Battle of Kruty

Overview

The Battle of Kruty took place on January 29 or 30, 1918, near Kruty railway station, about 130 kilometres northeast of Kiev, Ukraine, which at the time was part of Nizhyn Povit of Chernihiv Governorate.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Battle of Kruty was fought near Kruty railway station, approximately 130 kilometres northeast of Kyiv, in what was then Nizhyn Povit of Chernihiv Governorate. The Ukrainian force, commanded by Averkii Honcharenko, suffered around 300 casualties against a Soviet Russian force estimated at 3,000 to 4,000 troops under Muravyov, Yegorov, and Bērziņš. The engagement took place at a moment when the newly declared Ukrainian People's Republic was struggling to defend its territory during the opening phase of the Russian Civil War, and the disparity in force sizes points to the severe disadvantage under which Ukrainian defenders operated. The battle has since carried symbolic weight in Ukrainian national memory as an instance of resistance against overwhelming Soviet pressure on the republic's northeastern approaches to Kyiv.

Forces & casualties

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