Battle of Volochayevka | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War | |||||||
The hill on which the battle took place. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
6,300 infantry |
3,850 infantry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
128 killed 800 wounded 200 frostbitten |
400 killed 700 wounded |
The Battle of Volochayevka was an important battle of the Far Eastern Front in the latter part of the Russian Civil War. It occurred on February 10 through 12, 1922, near Volochayevka station on the Amur Railway, on the outskirts of the city of Khabarovsk.
The People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic under Vasily Blyukher defeated units of the counterrevolutionary Far Eastern White Army led by Viktorin Molchanov.
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