Kronstadt 1921: The Sailors' Revolt That Shook Bolshevik Power

In March 1921, the sailors of the Kronstadt naval fortress — once hailed as the vanguard of the Revolution — rose up against the Bolsheviks they had helped bring to power. This episode explores why the Kronstadt rebels, led by Stepan Petrichenko and the Provisional Revolutionary Committee, demanded free elections, an end to forced grain requisitions, and the restoration of civil liberties. Lucas and Luna walk through the frozen Gulf of Finland, the assault led by Mikhail Tukhachevsky, the brutal suppression by the Red Army, and the aftermath that saw thousands executed or sent to concentration camps. They discuss the political legacy of the revolt, including Lenin's tactical New Economic Policy announced just days later, and how Kronstadt became a symbol of resistance within the left. Featuring key figures like Trotsky, who ordered the attack, and the anarchist sailor Anatoly Lamanov. The episode examines whether Kronstadt was a genuine workers' uprising or a counterrevolutionary plot, and why the event remains a sensitive fault line in Russian revolutionary history.

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