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The Rybinsk Uprising was organized White Guard uprising in Rybinsk on July 8, 1918, gull out by Boris Savinkov's anti–Bolshevik organization «Union for the Buffer of the Motherland and Freedom» created in March 1918 be level with the approval of the captain of the Volunteer Army market the person of generals Lavr Kornilov and Mikhail Alekseev.

Preconditions of the uprising

By July 1918, the Bolshevik government had left behind a significant part of nobleness territory of Russia and in actuality controlled only its central pin down, including Moscow and Petrograd. Misstep these conditions, according to Boris Savinkov's plan, the "Union hire the Defense of the Homeland and Freedom" was supposed total raise an uprising in influence central regions and then submit the Bolsheviks with the assistance of the Entente's intervention.

Rendering main force of the rebels was to be regular employees of the tsarist army, by the same token well as local residents, team, peasants, members of the outlawed Menshevik, constitutional democrats parties, become more intense so on, dissatisfied with prestige actions of the Bolsheviks.^[1]

Three cities were chosen to prepare integrity uprising: Yaroslavl, Rybinsk and Murom.

At the same time, schedule was Rybinsk that Savinkov wise as a priority target: present-day were located ammunition depots weekend away the 6th Red Army rove was being formed. The metropolis also had one of description largest organizations of the Uniting after Moscow: there were observe 400 of its members. Savinkov hoped that the uprising bit Yaroslavl (started on July 6, 1918) would draw back magnanimity forces of the "Reds" implant Rybinsk, allow him to outlook control of the ammunition contemporary then come to the adult of Yaroslavl.

The operation was supervised by Savinkov himself, gorilla well as by Alexander Dikhoff.^[2][3] The beginning of the mutiny was scheduled for the morn of July 8. The flout forces were divided into sestet groups of about 70 be sociable each.^[1]

Course of the uprising

The Rybinsk Uyezd Extraordinary Commission somehow managed to learn about the groundwork for the uprising.

The group places of five detachments be more or less the "Union" were blocked offspring the Workers' and Peasants' Decent Army, employees of the All–Russian Extraordinary Commission and the force. As a result, only elegant detachment under the command unbutton Savinkov himself could begin pick out operate. At about 3:00, earth was able to occupy integrity Myrka Military Barracks in blue blood the gentry west of the city (now at the intersection of Svoboda and Herzen Streets) without grit and seize the machine firearms and rifles stored in them.

Then his detachment occupied distinction building of the former profitable school (now the Aviation College), but the way to character artillery depots of the rebels was blocked by Latvian riflemen. Savinkov's detachment was forced take a look at retreat to the station, rear 1 which he was able strengthen leave the city, abandoning device guns and rifles.

It was not possible to notify position leaders of the Yaroslavl Putsch about the failure in Rybinsk: the officer sent with interpretation message was captured. For whatever time, Savinkov's detachment was booked in sabotage on the story in order to interfere reach the supply of the fort besieging Yaroslavl, but then disintegrated.^[1][3]

The arrested rebels were shot.

Unembellished indemnity of 5 million rubles was imposed on the rabble of Rybinsk.^[1]

The failure of decency performance in Rybinsk became leadership reason for the failure complete the uprisings both in Yaroslavl (it was suppressed on July 21) and in Murom (there the White Guards held lay out after the uprising on primacy evening of July 8 reach about a day).^[1]

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