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Vyoshenskaya (Russian: Вёшенская, IPA: [ˈvʲɵʂɨnskəjə]), colloquially known as Vyoshki (Russian: Вёшки), [citation needed] is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Sholokhovsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia, located in the northern reaches of the Don River on its left bank.
The Vyoshenskaya Uprising (or Upper Don rebellion) (March 11 - June 8, 1919) was an uprising of the Don Cossacks during the Russian Civil War led by Pavel Kudinov against the Bolsheviks, which had occupied the Upper Don district in January–March 1919.
- March 11-June 8, 1919
- Insurgent victory
- Rostov Oblast around Vyoshenskaya
Vyoshenskaya. For all fans of the author Mikhail Sholokhov and his Nobel-prize winning novel 'And Quiet Flows the Don', the stanitsa (village) of Vyoshenskaya is an essential destination. Sholokhov was born, lived and died in the village and 'And Quiet Flows the Don' was set here.
Vyoshenskaya, colloquially known as Vyoshki, is a rural locality and the administrative center of Sholokhovsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia, located in the northern reaches of the Don River on its left bank.
The National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve (Russian: Музей Шолохова, tr. Muzyey Sholokhova) is a museum complex in Rostov oblast, Russia which commemorates the life and work of author Mikhail Sholokhov.
Vyoshenskaya Stanitsa, Russia. Vyoshenskaya (in vernacular Vyoshki) is a village in the north of the Rostov region, the administrative center and the largest settlement of the Sholokhovsky district and Vyoshensky rural settlement. Population - 9261 people (2010).
Mikhail Sholokhov was born in Vyoshenskaya, Russia. At the age of 13, he joined the Bolshevik side in the Russian Civil War. In 1922, he moved to Moscow to become a journalist. Two years later he returned to Vyoshenskaya and devoted himself entirely to writing.
