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January 24, 1919
The policy was established by a secret resolution of the Bolshevik Party, which ordered local branches to "carry out mass terror against wealthy Cossack's, exterminating all of them; carry out merciless mass terror against any and all Cossack's taking part in any way, directly or indirectly, in the struggle against Soviet power". -
neutralization of Cossacks
On 7 February the Southern Front issued its own instructions on how the resolution was to be applied: "The main duty of stanitsa and khutor executive committees is to neutralize the Cossackary through the merciless extirpation of its elite. -
Cossack mass execution
In mid-March 1919 alone, Cheka forces executed more than 8,000 Cossacks. -
Forcing out the "Red Army"
The Don region was required by the Soviets to make a grain contribution equal to the total annual production of the area. Almost all Cossacks joined the Green Army or other rebel forces. Together with Baron Wrangel's troops, they forced the Red Army out of the region in August 1920. After the retaking of the Crimea by Red Army,