Chapan rebellion

Chapan rebellion
Part of the Russian Civil War
Aleksey Dolinin [ru], leader of the Chapan uprising, commandant of insurgent Stavropol
Date 3 March[1] - April 1919[2] Location Samara and Simbirsk,  RSFSR[3] Result Bolshevik victory
Belligerents
RSFSR 4th Army Cheka	Rebel peasants
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Frunze	Aleksey Dolinin [ru]
Strength
13,000[4]	30,000[5] - 150,000[1][2]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	10,000 deaths[5]

The Chapan rebellion was one of the largest peasant uprising against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. Taking place in March-April 1919, the uprising covered the territory of Syzran, Sengileevsky, Karsunsky districts of Simbirsk and the Stavropol and Melekessky districts of Samara. It got its name from the clothes of the rebels: the chapan - a winter coat, made of sheepskin, a special robe belted with a sash, a popular clothing among the peasants of the region during cold weather. The uprising was brutally suppressed, and its participants, mostly peasants, were subjected to terror and mass repression.