Tambov Rebellion

August 19, 1920 · Tambov

Peasant uprising in Tambov province (19 August 1920 - mid-1922) led by Alexander Antonov against grain requisitioning. Tukhachevsky, appointed commander in April 1921, crushed the main forces by July 1921 using mass terror, hostage-taking and (ordered, barely used) chemical weapons; mopping-up continued into 1922.

On the map Contemporaries

Key people

Mikhail Tukhachevsky Commander of troops in Tambov province, Appointed April 1921; reported the rebellion suppressed in July 1921 · Reds

Participants

Reds — Tukhachevsky's forces; suppressed the Antonov peasant uprising

Strength and losses

	All
Killed	c. 9,200

Also involved 1

Georgy Zhukov participant