Cossacks in regions including Terek, the Don, and the Volga rose up against the Communists between the Russian Revolution and the German invasion.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sources support Cossack uprisings against the Bolsheviks in the Terek and Don regions in 1918, but none mention a Volga uprising, and the claim that they rose up consistently right up to the German invasion is not supported. One source says Cossacks were defeated and persecuted in the 1920s and 1930s, which cuts against sustained revolt through 1941.
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… So, um, uh, that's, that was the last major uprising and the destruction of anything approaching Cossack independence, and it wasn't until the Russian Revolution, so called the Russian Civil War, that the Cossacks again showed themselves in spaces like, you know, Terek, on the Don, even on the Volga, uh, rose up against the Communists, uh, and consistently did so right up until the German invasion. Well, that's fantastic. Yeah, I want to follow this up with another episode where we can pick up there and go forward and come into the modern day. That would be great. …
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Contradicts. A source states that during the 1920s and 1930s the Cossacks were defeated by the Bolsheviks, persecuted, and deprived of their land and liberties, which does not fit the claim of consistent uprisings up to the 1941 German invasion.[1]
Supports. The Terek Cossacks' 1918 Terek Uprising (June–August 1918) against the Bolsheviks is documented in a peer-reviewed article on Vdovenko's memoirs.[2][3]
Supports. Cossack uprisings against Soviet power broke out in a number of Don stanitsas from late March 1918, and the rebels overthrew Soviet power in Novocherkassk.[4]
Context. No source addresses a Cossack uprising on the Volga, so that element of the claim is not corroborated.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Context. The sources date the Don Civil War to November 1917 through spring 1920, and the German-era Cossack collaboration appears only in a 1942 context, so continuity through 1941 is not documented.[1][4]
Sources
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- 1RUSSIAN COSSACKSworldtreasures.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2THE TEREK COSSACKS’ STRUGGLE AGAINST THE BOLSHEVIKS IN THE SUMMER-AUTUMN OF 1918 THROUGH THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL G.A. VDOVENKOcaucasushistory.ru · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3[PDF] Научная статья УДК 94«1918» DOI: 10.31143/2542-212X-2024-3 ...bakhtiniada.ru · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Civil War on the Don - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Russian Civil War Politiesworldstatesmen.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Decossackization - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopediasen-academic.com · not rated · cited for: context
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