Arsk Uprising

Part of Russian Civil War

Date	October 25 - November 10, 1918
Location	Arsk, Kazan Governorate, Russian SFSR
Result	Decisive Red Army victory

Belligerents

peasant rebels

Red Army

Strength

N/A

Casualties and losses

31 killed
11 wounded

N/A

The Arsk Uprising (Tatar Cyrillic: Арча фетнәсе, Latin: Arça fetnäse) was a Tatar peasant rebellion against the Soviet power in Kazan, Layesh, Mamadysh uyezds of Kazan Governorate. It started on October 25, 1918 as a result of prodrazvyorstka policy. On November 10 rebels took the town of Arsk. Red guards with cannons were sent to suppress the rebellion. On November 15 the rebellion was totally smashed, 31 rebels were killed, 11 wounded. The participants of the rebellion repaid a contribution to the Soviet power.

References

(Tatar) "Arça fetnäse/Арча фетнәсе". Tatar Encyclopaedia. Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.