The Kronstadt rebellion was an uprising by sailors, soldiers and civilians at the naval base of Kronstadt, on an island off Petrograd, against the Bolshevik government. The Kronstadt sailors had been strong supporters of the revolution in 1917, but by early 1921, amid famine, strikes in Petrograd and the harsh policy of requisitioning grain, they demanded free elections to the soviets, freedom of speech and an end to Bolshevik dictatorship. The government denounced them as counter-revolutionaries, and Red Army troops under Mikhail Tukhachevsky stormed the fortress across the ice. Thousands of rebels were killed or executed, and others fled to Finland. The revolt helped to convince Lenin to replace war communism with the New Economic Policy.
Before and after
- from 1921 to 1927Rif War
- from February 1921 to April 1921February Uprising
- 22 February 1921Birth of Jean-Bedel Bokassa
- from 25 February 1921 to 1 January 1991Georgian SSR
- from 1 March 1921 to 18 March 1921Kronstadt rebellion
- 18 March 1921Peace of Riga
- 2 May 1921Birth of Satyajit Ray
- 21 May 1921Birth of Andrei Sakharov
- 8 June 1921Birth of Suharto
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