship of the modernists

The military regime in a negligee

As head of state, which hardly go beyond a single city, D'Annunzio turned character, to say the least interesting. Newfound dictator officially canceled in Fiume death penalty, organized many festivities that from listening to inspirational political speeches gradually grew into a massive orgy with homosexuality, cocaine (which is due to disruptions in the supply of food handed out to people instead prodpayka), and all the other attendant, made soldiers first walk around in black cloaks and daggers on the belt, and then did march naked.

the city-state flag ambitious inquired, "Who is against us?", and the city soon got its own anthem and stamps.

Utopia?

The military regime in a negligee

Perhaps it sounds absurd, but this futuristic rights regime organized by the dictator of one-day, degree of inadequacy is morally slowly approaching the critical boiling point, many historians consider one of the most loyal and fair, that has ever existed in the Europe. Despite the shoes made of human skin, skulls and other gloomy theatricality D'Annunzio first of all abolished the death penalty (and, incidentally, kept his promise - for the lifetime of the regime in Fiume was not shot a single person), to level the rights of all citizens, including women, declared absolute freedom of speech, raised the wages of workers and established a free medical care.

The end of the utopian postmodern regime came after about a year when world leaders finally bothered to watch the "heroic" antics Fiume and its mayor, and D'Annunzio regime was finally brought to an end. In other matters, it does not put the failed dictator quietly survive the assault, to actively support the Mussolini regime and died peacefully in bed in 1938.