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Kronstadt rebellion
Part of the left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks and the Russian Civil War
Date March 7–17, 1921
Location
Kronstadt, Kotlin Island, Russian SFSR
60°00′45″N 29°44′01″E / 60.01250°N 29.73361°E / 60.01250; 29.73361
Result
  • Bolshevik victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Belligerents
  • Soviet Baltic Fleet sailors
  • Armed citizens of Kronstadt

 Russian SFSR
Commanders and leaders
Stepan Petrichenko
Strength
c. first 11,000, second assault: 17,961 c. first assault: 10,073, second assault: 25,000 to 30,000
Casualties and losses
c. 1,000 killed in battle and 1,200 to 2,168 executed Second assault: 527–1,412; a much higher number if the first assault is included

The Kronstadt rebellion or Kronstadt mutiny was a major unsuccessful uprising against the Bolsheviks in March 1921, during the later years of the Russian Civil War.

Led by Stepan Petrichenko and consisting of Russian sailors, soldiers, and civilians, the rebellion was one of the reasons that Vladimir Lenin and the Communist Party leaders decided to loosen their control of the Russian economy by implementing the New Economic Policy (NEP).

The rebellion originated in Kronstadt, a naval fortress on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland that served as the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and as a defense for the approaches to Petrograd, 55 kilometres (34 mi) away. The rebellion was crushed by the Red Army after a 12-day military campaign, resulting in several thousand deaths.

According to Lenin, the crisis was the most critical the regime had yet faced.

Images for kids

  • Sottomissione all'ammiraglio Birilef dei marinai russi ammutinati a Cronstadt

    Prior to 1917, Kronstadt sailors revolted in 1905 (depicted) and 1906

  • Anarkistimatruuseja

    The crew of the Petropavlovsk during the Baltic Fleet riot of March 1917

  • 19210301-kronstadt resolution

    The resolution taken by the Kronstadt seamen, containing demands such as the election of free soviets and freedom of speech and press

  • Petrichenko

    Stepan Petrichenko, anarchist sailor who chaired the Provisional Revolutionary Committee during the Kronstadt revolt

  • Lenin, Trotsky and Voroshilov with Delegates of the 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

    The Bolshevik Party's 10th Congress (delegates pictured) overlapped with the Kronstadt rebellion

  • 1921-stepan petrichenko and russian emigrants finland

    Petrichenko and other Kronstadt rebels in Finnish exile

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Rebelión de Kronstadt para niños

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