🧵White terror in Estonia. Saaremaa and Muhu massacres.
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After the fall of the Estonian Labor Commune in early 1919, a large-scale workers' uprising began on the islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (Western Estonian Archipelago).
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After the fall of the Estonian Labor Commune in early 1919, a large-scale workers' uprising began on the islands of Saaremaa and Muhu (Western Estonian Archipelago).
The reason for it was the mobilization in the Estonian bourgeois army in preparation for their anti-Soviet intervention.
On February 16, 1919, the peasants of the village of Kuivastu sabotaged the nationalist mobilization efforts by killing the recruitment officer in charge.
On February 16, 1919, the peasants of the village of Kuivastu sabotaged the nationalist mobilization efforts by killing the recruitment officer in charge.
A peasant army was formed shortly after which had more than a thousand men and a command post. The main forces of the rebels besieged the city of Kuressaare, the county seat of Saaremaa, the last place on the islands where the Estonian bourgeoisie managed to retain power.
Unfortunately, the battle was lost...
On February 18-20, an Estonian nationalist "punitive detachment" (death squad) entered the islands. During the brutal suppression of the uprising, 300 people were killed or tortured, and another 100 were sentenced to hard labor or prisons.
On February 18-20, an Estonian nationalist "punitive detachment" (death squad) entered the islands. During the brutal suppression of the uprising, 300 people were killed or tortured, and another 100 were sentenced to hard labor or prisons.
This was one of many nationalist massacres and political cleansings that took place in the Baltics and Finland. The bourgeois nationalists, with help of German and British imperialists, brutally suppressed the communist movement.
The nationalists killed tens of thousands of men, women and children to retain power in the Baltic Region and use it as a springboard for the invasion of Soviet Russia.
The photo below shows Estonian peasants from the Upa village that were murdered by the nationalist death squad.
The photo below shows Estonian peasants from the Upa village that were murdered by the nationalist death squad.
Source: History of the Estonian SSR, Volume 3 (1974).
The white terror explains why the Baltics (+Finland) have such a strong reactionary character. The nationalist tyrants engaged in political cleansings and genocides in 1917-1920 and in 1941-1945.
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The white terror explains why the Baltics (+Finland) have such a strong reactionary character. The nationalist tyrants engaged in political cleansings and genocides in 1917-1920 and in 1941-1945.
More threads coming soon.
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