The Kronstadt mutiny of 1921 marked the end of the Russian revolutions of 1917 and destroyed the last chance of any effective resistance to the Bolshevik regime set up by Lenin. The fact that the most effective fighting force which had supported the Bolshevik revolution of November 1917 had turned against their former leaders was highly significant.
The Kronstadt sailors had become disillusioned with the Communists during the Civil War and finally decided to rise up in March 1921. They were led by Steven Petrichenko and believed that their insurrection would spark another revolution. The Red Army was able to put down the rebellion (although it suffered heavy casualties). The Kronstadt sailors who survived either escaped to Finland, were executed or sent to the gulag.
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