Arsk Uprising

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	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.