Yaroslavl became the first city in the history of Russia that was almost completely destroyed by aviation. The video presents horrifying footage of the aftermath of the suppression of the Yaroslavl uprising.

On July 6, 1918, an uprising known as the Yaroslavl rebellion began in Yaroslavl, organized by the White Guards and members of Savinkov's organization. It was suppressed by the forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and Bolshevik mercenaries, including Chinese and Austro-Hungarians.

Evgeny Solovyov, a Yaroslavl historian and author of the book "Executed Yaroslavl," emphasizes that his goal was to present a panorama of events without ideological evaluations, so that readers could draw their own conclusions about the consequences of deep societal disagreements.

During the uprising, over 200 communists and Soviet workers were arrested. The chairman of the regional executive committee, S. M. Nakhimson, and the chairman of the city council, D. S. Zakgeym, were killed. Several dozen workers were interned on the "Barge of Death" on the Volga. On the 13th day, the barge was able to weigh anchor and reached the Red Army troops, with 109 people remaining on board.

The suppression of the uprising was brutal: artillery fire was conducted from Tugova Mountain, the city was shelled by artillery and armored trains, and bombed from airplanes. The Demidov Lyceum was destroyed. According to the headquarters, over 12 poods of dynamite bombs were dropped during two flights, causing severe damage and fires.

As a result of the fighting and suppression of the uprising, about a thousand people died, according to other sources, 6,000. There are records of 265 innocently killed and 111 executed rebels.

The Yaroslavl uprising is described in literature, including Robert Shtilmark's novella "Volga Blizzard," Alexei Tolstoy's novel "Walking Through Torments," and N. Chukovsky's novel "Yaroslavl."

The photos feature: Yan Lenzman and Alexander Perkhurov, who led the suppression and headed the uprising respectively, both executed by the Bolsheviks; the Church of the Savior on the City and the current Military Hospital; the church and the Main Post Office after the uprising; the memorial Cross of Remembrance "Victims of the Bloody Events in the Summer of 1918" at the Kazan Women's Monastery.