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Arsk Uprising
Part of the left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks
DateOctober 25 – November 15, 1918
Location
Result Red Army victory
Belligerents
peasant rebels Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Red Army
Strength
N/A N/A
Casualties and losses
31 killed
11 wounded
N/A

The Arsk uprising (Tatar: Арча фетнәсе, romanized: 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, against the 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 defeated, 31 rebels were killed, 11 wounded. The participants of the rebellion repaid a contribution to the Soviet power.

References

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