Shcherbatyuk V.

The struggle of Cherkasy peasants against the Bolsheviks in 1920

Abstract: The article, based on the latest research and archival materials, names the reasons for the emergence and defeat of the anti-Bolshevik peasant insurrectionary movement in Ukraine and, in particular in 1920, in the southern part of Kyiv province. The features of the insurrectionary movement development in the specified region, where the influence of the Free Cossacks on the peasantry was faster than in other regions, the local peasant units were subordinate to the insurrectionary committee of Kholodny Yart. The influence of the latter on the self-organization of the peasantry and the growth of armed resistance to the invaders is shown. The reasons for the defeat of the anti-Bolshevik peasant insurrectionary movement in the south of Kyiv region are pointed out. In particular, these are the spontaneous nature of the local units’ activities, the inability of the central Ukrainian power bodies to organize the revolutionary potential of the Ukrainian peasantry, strengthening of the repressive measures against the Ukrainian peasants, etc. Previously unknown leaders of the peasant insurgent movement were identified and their contribution to the fight against Bolshevik aggression was personified, the gaps in the study of the problem were outlined.

Keywords: peasants, the rebels, chieftains, anti-Bolsheviks’ movement, Kyiv region, Holodnyi Yar

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• Shcherbatyuk V. (National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, vytoki@ukr.net) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0952-3225

Cite:
Shcherbatyuk V. (2024). The struggle of Cherkasy peasants against the Bolsheviks in 1920. Local Lore Studies, ( 2) 54. (In Ukrainian). doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/kraieznavstvo2024.02.054

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