West Siberian Uprising of 1921: Oblivion, Study, Memorialization
https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2021-20-8-113-123
Abstract
The article is dedicated to commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1921 West Siberian rebellion. It cut off Siberia, which was the main source of supplying food to Western Russia, from the European part of the country for almost three weeks. As a result, in late February – early March 1921, Soviet authorities found themselves on the brink of an abyss. In the Soviet period, this event was characterized as a major counter-revolutionary peasant rebellion, led by the underground Siberian Peasant Union, established by the Social Revolutionaries. This interpretation of the uprising contributed to its one-sided and, therefore, rather rapid oblivion and disappearance from public consciousness. The article highlights the names of the scholars who played a major role in debunking the Soviet myths about the West Siberian rebellion. Modern researchers have proved that the West Siberian uprising was predominantly spontaneous and was triggered by a combination of reasons caused by politics and the activities of the Soviet authorities. It was anticommunist in nature and its main demand was the restoration of true Soviet power but without the communists. At the same time, nowadays a partial shift in terminology, as well as in public consciousness, related to the awareness of the nature and essence of the uprising, becomes more noticeable. The article traces the first signs of recognition of the importance that has been given not only to the tragic end of the West Siberian rebellion but also to its heroic beginning. This was evidenced by the appearance in several settlements of new memorials of the uprising.
About the Author
V. I. Shishkin
Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir I. Shishkin, Doctor of Sciences (History)
Scopus 57189424846
WoS H-5627-2016
Novosibirsk
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Shishkin V.I. West Siberian Uprising of 1921: Oblivion, Study, Memorialization. Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology. 2021;20(8):113-123. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2021-20-8-113-123
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