The Arsk Uprising was a Tatar

Volga Tatars

The Volga Tatars are the largest subgroup of the Tatars, native to the Volga region.They account for roughly six out of seven million Tatars worldwide....

 peasant

Peasant

A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally tend to be poor and homeless-Etymology:The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside, ultimately from the Latin pagus, or outlying administrative district.- Position in society :Peasants typically...

 rebellion against the Soviet power in Kazan, Layesh

Laishevo

Laishevo is a town and the administrative center of Laishevsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the shore of Kuybyshev Reservoir, southeast of Kazan. Population: Laishevo was re-granted town status in 2004....

, Mamadysh

Mamadysh

Mamadysh is a town and the administrative center of Mamadyshsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River , east of Kazan. Population:...

 uyezd

Uyezd

Uyezd or uezd was an administrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR which was in use from the 13th century. Uyezds for most of the history in Russia were a secondary-level of administrative division...

s of Kazan Governorate

Kazan Governorate

The Kazan Governorate or Government of Kazan was a governorate of Imperial Russia from 1708–1920, with the city of Kazan as its capital.-History:...

. It started on October 25, 1918 as a result of prodrazvyorstka

Prodrazvyorstka

Prodrazvyorstka , translated as food apportionment or surplus appropriation system, was a governmental program in Russia which obliged peasantry to surrender the surpluses of almost any kind of agricultural produce for a fixed price...

 policy. On November 10 rebels took the town of Arsk

Arsk

Arsk is a town and the administrative center of Arsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the banks of the Kazanka River, from Kazan, the republic's capital. Arsk is also a station on the Kazan-Agryz railroad. Population:...

. Red guards with cannons were sent to suppress the rebellion. On November 15 the rebellion was totally smashed, 31 rebels were killed, 11 wounded. The participants of the rebellion repaid a contribution to the Soviet power.