Ekaterinoslav Bolshevik uprising
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Battle for Katerynoslav | |||||||
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Part of Soviet – Ukrainian War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Central Council |
Revkom | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mykola Porsh Dmytro Abrynba † |
Vasiliy Averin Pavel Yegorov | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
134th Feodosiya Regiment Free Cossacks KurinVolunteer Haidamaka Kurin |
Bryanka factory Red Guards Orlyk Serdiuk Regiment 1st Moscow Revolutionary | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,500 | 3,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | 21 dead, several dozen wounded |
The 1918 Ekaterinoslav uprising (
The Bolsheviks lost control of the city when on April 5, 1918 the
Series of events
One important part in the uprising was the bolshevization of the Ekaterinoslav Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies (November 1917) as well as the creation of a military revolutionary headquarters headed by Vasiliy Averin. The Bolsheviks managed to form a company of 3,000 Red Guards, conducted revolutionary agitation among the city garrison soldiers, and developed and approved uprising plans with the headquarters of the invading Russian Red Forces. By that time Kharkiv was taken over on December 25, 1917 by Russian troops led by Khovrin and Sivers who arrived to Kharkiv at night on December 22. Soon after the First All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets in Kharkiv on December 25, the Russian expeditionary group split with Antonov and continued on to Don, while his chief of staff Muravyov took charge with military operations in Ukraine.
On 1 January 1918 Yegorov's troops took
On 11 January 1918 the city post office, which was the last resort of the anti-Bolsheviks forces, was taken by force. On the same day the
Aftermath
The Bolsheviks were able to keep the city under their control until 4 April 1918.
Ekaterinoslav ultimately came under the control of the Bolsheviks on 30 December 1919.[5]
See also
- Group of forces in fight with counter revolution in the South Russia
References
- ^ Dnipropetrovskcity portal (2001)
- ^ Battle in Katerynoslav, 1917
- ^ Tynchenko, Ya. Conflict between the Central Council and the Soviet People's Commissariat. First Ukrainian-Bolshevik War (December 1917 - March 1918). Kyiv: "Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies", 1996.
- ^ "Historical reference". Dnipropetrovsk Oblast official website (in Ukrainian). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ I. S. Storazhenko (2001). "The city of Katerinoslav in 1917-1920". gorod.dp.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
External links
- Katerynoslav Armed Uprising 1917. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia.
- City of Katerynoslav in 1917-20. Dnipropetrovsk city portal
- Battle in Katerynoslav, 1917.
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as part of the Ukrainian SSR. The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (electronic version). Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969