officer Shukur Bey, a Turkish officer Ismail Ali Afandi and Shamsaddin Afandi, brother of Hamdulla Afandi Afandizadeh, also led the uprising. Suppression of the uprising These uprising, which were dangerous for the Soviet regime, were seriously discussed at the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan on September 9, 1920. The plenum decided to send Aliheydar Garayev and Levan Gogoberidze to quell the Guba uprising, and to appoint Gazanfar Musabayov as the emergency commissioner of the Guba district. On September 11, 1920, the emergency commissioner of the district, Gazanfar Musabayov, appealed to the people of Guba. The appeal provided information about the uprising that took place in the district under the leadership of Hamdulla Efendi and Kachak Mail, as well as its suppression. To prevent the uprising from escalating, Musabayov announced an amnesty on behalf of the Soviet government to the rebels and called on the militants to surrender their weapons. He also announced that any new attempts to revolt against the Soviet government would be ruthlessly suppressed. Representatives of the Soviet government in Guba and the 11th Army also appealed to the people of Guba to collect weapons and prevent new uprisings. The appeal also called on the population not to believe the propaganda against the Bolshevik forces, not to join the local Beys and Khans who took a stance against the Soviet government, and to hand over their weapons to the authorities. The Guba uprising, in which 5,000 to 6,000 people took part, was brutally suppressed in September. 400 - 500 villagers were killed in operations led by Aliheydar Garayev and Levan Gogoberidze, who were sent to the region to quell the uprising. Some villages were set on fire by shelling. Hamdulla Efendi, the leader of one of the largest armed groups of the Guba rebels, which was hardly suppressed, retreated to the high mountain villages bordering Shamakhi. The rebelled villages ended under Bolshevik control. References See also Ganja Uprising Svaneti uprising of 1921 in Georgia. February Uprising 1921, in Armenia Tartar Uprising (1920) Anti-Bolshevik uprisings 1920 in Azerbaijan Conflicts in 1920 Mass murder in 1920 Azerbaijani resistance movement Rebellions in Azerbaijan