Capture of Kiev by the White Army

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Capture of Kiev by the White Army
Part of the Russian Civil War, the Ukrainian War of Independence and the Ukrainian–Soviet War
The troops of General Bredov entering Kiev at Sophia Square, 31 August 1919
Date 31 August [O.S. 18 August] 1919 Location Kiev, Ukraine Result White Army victory Territorial changes Kiev under control of Armed Forces of South Russia
Belligerents
Communists  Russian SFSR  Ukrainian SSR	Russian anticommunists South Russia	Ukrainians  Ukrainian People's Republic
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Semyonov [ru] Gavril Kutyrev	Nikolai Bredov [ru]	Antin Kravs Volodymyr Salsky
Units involved
Red Army 12th Army	Armed Forces of South Russia Kiev-Poltava Group	Ukrainian People's Army Zaporizhian Corps Ukrainian Galician Army 1st Corps 3rd Corps
Strength
Unknown	Up to 3,000 volunteers	Around 4,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown	3,000 wounded or captured

The Capture of Kiev by the White Army occurred on 31 August [O.S. 18 August] 1919 and was one of the three battles fought in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine in 1919 during the Russian Civil War, in which the White Army captured the city from the Red Army without a fight.

In the course of the military operation, troops of the Ukrainian People's Army entered Kiev simultaneously with the units of the White Army, but were defeated. In Ukrainian historiography, the event has the name of the Kyiv catastrophe (Київська катастрофа).^[1]