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The uprising took place in the territories of the modern Tambov Oblast and a part of Voronezh Oblast.
As a distinctive feature of this rebellion among the many of these times, it was led by a political organization, the Union of Toiling Peasants (Soyuz Trudovykh Krestyan), headed by Antonov.
The seriousness of the uprising called for the creation of the "Plenipotentiary Commission of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the Bolshevik party for liquidation of banditism in the Tambov Gubernia". The rebellion was ruthlessly crushed by Red Army units headed by Mikhail Tukhachevsky. The political guidance of the anti-revolt operations was effected by Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko . The famous Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov got his first decoration while fighting rebels here.
The uprising was so great that more than 30,000 solders were sent in. The army used artillery and armoured trains to fight peasant rebels. On some occasions, chemical weapons were used.
Several concentration campA concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. The term refers to situations where the internes were set up, and the families of insurgents were sent there as hostageA hostage is an entity which is held by a captor in order to compel another party to act or refrain from acting in a particular way. Frequently the entity held is a person. Hostage taking is often politically motivated or motivated by a desire for ransom.s.
The uprising was gradually quelled in 1921. Antonov was killed in 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners in an attempt to arrest him.
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