Tambov Rebellion
Videos
The Tambov Rebellion of 1920–1922 was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik government during the Russian Civil War. The uprising took place in the territo
Alexander Antonov (centre) and his staff
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Videos
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky, nicknamed the Red Napoleon, was a Soviet general who was prominent between 1918 and 1937 as a military officer and theoretician. He was later executed during the Mos
Tambov Rebellion
…However, with the end of the Polish–Soviet War and the defeat of General Wrangel, the Red Army could divert its regular troops to the area. In May 1921, Mikhail Tukhachevsky was ordered by Lenin as military commander-in-chief to suppress the uprising in Tambov. Assigned to him were tanks, heavy artillery and 100,000 soldiers…
Tukhachevsky, c. 1935
The Tukhachevsky family in 1904
Tukhachevsky in 1920
Polish soldiers displaying captured Soviet battle flags after the Battle of Warsaw in 1920