Kronstadt rebellion

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The Kronstadt rebellion was a 1921 uprising by Soviet sailors, soldiers, and civilians against Bolshevik rule, symbolizing early resistance to the emerging Soviet authoritarian regime.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
rebellion
uprising
alsoKnownAs Kronstadt mutiny
Kronstadt uprising
commandedBy Stepan Petrichenko
conflictType anti-Bolshevik uprising
mutiny
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
demand end to grain requisitioning
free elections to the Soviets
freedom of speech and press for workers and peasants
release of political prisoners from socialist parties
endDate 1921-03-18
followedBy New Economic Policy
hasCause War Communism
economic hardship
opposition to Bolshevik policies
political repression
hasEffect consolidation of Bolshevik power
influence on introduction of the New Economic Policy
suppression of the uprising by Red Army forces
ideologicalContext conflict within the Russian Revolution
languageOfName Russian
locatedInTimePeriod Russian Civil War
early Soviet period
numberOfCasualties thousands
opponent Bolsheviks
Red Army
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
opposedBy Leon Trotsky
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
participant Baltic Fleet sailors
Kronstadt civilians
Red Army soldiers
partOf history of anarchism
history of communism
history of the Soviet Union
place Kronstadt
Kronstadt naval base
significantEvent capture of Kronstadt by Red Army assault
slogan Soviets without Bolsheviks
startDate 1921-03-01
symbolizes betrayal of revolutionary ideals for some left-wing critics
early resistance to Soviet authoritarianism
year 1921

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Kronstadt ("Kronstadt Rebellion")
Kronstadt ("Siege of Kronstadt")
Russian Civil War
significantEvent
Kronstadt rebellion ("Kronstadt mutiny")
Kronstadt rebellion ("Kronstadt uprising")
alsoKnownAs
Tenth Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ("Kronstadt rebellion of 1921")
context
July Days ("Kronstadt sailors")
hasParticipant
New Economic Policy
influencedBy
Mikhail Tukhachevsky ("Kronstadt rebellion suppression")
participatedIn
Storming of the Winter Palace ("Kronstadt sailors")
supportedBy

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