Shoorcha rebellion (Akram rebellion, 1842, , ) — uprising against feudal relations Mari, Tatar, Chuvash peasants to protect their property rights in the 19th century.

History

This rebellion was the result of forced administration on social tillage plots of land allotment. This was a clear diminution of the rights of non-Russian peasants. The uprising swept Kozmodemyansk, Sviazhsk, Spassk, Tsivilsk, Cheboksary, Yadrin uyezds of Kazan Governorate and Buinsky Uyezd of Simbirsk Governorate. Attended by 12 thousand people. During the uprising, there were clashes with government troops near the village Mognyal and Akram of Kazan Governorate. It was brutally suppressed.

Shoorcha rebellion

Memory

Writer Hveder Uyar described Akram uprising in his novel "Teneta"

Shoorcha rebellion

Painter AM Tagaev-Surban depicted in his work Akram uprising.

Shoorcha rebellion

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Памятник участникам Акрамовского восстания. Шурча вăрçине хутшăннă паттăрсене асăнчĕç

1842 in the Russian Empire

Rebellions in Russia

Conflicts in 1842

19th-century rebellions

Kazan Governorate

Simbirsk Governorate