Extracts from documents about the unrest of soldiers

In this article, we present the most interesting extracts from the documents.

"On February 7, 1883, the Provisional Military Court heard the case of the lower ranks of the 6th company of the Nikolayev Fortress Artillery... (24 surnames, first names, patronymics, ages and military ranks of active participants in the uprising should be listed). The aforementioned defendants were brought to military court by the chief of Artillery of the Odessa Military District on charges of outright rebellion, with the intention of violating the duty of service, of filing a complaint against the service in violation of the procedure established by law, and Marchuk and Mazur, moreover, of incitement to disobedience...

The court found it proven that some of the lower ranks of the 6th company of the Nikolayev Fortress Artillery, agreeing among themselves to demand from the authorities a change of their sergeant-major Strazin, on August 18, 1882, at the evening break, they told Sergeant-major Strazin about his abuses in the company and demanded that he send for the company commander; when the sergeant-major announced that this he would report the complaint to the company commander the next day in the morning, and ordered the bombardier on duty in the company, Shel, to order the company to the left, to pray, but they did not obey this command and, raising a fuss, shouted that they would not move until the company commander was called to them, repeating this refusal at the second order of the sergeant major.

When, after this, the sergeant-major called for the Remaining firecracker and ordered him to inform the company commander, Staff Captain Ordynsky, of what had happened, they began shouting for bombardier Marchuk to be sent, and although the sergeant-major announced that he was sending firecrackers, nevertheless the shouting resumed with the same demand, and Marchuk voluntarily left the room. At the front, he left with the Rest.

Upon the arrival of the company commander, Staff Captain Ordynsky, and then Staff Captain Voskresensky, who was taking over the 6th company from Staff Captain Ordynsky that day, when the aforementioned officers, after preliminary admonition from those lower ranks, indicated the responsibility they were legally subject to for refusing to obey their superiors, ordered Sergeant Major Strazin to order the company to the left, When they answered the prayer, they did not follow the command, but began shouting and demanding a change of sergeant major.

When Staff Captain Ordynsky, noticing gunner Mazur, who had shown more audacity than others at the front, shouted and insisted on changing the sergeant major, ordered bombardier on duty Schel to arrest Mazur and Schel approached Mazur to take him under arrest, the other lower ranks, coming out of the front, shouted: "arrest us all!".

After that, Staff Captain Ordynsky, shouting "to your places", left Gunner Mazur free, and the lower ranks went to the front, demanding again to replace the sergeant major, and when, following him, due to the sudden illness of Sergeant Major Strazin, the senior firework commander was appointed, they danced to the left, on command. Everyone performed the prayer as ordered... Best Ireland Online Casinos