February Uprising

Part of Sovietization of Armenia

A New York Times article headline from March 17, 1921

Date

February – April 1921

Location

Armenia

Result

Uprising quelled

Power temporarily seized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Establishment of the Republic of Mountainous Armenia in Zangezur

Belligerents

Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Supported by:

Armenian refugees from Western Armenia

Revolutionary committee (Revkom) of Armenia
Supported by:

Units involved

Salvation Committee of the Fatherland

11th Red Army

Strength

~10,000 (April)

unknown

Casualties and losses

unknown

200 (in mid-April, Soviet claim)

Uprising quelled

Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Supported by:

Revolutionary committee (Revkom) of Armenia
Supported by:

The February Uprising (classical Armenian: Փետրուարեան ապստամբութիւն, reformed: Փետրվարյան ապստամբություն, P'etrvaryan apstambut'yun) was an anti-Bolshevik rebellion by the nationalist Armenian Revolutionary Federation which started on February 13 and was suppressed on April 2, 1921 by the recapture of Yerevan by Bolshevik forces.

After the Republic of Armenia was Sovietized in December 1920 about 1,000 Armenian officers were arrested by the new Bolshevik authorities, including generals Tovmas Nazarbekian and Movses Silikyan. They were forced to walk from Yerevan to Alaverdi by foot (about 160 kilometers) and some of them were killed on the road. These officers were subsequently sent to jails in Baku and Russia. In February 1921, many heroes of the Battle of Sardarabad were shot, including Daniel Bek-Pirumyan, while his brother Poghos Bek-Pirumyan committed suicide after being tortured. Pro-ARF intellectuals were also harassed. Wheat was taken away from villagers without any compensation.

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