The Mutiny That Shook the Revolution: Tambov 1920-21

In the autumn of 1920, as the Russian Civil War was winding down, a new uprising erupted in the fertile black earth region of Tambov. Peasants who had fought for the Bolsheviks against the Whites now turned their rifles on their former allies. This episode explores the Tambov Rebellion — the largest peasant revolt against Soviet power — and the brutal campaign to crush it. We follow the charismatic peasant commander Alexander Antonov, the Red Army's use of chemical weapons and hostage-taking, and the terror that broke the back of the Green Army. Along the way, we discuss War Communism's grain requisitioning, the prodrazvyorstka policy, and how the revolt shaped Lenin's New Economic Policy. Lucas and Luna also touch on the little-known Cheka operation that used mobile execution squads and concentration camps to pacify the countryside. This is a story of desperation, betrayal, and the human cost of revolution.

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