An island in the Gulf of Finland
Workers and sailors in the Russian naval town and fortress of Kronstadt, in the Gulf of Finland close to what is now St Petersburg, rebelled against the new Bolshevik leadership of their own government. The people of Kronstadt had been early supporters and practitioners of soviet power and principles, but in 1921 went on a near general strike. The sailors then supported the strike and sent demands which included free elections to the soviets, freedom of speech, press, assembly and organisation to workers, peasants, anarchists and left-socialists, the equalisation of wages and the end of roadblock detachments restricting travel and the ability of workers to bring food into the city. The new leadership sent in the army.
