Battle of Kruty | |||||||
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Part of the Ukrainian–Soviet War | |||||||
![]() Scheme of the Battle of Kruty. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Averkiy Honcharenko Simon Petliura |
Mikhail Muravyov Pavel Yegorov[2] Reingold Berzin[2] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Total: 600 soldiers 500 students 2 armored trains[2] ~100 cossacks |
Total: 6,000 soldiers 1,000 men (strike force)[2] 2,000+ men (reserves)[2] 2 armored trains[2] artillery battery | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Less than 260[2] 36 prisoners [2] (28 later executed[2]) | Heavy, about 300[4] |
History of Ukraine |
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The Battle of Kruty (Ukrainian: Бій під Крутами, Biy pid Krutamy) took place on January 29[1] or 30,[2] 1918, [2] near Kruty railway station (today the village of Pamiatne, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast), about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, which at the time was part of Nezhinsky Uyezd of Chernigov Governorate.
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