Talk:August Uprising

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Hi

So what kind of information are you all looking for when it comes to Russian History?

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Bela Kun?

Does anyone have access to the French-language source that cites a role by Bela Kun in the suppression of this uprising? He is mentioned nowhere further in this article, nor is his role in this incident noted in the main "Bela Kun" article. So either his role was unimportant, and his name should be removed; or it was important, and should be expanded, both here and in the "Bela Kun" article.

For now, I will assume the former, and remove his name.

Besides, how likely can it be? The Bolsheviks triumphed here, while otherwise Kun has a perfect record for screwing up anything he touched! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doprendek (talk • contribs) 19:06, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rewriting of history

This article amounts to gross rewriting of history, characteristic of the nationalist agitation that came with the post-1991 regimes in the Soviet Union. This subject has already been thoroughly analyzed by Russian scholars during the 1970s, most notably in Trifonov's article "The Smashing of the Menshevik-Kulak Revolt in Georgia in 1924" in the Voprosy istorii scholarly journal.

To start, contrary to what this article states, the anti-Soviet revolt in 1924 did not involve large numbers of casualties or even participants, as it lasted for only a few days. Trifonov's scholarly article describes clashes in the town of Ozurgety: "On August 29 the rebels laid siege to the town of Ozurgety. Their detachment, numbering some 200, took the station of Suspa...The rebels plundered cooperatives, requistitioned horses and provisions from the peasants, and drafted the population by force into their detachments."

Concerning repression, the Soviet authorities limited themselves to executing a handful of the ringleaders of the revolt, while permitting the rank-and-file participants to return safely to their homes.