Pitchfork Uprising
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The Pitchfork Uprising of 1920, also known as Black Eagle Uprising, was a peasant uprising against the Soviet policy of the war communism in what is today Eastern Tatarstan and Western Bashkortostan. It started in the village of Yanga Yelan, Menzelinsky Uyezd, Ufa Governorate on February 4, 1920, where local peasants tried to resist confiscation of their food. When they refused to give up their produce, the leader of the military food requisitioning unit ("prodotryad") arrested some of them. Peasants asked him to free the hostages, but he refused. Peasants killed the members of prodotryad and circulated the appeal to rise.
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1920 Pitchfork Uprising
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Tombstone on the mass grave of the Red Army punitive expedition victims during the suppression of the Pitchfork uprising| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1919 | Ufa Operation | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1920 | Pitchfork Uprising | rebellion | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Tombstone on the mass grave of the Red Army punitive expedition victims during the suppression of the Pitchfork uprising | Commons | ||
