Buryat revolt
Buryat revolt against the Soviet Union in 1929
The Buryat revolt was a poorly organized uprising within the Soviet Union, triggered by oppressive policies and discrimination against the Buryats, a Mongolic 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, killing approximately 35,000 people with another 10,000 later killed in political purges. Some Buryats escaped 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.
History
In 1928, the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin implemented a forced policy of collectivization across the Soviet Union. The policy aimed to integrate individual landholdings and labor into collectively-controlled and state-controlled farms. Collectivization angered the largely agricultural Buryats.
Prior to the implementation of the collectivization policies, the Buryats, a Mongolic ethnic group, already faced discrimination from Soviet authorities. Buryats mainly adhere to the Buddhist religion, which was persecuted by Soviet authorities from 1925 onwards in the form of closing down monasteries and exiling Lamas.
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