Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Fabrairun 1921, yajin aiki ya barke a Petrograd lokacin da ma'aikata suka fita kan tituna suna neman ingantaccen abincin abinci da ƙarin ikon ƙungiyar. Rikicin ya bazu zuwa garin Kronstadt, inda rundunar jiragen ruwa na Baltic ke tsaye. Ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na tallafawa ma'aikatan Petrograd da ke yajin aiki; Lenin da Trotsky sun ayyana su da laifin tayar da kayar baya kuma sun ba da umarnin martani na soja. Berkman da Goldman sun yi ƙoƙarin yin sulhu ba tare da nasara ba. A cikin
A sakamakon wannan rikici, an kashe dubban ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da ma'aikata.