Chapan rebellion
The Chapan rebellion was one of the largest peasant uprising against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. Taking place in March-April 1919, the uprising covered the territory of Syzran, Sengileevsky, Karsunsky districts of Simbirsk and the Stavropol and Melekessky districts of Samara. It got its name from the clothes of the rebels: the chapan - a winter coat, made of sheepskin, a special robe belted with a sash, a popular clothing among the peasants of the region during cold weather. The uprising was brutally suppressed, and its participants, mostly peasants, were subjected to terror and mass repression.
| Chapan rebellion | |||||||
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| Part of the Russian Civil War | |||||||
Aleksey Dolinin, leader of the Chapan uprising, commandant of insurgent Stavropol | |||||||
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RSFSR | Rebel peasants | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mikhail Frunze | Aleksey Dolinin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13,000 | 30,000 - 150,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 10,000 deaths | ||||||
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