Chapan rebellion

Chapan rebellion
Part of the Russian Civil War

Aleksey Dolinin, leader of the Chapan Rebellion
Date3 March – April 1919
Location
Samara Governorate and Simbirsk Governorate, Russian SFSR
Result Bolshevik victory
Belligerents

RSFSR

Rebel peasants
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Frunze Aleksey Dolinin
Strength
13,000 30,000 – 150,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown 10,000 deaths

The Chapan rebellion (Russian: Чапанная война, romanized: Chapannaya voyna, lit. 'Chapan War') was one of the largest peasant uprisings against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War from March to April 1919. Peasants in the Simbirsk Governorate and Samara Governorate formed Green armies that rebelled against the Bolsheviks due to forced requisitions and conscription. Rebels led by Aleksey Dolinin captured the city of Stavropol, killed Bolshevik officials, and gained control of most of the Stavropol-Syzran area. The main rebellion was defeated by the Red Army a week later and remnants were defeated by April.

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