Suppression of the November Uprising (1830–1831)

The Russian Empire's regular army suppresses a national liberation uprising: the insurgent detachments in Volhynia, the Zhytomyr region, Podillia, and the Kyiv region "were routed by the tsarist troops in April–May 1831," after which "the tsarist government resorted to brutal repressions against the participants of the uprising"[1]. The era of tightening the screws on the Right Bank begins.

ID: C0057
Start:  January 1830
End:  December 1831
Contributors: decolonial.ist project
Version: 1.1
Created: 25 April 2026
Last Modified: 31 July 2026

Actors

ID Name Procedures
G0009 Russian Empire 2

Instruments Applied

ID Name Procedures
S0010 Regular Army 2

Procedures Carried Out


January 1830
T0019 Military Intervention
C0057 Suppression of the November Uprising (1830–1831)
G0009 Russian Empire
S0010 Regular Army

The deployment of troops to forcibly suppress the liberation movement: the detachments created by the insurgents "were routed by the tsarist troops in April–May 1831"[1].

January 1830
T0077 Punitive Expeditions
C0057 Suppression of the November Uprising (1830–1831)
G0009 Russian Empire
S0010 Regular Army

Reprisals against the insurgents to preserve imperial control: "The tsarist government resorted to brutal repressions against the participants of the uprising, abolished the constitution of the Kingdom of Poland and, simultaneously, most attributes of the Polish lands' autonomy… introduced martial law (which lasted a quarter of a century)"[1].

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