Ivan Sergeyevich Kolesnikov (1894-1921) - leader of a peasant uprising, Voronezh ally of the Antonovites , commander of the 3rd Partisan Army.
| Ivan Sergeevich Kolesnikov | |
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Old Kalitva , Rossoshansky district , Voronezh province , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | |
| A place of death | Voronezh province, RSFSR |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire →  RSFSR |
| Occupation | leader of the uprising |
Biography
Born in 1894 in the village of Staraya Kalitva, Ostrogozhsky district, Voronezh province. He fought during the First World War, rose to the rank of chief officer. In 1918-1919 he fought as part of the Red Army, in May 1919 he was an ordinary Red Army horse intelligence officer of the 107th (from August 1919 - 357th) infantry regiment of the 40th Bogucharsky Infantry Division. At the end of May of that year he was appointed platoon commander, then - commandant of the regiment headquarters, and in early January 1920 - commander of the 3rd battalion of the 357th rifle regiment. Only in the second half of 1919 Kolesnikov was wounded at least twice. Probably, after another wound, Kolesnikov took over as treasurer of his regiment on June 18, 1920, and at the end of the month went on a business trip to the division’s supply department. In the summer of 1920 he deserted [1] .
On November 5, 1920, he led a peasant uprising in the Voronezh province against surplus-appropriation and mobilization [1] , which began in his native village of Staraya Kalitva. Of the rebellious peasants he organized the Insurgent Division from two to six thousand soldiers (2-5 regiments), and up to 15 thousand rebels participated in especially large operations. The rebels were armed with 4-6 guns and 20-40 machine guns. In early December, near the village of Tverdokhlebovo, Soviet units completely defeated Kolesnikov’s division and he went to Starobelsk district, where he took part in the capture of Starobelsk and Svatovo along with the chieftain Kamenyuka. In January 1921, I. Kolesnikov’s detachment returned to the Voronezh province and knocked out the Reds from his native village. The uprising again engulfed the villages of Bogucharsky, Ostrogozhsky, Pavlovsky counties. In February, the Insurgent Division occupies Kalach, and then storms Novokhopyorsk, where they suffer significant losses. Realizing that the forces are unequal and the rebels will soon be defeated, the remaining forces of Kolesnikov (no more than 500 people) made their way north-east to Tambov. February 24, they joined the Antonovites, Kolesnikov became the commander of the 3rd Partisan (Horse-mobile) army and leads the joint operations of the Voronezh and Tambov rebels. March 22, 1921 near the village of Talitsky Chamlyk of the Tambov province, Kolesnikov’s detachment was defeated by the Reds.
Unrest in the Voronezh province did not stop, and Kolesnikov decided to return home. In April, his detachment occupied Old Kalitva, Upper and Lower Mamon. The rebels unsuccessfully try to capture Boguchar.
On April 28, 1921, Ivan Kolesnikov was killed in a battle by a shot in the back near the village of Derezovatoye, Voronezh Region.
According to another version, he died on May 12 in a battle in the Korotoyak area [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Savchenko, 2011 .
Literature
- Borisov D.A. Kolesnikovshchina. The anti-communist uprising of the Voronezh peasantry in 1920-1921 - M .: Sowing, 2012 .-- 210 p. - ISBN 978-5-85824-185-0 .
- Borisov D. A. Peasant commander Ivan Kolesnikov: his life and work // Bulletin of the Voronezh State University. Series: History. Political science. Sociology. - 2010. - No. 2. - P. 66—72.
- Savchenko V.A. Atamanschina. - Kharkov: Folіo, 2011 .-- 380 p.
- Landis EC Bandits and Partisans = Bandits and Partisans: The Antonov Movement in the Russian Civil War. - University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008 .-- P. 185-186. - 381 p. - (Series in Russian and East European studies). - ISBN 9780822971177 . - ISBN 0822971178 .