Peasant rebellion of Sorokino: Difference between revisions

|place= [[Altai Krai]] and [[Kemerovo Oblast|Kuzbass]], [[Russia]]

|units1=Several detachementsdetachments

The '''peasant rebellion of Sorokino''',{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=92}} officially called the '''Kulak Rebellion of Sorokino'''{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=107}} by the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russian]] authorities, was a popular uprising against the Soviet policy of [[war communism]] in what is today [[Altai Krai]] and [[Kemerovo Oblast|Kuzbass]]. in central Russia.

After the [[Bolsheviks]] assumed control of the Russian government in the [[October Revolution]] of 1917, they implemented various policies which were unpopular among the country's rural population. As result, various anti-Communist peasant uprising erupted during the [[Russian Civil War]]. One of the largest and widespread rebellions took place in [[Siberia]] from mid-1920, after the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]'s tax policy had effectively destroyed the economic basis of many peasants.{{sfnp|Brovkin|1994|p=379}} This revolt also affected the [[Altai Mountains]], where the rebels were led by veteran [[Anarchism in Russia|anarchist partisans]] under I. P. Novoselov, P. K. Lubkov, and others.{{sfnp|Brovkin|1994|p=379}}<ref name="Mintz">{{cite web| url = https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/dfn3rg | title = A Siberian 'Makhnovshchina' [Review] | date = |author=Frank Mintz | work = [[Kate Sharpley Library]]| access-date = 20 July 2019 }}</ref> The [[Red Army]] managed to suppress this insurgency by fall 1920, and the revolting peasants were severely punsishedpunished.{{sfnp|Brovkin|1994|p=379}} Many anarchist insurgents including Novoselov and Lubkov managed to escape the government forces, however, and went into hiding.<ref name="Mintz"/>

A new wave of uprisings hit the Altai region{{sfnp|Brovkin|1994|p=379}} in January 1921.<ref name="Mintz"/> SimilarilySimilarly to the 1920 rebellion, it was motivated by opposition to the Communist tax policies. The peasants took up arms in order to force the communist government from their lands,{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=94}} and received support by rural rebels who had already taken part in the 1920 rebellion.{{sfnp|Brovkin|1994|p=379}} The uprising spread across a "huge"{{sfnp|Brovkin|1994|p=379}} area to the east of [[Barnaul]] and north of [[Biysk]],{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=107}} where around 5,000–10,000 armed peasants{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=92}} rallied around the mottos ''"For a clean Soviet power"'' and ''"[[Soviet republic (system of government)|Soviets]] without communists"''.{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=92}} The center of the rebellion was the locality of Sorokino.{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=92}}

Supported by [[White movement|White Army]] veterans{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|pp=103, 104}} as well as anarchist partisans,<ref name="Mintz"/> the peasant rebels formed units, elected commanders and began to fight both the [[Red Army]] as well as local pro-government paramilitaries.{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|pp=102, 107}} The main rebel detachementsdetachments were once again led by Lubkov and Novoselov;{{sfnp|Brovkin|1994|p=379}} the latter was based at [[Zhulanikha]]<ref name="Mintz"/> and Julianikh. The fact that conservative Whites and anarchists allied during this rebellion showcased how desperate both groups had become in resisting the Red Army. Nevertheless, Novoselov planned to immediately turn on the Whites in the case of victory.<ref name="libcom">{{cite web| url = https://libcom.org/history/1900-1923-anarchism-in-siberia | title = 1900-1923: Anarchism in Siberia | date = 13 September 2006 |author= Steven | work = Libcom.org | access-date = 20 July 2019 }}</ref> In February 1921, a battalion of the 308th Regiment (5th Red Army's 35th Division) as well as several regiments of local paramilitaries defeated Novoselov's detachementdetachment near Sorokino. About 400 rebels as well as five Red Army soldiers were killed in this action. The rest of Novoselov's forces retreated towards Barnaul.<ref name="kuzbass">{{cite web | url = http://visit-kuzbass.ru/en/chto-posetit/dostoprimechatelnosti/pamyatniki/240-bratskaya-mogila-krasnoarmeycev-uk.html | title = Common Grave of Red Army Soldiers | date = | author = | work = Kemerovo Oblast | access-date = 20 July 2019 | archive-date = 3 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200803024001/http://visit-kuzbass.ru/en/chto-posetit/dostoprimechatelnosti/pamyatniki/240-bratskaya-mogila-krasnoarmeycev-uk.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The further course of the rebellion is not well documented, but the government eventually crushed the uprising,{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=94}} and went on to denounce the rebels as rich [[Kulak]]s and bandits.{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|pp=106, 107}}

The history of the Sorokino rebellion eventually regained some importance when [[NKVD Order No. 00447]] was implemented in 1937, as many former rebels were again put on trial and convicted,{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|pp=92, 93}} with those identified as insurgent commanders{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=97}} and former White Army officers mostly being executed.{{sfnp|Jusopova|2010|p=103}}

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