Two separate events at the

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fortress of

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on Kotlin Island are known as the Kronstadt mutinies. The first took place on 8 November 1904, and was part of the 1904–1907 wave of political and social unrest of what became known as the 1905 Russian Revolution. The second was the

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uprising of

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n sailors, soldiers and workers against their officers in July 1917, which was put down by the

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. After this Lenin decided to agree to the Bolsheviks going into a more defensive status of operations for a time. This happened during the period of the Russian civil war. 1917–18 sailors in Kronstadt revolted against the whites and then were killed by the Red Army.

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