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'''Aleksandrovsk Uprising''' was an armed insurgency of workers of the [[Zaporizhia|Aleksandrovsk]] city on 25 December (12 December) 1917. The uprising was headed by [[Bolsheviks]] against the [[Central Council of Ukraine]]. |
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| date = 25 December 1917 – 2 January 1918 |
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| place = [[Zaporizhzhia|Oleksandrivsk]], [[Ukrainian People's Republic|Ukraine]] |
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| result = Soviet victory |
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*Uprising initially suppressed by UPA |
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*City occupied by the Red Guards |
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*[[Central Council of Ukraine|Central Council]] |
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*[[Bolsheviks]] |
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*[[Anarchism in Ukraine|Anarchists]] |
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| commander1 = [[Symon Petliura]] |
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| commander2 = [[Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko]]<br>{{ill|Aleksei Mokrousov|ru|Мокроусов, Алексей Васильевич}} |
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*17th Regiment |
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*49th Regiment |
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*63rd Regiment |
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*250 [[Haydamak]]s |
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*40 [[Free Cossacks]] |
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*300 [[Red Guards (Russia)|Red Guards]] |
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*Detachment of the [[Black Sea Fleet]] |
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The '''Oleksandrivsk Uprising''' ({{langx|uk|Олександрівське Повстання}}) was an armed workers' rebellion that broke out against the [[Central Council of Ukraine]] in the city of [[Zaporizhzhia|Oleksandrivsk]] on {{OldStyleDate|25 December|1917|12 December}}. Led by local [[Bolsheviks]], detachments of the [[Red Guards (Russia)|Red Guards]] and [[Black Sea Fleet]] managed to occupy much of the city for 3 days, but were defeated by the forces of the [[Ukrainian People's Army]]. Despite the initial UPA victory, on {{OldStyleDateDY|2 January|1918|20 December 1917}}, the Red Guards returned to Oleksandrivsk and captured the city, establishing "soviet power". |
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==Background== |
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Black Sea sailors of the Black Sea Revolutionary formation participated in the revolt. They were led by [[:ru:Мокроусов, Алексей Васильевич|Aleksei Mokrousov]]. The rebels took a telephone station, a power station, and a part of the city. However, after three days of fighting the insurgency was suppressed. |
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After the [[Occupation of Kharkiv (1917)|occupation of Kharkiv]] by the [[Bolsheviks]], the [[Red Guards (Russia)|Red Guards]] and sailors of the [[Black Sea Fleet]] were tasked with capturing [[Synelnykove]] and [[Zaporizhzhia|Oleksandrivsk]], which were important railway junctions in the region. Facing reports that 8,000 heavily-armed Bolsheviks were advancing towards Synelnykove, with the aim of cutting off Ukraine from the [[Don Host Oblast|Don Host]], [[Symon Petliura]] ordered that the railway track in Oleksandrivsk be dismantled and the city's sailors be detained.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} |
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On {{OldStyleDate|12 December|1917|29 November}}, Petliura began transferring his troops of the [[Ukrainian People's Army]] (UPA) to [[eastern Ukraine]], in order to maintain its connection with its allies in the Don Host. This alarmed local Bolsheviks, led by [[Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko]], who desperately attempted to establish a defensive line through the region, marking the capture of Oleksandrivsk as a necessity to prevent the UPA from linking up with the Don Cossacks.{{Sfn|Savchenko|2006}} On {{OldStyleDate|16 December|1917|3 December}}, the Red Guards captured [[Lozova]] and began advancing on Oleksandrivsk.{{Sfn|Savchenko|2006}} |
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By this time, a conflict between the local Bolsheviks and the Ukrainian authorities was already brewing in Oleksandrivsk, with 40 [[Free Cossacks]], 13 UPA soldiers and a dozen officers facing off against 300 Red Guards. 250 [[Haydamak]]s of the 3rd Haydamatsky Kuren were sent from [[Dnipro|Katerynoslav]] to reinforce the city's garrison, with whom they captured a number of armored vehicles from the Bolsheviks of the 3rd Rear Auto Repair Shop.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} |
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On {{OldStyleDate|24 December|1917|11 December}}, the Bolsheviks captured Synelnykove and began preparations to attack Oleksandrivsk.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} |
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==Battle== |
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On the evening of {{OldStyleDate|25 December|1917|12 December}}, a detachment of sailors of the [[Black Sea Fleet]] (led by {{ill|Aleksei Mokrousov|ru|Мокроусов, Алексей Васильевич}}) arrived from [[Crimea]] to assist the local Bolsheviks,{{Sfnm|1a1=Bondar|1a2=Velychko|1y=2014|2a1=Savchenko|2y=2006|3a1=Shchur|3y=2015}} occupying the city's southern railway station.{{Sfnm|1a1=Bondar|1a2=Velychko|1y=2014|2a1=Shchur|2y=2015}} The city's administration attempted to send delegates to negotiate with the sailors and convince them not to enter the city. But the sailors refused, moving into the city center, where the city's garrison fired on them, killing some and taking the rest as prisoner. After that, the parties exchanged terms for a peaceful settlement of the conflict, with the mayor of Oleksandrivsk acting as a mediator. But the terms proposed were untenable to both sides and fighting continued.{{Sfn|Bondar|Velychko|2014}} |
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By {{OldStyleDate|26 December|1917|13 December}}, the Bolsheviks had occupied a large portion of Oleksandrivsk, having seized the post office and the power plant.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} Despite pleas by the mayor for the Bolsheviks to leave the power plant, due to fears it would stop working and shut down the city's water and energy supply, fighting broke out there and it was shut down. The city council continued trying to broker a peace between the two sides, but was largely unsuccessful.{{Sfn|Bondar|Velychko|2014}} |
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At this time, the UPA units were largely held up in the Kateryninsky railway station and workshops, which the Bolsheviks themselves failed to capture, with five sailors being killed and the rest taken prisoner. The sailors attempted another offensive against the Kateryninsky workshops, but the UPA troops managed to hold their ground until the arrival of reinforcements from the 17th, 49th and 63rd regiments.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} |
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Eventually, the Red Forces were completely surrounded.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} The city government again attempted to mediate the conflict, aiming to organise ambulances for the wounded and restore the power plant.{{Sfn|Bondar|Velychko|2014}} It eventually negotiated the withdrawal of the sailors from the city{{Sfnm|1a1=Bondar|1a2=Velychko|1y=2014|2a1=Shchur|2y=2015}} and the disarmament of the local Red Guards.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} After three days of fighting, the uprising had finally been defeated by the combined forces of the UPA and the Cossacks.{{Sfn|Savchenko|2006}} As a result of the fighting, 13 Red Guards and 5 sailors were killed, while only 1 soldier of the UPA was killed.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} |
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==Aftermath== |
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The city council reconvened the following week, on {{OldStyleDateDY|2 January|1918|20 December 1917}}, and condemned the sailors' uprising. It brought together all of the city's democratic organisations, in an attempt to prevent another armed conflict from breaking out. It also decided to treat the wounded, bury the dead, and not prosecute the participants in the conflict.{{Sfn|Bondar|Velychko|2014}} |
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But the victory of the Ukrainian forces could not be consolidated.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} On {{OldStyleDateDY|2 January|1918|20 December 1917}}, [[Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko]]'s Red Guards, together with anarchist [[Black Guards]] from [[Huliaipole]], captured Oleksandrivsk with ease.{{Sfnm|1a1=Savchenko|1y=2006|2a1=Shchur|2y=2015}} Some of the Haydamaks and Free Cossacks retreated over the [[Dnieper]], while others remained in the city in order to prepare an anti-Bolshevik uprising.{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} |
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The Bolshevik occupation of the city brought with it a wave of [[Political repression in the Soviet Union|political repression]], as the new authorities [[Anti-religious campaign during the Russian Civil War|outlawed the church]] and destroyed monuments to [[Taras Shevchenko]].{{Sfn|Shchur|2015}} |
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==References== |
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==Bibliography== |
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*{{cite web|last1=Bondar|first1=V.A.|last2=Velychko|first2=E.H.|date=4 February 2014|title=Александровское городское самоуправление в период революционных событий 1917 года (По документам Государственного архива Запорожской области)|trans-title=Oleksandrivsk city self-government during the revolutionary events of 1917 (According to the documents of the State Archive of the Zaporizhzhia region)|url=http://ssrk.zp.ua/art-43.html|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813064903/http://ssrk.zp.ua/art-43.html|archive-date=13 August 2016|website=Spilna Diya|access-date=22 November 2022}} |
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*{{cite book|last=Savchenko|first=Viktor|year=2006|chapter=Первая война большевиков против Украинской Народной Республики (декабрь 1917 — февраль 1918)|chapter-url=http://militera.lib.ru/h/savchenko_va/01.html|trans-chapter=The first war of the Bolsheviks against the Ukrainian People's Republic (December 1917 - February 1918)|title=Двенадцать войн за Украину|trans-title=Twelve wars for Ukraine|url=http://militera.lib.ru/h/savchenko_va/index.html|publisher=Folio|location=[[Kharkiv]]|isbn=9789660334564|oclc=266898877|language=ru|access-date=22 November 2022}} |
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*{{cite web|last=Shchur|first=Yuri|date=1 July 2015|title=Исторический опыт: Как воевали за Запорожье в 1917 году|trans-title=Historical experience: How they fought for Zaporizhzhia in 1917|url=http://timenews.in.ua/186387/istoricheskij-opy-t-kak-voevali-za-zaporozh-e-v-1917-godu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709165558/http://timenews.in.ua/186387/istoricheskij-opy-t-kak-voevali-za-zaporozh-e-v-1917-godu|archive-date=9 July 2015|language=ru|website=[[Vremya Novostei]]|access-date=22 November 2022}} |
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==External links== |
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*{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://leksika.com.ua/14690623/ure/oleksandrivske_povstannya_1917|title=Олександрівське Повстання 1917|trans-title=1917 Oleksandrivsk Uprising|encyclopedia=[[Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia]]|language=uk|access-date=22 November 2022}} |
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*[http://leksika.com.ua/14690623/ure/oleksandrivske_povstannya_1917 1917 Aleksandrovsk Uprising] at the [[Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia]] |
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The Oleksandrivsk Uprising (Ukrainian: Олександрівське Повстання) was an armed workers' rebellion that broke out against the Central Council of Ukraine in the city of Oleksandrivsk on 25 December [O.S. 12 December] 1917. Led by local Bolsheviks, detachments of the Red Guards and Black Sea Fleet managed to occupy much of the city for 3 days, but were defeated by the forces of the Ukrainian People's Army. Despite the initial UPA victory, on 2 January 1918 [O.S. 20 December 1917], the Red Guards returned to Oleksandrivsk and captured the city, establishing "soviet power".
Background
[edit]After the occupation of Kharkiv by the Bolsheviks, the Red Guards and sailors of the Black Sea Fleet were tasked with capturing Synelnykove and Oleksandrivsk, which were important railway junctions in the region. Facing reports that 8,000 heavily-armed Bolsheviks were advancing towards Synelnykove, with the aim of cutting off Ukraine from the Don Host, Symon Petliura ordered that the railway track in Oleksandrivsk be dismantled and the city's sailors be detained.[1]
On 12 December [O.S. 29 November] 1917, Petliura began transferring his troops of the Ukrainian People's Army (UPA) to eastern Ukraine, in order to maintain its connection with its allies in the Don Host. This alarmed local Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko, who desperately attempted to establish a defensive line through the region, marking the capture of Oleksandrivsk as a necessity to prevent the UPA from linking up with the Don Cossacks.[2] On 16 December [O.S. 3 December] 1917, the Red Guards captured Lozova and began advancing on Oleksandrivsk.[2]
By this time, a conflict between the local Bolsheviks and the Ukrainian authorities was already brewing in Oleksandrivsk, with 40 Free Cossacks, 13 UPA soldiers and a dozen officers facing off against 300 Red Guards. 250 Haydamaks of the 3rd Haydamatsky Kuren were sent from Katerynoslav to reinforce the city's garrison, with whom they captured a number of armored vehicles from the Bolsheviks of the 3rd Rear Auto Repair Shop.[1]
On 24 December [O.S. 11 December] 1917, the Bolsheviks captured Synelnykove and began preparations to attack Oleksandrivsk.[1]
Battle
[edit]On the evening of 25 December [O.S. 12 December] 1917, a detachment of sailors of the Black Sea Fleet (led by Aleksei Mokrousov) arrived from Crimea to assist the local Bolsheviks,[3] occupying the city's southern railway station.[4] The city's administration attempted to send delegates to negotiate with the sailors and convince them not to enter the city. But the sailors refused, moving into the city center, where the city's garrison fired on them, killing some and taking the rest as prisoner. After that, the parties exchanged terms for a peaceful settlement of the conflict, with the mayor of Oleksandrivsk acting as a mediator. But the terms proposed were untenable to both sides and fighting continued.[5]
By 26 December [O.S. 13 December] 1917, the Bolsheviks had occupied a large portion of Oleksandrivsk, having seized the post office and the power plant.[1] Despite pleas by the mayor for the Bolsheviks to leave the power plant, due to fears it would stop working and shut down the city's water and energy supply, fighting broke out there and it was shut down. The city council continued trying to broker a peace between the two sides, but was largely unsuccessful.[5]
At this time, the UPA units were largely held up in the Kateryninsky railway station and workshops, which the Bolsheviks themselves failed to capture, with five sailors being killed and the rest taken prisoner. The sailors attempted another offensive against the Kateryninsky workshops, but the UPA troops managed to hold their ground until the arrival of reinforcements from the 17th, 49th and 63rd regiments.[1]
Eventually, the Red Forces were completely surrounded.[1] The city government again attempted to mediate the conflict, aiming to organise ambulances for the wounded and restore the power plant.[5] It eventually negotiated the withdrawal of the sailors from the city[4] and the disarmament of the local Red Guards.[1] After three days of fighting, the uprising had finally been defeated by the combined forces of the UPA and the Cossacks.[2] As a result of the fighting, 13 Red Guards and 5 sailors were killed, while only 1 soldier of the UPA was killed.[1]
Aftermath
[edit]The city council reconvened the following week, on 2 January 1918 [O.S. 20 December 1917], and condemned the sailors' uprising. It brought together all of the city's democratic organisations, in an attempt to prevent another armed conflict from breaking out. It also decided to treat the wounded, bury the dead, and not prosecute the participants in the conflict.[5]
But the victory of the Ukrainian forces could not be consolidated.[1] On 2 January 1918 [O.S. 20 December 1917], Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko's Red Guards, together with anarchist Black Guards from Huliaipole, captured Oleksandrivsk with ease.[6] Some of the Haydamaks and Free Cossacks retreated over the Dnieper, while others remained in the city in order to prepare an anti-Bolshevik uprising.[1]
The Bolshevik occupation of the city brought with it a wave of political repression, as the new authorities outlawed the church and destroyed monuments to Taras Shevchenko.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Shchur 2015.
- ^ a b c Savchenko 2006.
- ^ Bondar & Velychko 2014; Savchenko 2006; Shchur 2015.
- ^ a b Bondar & Velychko 2014; Shchur 2015.
- ^ a b c d Bondar & Velychko 2014.
- ^ Savchenko 2006; Shchur 2015.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bondar, V.A.; Velychko, E.H. (4 February 2014). "Александровское городское самоуправление в период революционных событий 1917 года (По документам Государственного архива Запорожской области)" [Oleksandrivsk city self-government during the revolutionary events of 1917 (According to the documents of the State Archive of the Zaporizhzhia region)]. Spilna Diya (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- Savchenko, Viktor (2006). "Первая война большевиков против Украинской Народной Республики (декабрь 1917 — февраль 1918)" [The first war of the Bolsheviks against the Ukrainian People's Republic (December 1917 - February 1918)]. Двенадцать войн за Украину [Twelve wars for Ukraine] (in Russian). Kharkiv: Folio. ISBN 9789660334564. OCLC 266898877. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- Shchur, Yuri (1 July 2015). "Исторический опыт: Как воевали за Запорожье в 1917 году" [Historical experience: How they fought for Zaporizhzhia in 1917]. Vremya Novostei (in Russian). Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- "Олександрівське Повстання 1917" [1917 Oleksandrivsk Uprising]. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 November 2022.