1929 Buryat Revolt | |||||||
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Part of Collectivization in the Soviet Union | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Soviet Union | Buryats | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Joseph Stalin Yakov Epstien | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Red Army | Buryat Rebels and Farmers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 35,000 Buryats killed[3][2] |
The 1929 Buryat Revolt was a poorly organized uprising within the Soviet Union, triggered by oppressive policies and discrimination against the Buryats, a Mongol ethnic group primarily adhering to Buddhism.
The revolt was initiated in response to Joseph Stalin's forced collectivization strategy, which sought to amalgamate individual landholdings into collective farms. However, the Soviet regime quickly quashed the revolt, resulting in approximately 10,000 deaths and prompting some Buryats to escape southward to Mongolia.
The failed uprising highlights the profound ethnic tensions and resistance to Soviet collectivization, leaving a lasting impact on the Buryat community and Soviet ethnic policies. [4]
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