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The **Tambov Rebellion** was a [peasant
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uprising](Peasants#List_of_Peasant_Revolts "wikilink") against the
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Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War.
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## Defeat
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The Bolsheviks employed the use of armoured trains, heavy artillery,
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poison gas and the mass execution of civilians. Around 240,000 civilians
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had been killed by 1921 and 50,000 were placed in [concentration
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camps](Concentration_Camp "wikilink").
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## References
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