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The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.

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Kronstadt rebellion

1921 anti-Bolshevik revolt in Russia

The Kronstadt rebellion was a 1921 insurrection of Soviet sailors, naval infantry, and civilians against the Bolshevik government in the Russian port city of Kronstadt. Located on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland, Kronstadt defended the former capital city, Petrograd, as the…
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Red Army

Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars to oppose the military…
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March 18

Day of the year

March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 288 days remain until the end of the year.
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