Kuban Offensive

Second Kuban Campaign
Part of the Russian Civil War
Volunteer Army infantry company
Date June 9 (New Style June 22) - November 1918 Location Kuban Result White victory Full results Destruction of the Caucasian Bolshevik army Whites invade the North Caucasus After the campaign, the Whites occupy Crimea and southern Ukraine Territorial changes White Army obtains control of the Kuban region
Belligerents
RSFSR	Volunteer Army
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Sorokin  Alexei Ivanovich Avtonomov	Anton Denikin Mikhail Drozdovsky Sergey Markov †
Units involved
Red Army	White Army
Strength
80,000–100,000 troops (in total) 100 artillery	8,000–9,000 troops 21 artillery (initially)
Casualties and losses
45,000 killed or wounded, almost all the equipment	5,000 killed or missing

The Kuban Offensive, also called the Second Kuban Campaign, was fought between the White and Red Armies during the Russian Civil War.^[1] The White Army achieved an important victory despite being numerically inferior in manpower and artillery. It resulted in the capture of Ekaterinodar and Novorossiysk in August 1918 and the conquest of the Western part of Kuban by the White armies. Later in 1918 they took Maykop, Armavir and Stavropol, and extended their authority over the entire Kuban Region.^[2]