Battle of Kruty

Battle of Kruty
Part of the Ukrainian–Soviet War

Scheme of the Battle of Kruty.
DateJanuary 29[1] or 30,[2] 1918
Location
near Kruty, Ukraine 51°4′46.32″N 32°9′33.48″E / 51.0795333°N 32.1593000°E / 51.0795333; 32.1593000
Result

Strategic Ukrainian victory

Belligerents
Ukrainian People's Republic Soviet Russia
Commanders and leaders
Averkiy Honcharenko Mikhail Muravyov
Pavel Yegorov[2]
Reingold Berzin[2]
Units involved
The Kyiv Cadet auxiliary kurin and the company size element of Free Cossacks Group of forces in battle with the counterrevolution in the South of Russia
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]
prisoners 36[2] (later 28 executed[2])
Heavy, about 300[4]

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.

  1. ^ a b Battle of Kruty at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cite error: The named reference known_unknown was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Kruty, Battle of".
  4. ^ Михайло Михайлик: День 29 січня 1918 року. — Львів, 1932 (Ukrainian)

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