It began in August 1920 with resistance to the forced confiscation of grain and developed into a guerrilla war against the Red Army, Cheka units and the Soviet Russian authorities.

Peasant Revolt: The Tambov, or Antonov Rebellion. April 22-23, 1921. Late Winter to Early Spring 1921. Original Source: Volia Rossii (Prague), 22-23 April 1921. Rebellious sentiment has been smoldering for a long time in the Tambov plains, having been engendered almost simultaneously with the coming into power of the Soviet rule.

During and after the Civil War there were dozens of peasant uprisings around Soviet Russia. One official report from the CHEKA, dated February 1921, numbered these uprisings at 118. The largest occurred in Tambov, an agricultural province several hundred miles south-west of Moscow, in 1920 and 1921.

2024年10月13日 · The Tambov Rebellion of 1920–1921 was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik government during the Russian Civil War. The uprising took place in the territories of the modern Tambov Oblast and part of the Voronezh Oblast, less than 480 kilometres (300 mi) southeast of Moscow.

In August 1920, the peasants of the village of Kamenka in Tambov province attacked a grain collection detachment, sparking an uprising that spread from village to village in the southeastern part of the province.

During the Russian Civil War, peasant uprisings swept the former Russian Empire. In 1918 and 1919, these uprisings were mainly local responses to requisitioning and conscription. In 1920 and 1921, the uprisings became larger in scale, above all in Tambov. The revolts helped defeat the Whites and forced the Bolsheviks to change economic policies. 1.

The Tambov Rebellion (Soviet misnomer Antonovshchina) which occurred between 1920 and 1921 was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik regime during the Russian Civil War.

On November 5, two to six thousand blues, most on horseback, attacked the Sampur railway station in two coordinated groups, capturing a cannon, some machine guns and numerous revolvers and rifles. They failed in their attempt to sabotage the railway lines and quickly withdrew.

The Tambov Rebellion (Soviet misnomer Antonovshchina) which occurred between 1920 and 1921, was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik regime during the Russian Civil War.

2017年1月27日 · Fomichev was a partisan leader in the Tambov revolt, a former officer disillusioned with the Whites. He offers an analysis of the revolt and its causes and provides vital information about the nature and extent of peasant participation in the revolt.