Slutsk uprising

Slutsk uprising
Part of the Russian Civil War
and the Soviet-Polish War

The 1st Belarusian Partisan Detachment with its leader, Lukasz Siemenik, in the centre (1919)
DateNovember 27 to December 31, 1920
Location
Slutsk, Belarus, and surrounding villages
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Local Belarusian units
Commanders and leaders
Paval Zhauryd N/A
Strength
10,000 N/A

The Slutsk uprising (Belarusian: Слуцкае паўстанне, romanized: Sluckaje paŭstannie) or the Slutsk defence, or Slitsk military action (Belarusian: Слуцкі збройны чын, romanized: Slucki zbrojny čyn) was an unsuccessful armed attempt to establish an independent Belarus. It took place in late 1920, near the end of the Polish-Soviet War, in the region of the town of Slutsk. It involved a series of clashes between irregular Belarusian forces loyal to the Belarusian People's Republic and the Soviet Red Army, ending in a Soviet victory.

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