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The Tambov Rebellion of 1920–1922 was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik government during the Russian Civil War. [12] The uprising took place in the territories of the modern Tambov Oblast and part of the Voronezh Oblast , less than 500 kilometres (300 mi) southeast of Moscow.
The civil war caused more than ten million deaths from fighting, terror, plagues and mainly famine, which took about half, and another couple of million emigrated, affecting mainly adult men. Another ten million people were not born as a result of the fall in the birth rate according to demographic estimates. [ 176 ]
A series of workers' strikes and peasants' rebellions against war communism policies broke out all over the country, such as the Tambov Rebellion (1920–1921), which was neutralized by the Red Army. A turning point came with the Kronstadt rebellion at the Kronstadt naval base in early March 1921, which also ended with a Bolshevik victory. The ...
Tambov Rebellion: 19 August 1920 – June 1921 Tambov Governorate: 15,000+ (figure of deaths due to execution only) Total of 240,000 [1] rebels and civilians killed by communist forces. Katyn massacre: April–May 1940 Katyn, Tver: 10,702 Polish military officers and intelligentsia POWs
Shooting down of religious processions are well documented in Voronezh, Shatsk (Tambov province), and Tula (where thirteen were killed and many wounded, including Bishop Kornilii). [ 41 ] Patriarch Tikhon excommunicated the Soviet leadership on January 19, 1918 (Julian calendar) for conducting this campaign. [ 8 ]
(Tambov Oblast Duma. Resolution #84 of November 30, 1994 Charter (Basic Law) of Tambov Oblast of the Russian Federation, as amended by the Law #591-Z of December 7, 2015 On Amending the Charter (Basic Law) of Tambov Oblast of the Russian Federation. Effective as of the day of the official publication in the "Tambovskaya zhizn" oblast newspaper ...
The Russian Civil War (Russian: Гражданская война в России, romanized: Grazhdanskaya voyna v Rossii) was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future.
Among the most significant was the Tambov Rebellion, which was put down by the Red Army. [218] To aid the famine victims, Herbert Hoover, the future President of the United States, established an American Relief Administration to distribute food. [219] Lenin was suspicious of this aid, and had it closely monitored. [220]