Battle of Kruty
Course of the battle
| date | January 16 jul. / January 29, 1918 greg. or January 17th jul. / January 30, 1918 greg. |
|---|---|
| place | Kruty , Chernigov Governorate |
| output | Victory of the Bolsheviks |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| approx. 4000 | 300-500 |
| losses | |
|
about 300 |
about 150 |
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The Battle of Kruty ( Ukrainian Бій під Крутами ) was a battle at the beginning of the Ukrainian-Soviet War .
The five-hour battle took place on January 16, July. / January 29, 1918 greg. (other sources according to January 30) at the railway station of Kruty ( Крути ), a village near Nizhyn in the Chernigov governorate , 130 km northeast of Kiev between troops of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Red Army of Soviet Russia .
After the Ukrainian Central Rada delegation left for Kiev on January 20, 1918 during the peace negotiations in Brest-Litovsk and there proclaimed the independence of Ukraine, Bolshevik troops advanced from the left-Dneprian territories they had occupied .
A hastily organized small contingent of Ukrainians, consisting mostly of Kiev students and high school students as well as a few soldiers and free Cossacks, was sent to the front. It tried now under the command of Awerky Honcharenko in a bitter battle in which half of the Ukrainian soldiers were killed, to block the Soviet advance on the capital at Kruty.
consequences
The resistance of the Ukrainians delayed the Soviet capture of Kiev, so that Vsevolod Holubowytsch , the Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic, managed to make his way from Kiev to Brest-Litovsk and there on January 27th July. / February 9, 1918 greg. to conclude the peace of bread with the Central Powers . On the same day, Kiev was captured by Red Guards after further resistance from improvised Ukrainian units quickly collapsed.
27 of the Ukrainian prisoners were executed by the Soviets. After the Zentrala Rada returned to the Ukrainian capital, the fallen Ukrainians were brought to Kiev on March 19 and buried in the old necropolis near Askold's grave , where a memorial for the heroes of Kruty has now also been erected.
While the Battle of Kruty was taking place, workers at the Kiev arsenal plant began a revolt . This was preceded by a decision by the Kiev Bolsheviks to start a revolt in support of the Soviet troops as soon as Russian units advanced on Kiev, so that the Ukrainian military would be tied up there and could not intervene in the inner-city conflict.
The National Bank of Ukraine issued a 2 ₴ commemorative coin on the 80th anniversary of the battle in 1998 . In 2006, a memorial was erected on the site of the battle.
Web links
- The battle near Kruty: known and unknown sides ( memento of February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) istpravda article of January 29, 2014 (Ukrainian)
- The fight at Kruty - melting pot of the Ukrainian nation and military victory article on the 100th anniversary of the battle on ukraijna moloda from January 29, 2018 (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Kruty, Battle of, in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on May 12, 2016
- ↑ a b c Memorial day of the battle of Kruty in ukraweb ; accessed on May 12, 2016
- ↑ a b c d Ukraine commemorates heroes of the Kruty battle in Ukrainian radio on the Internet on January 29, 2016; accessed on May 12, 2016
- ^ Fights at Kruty: Known and Unknown Pages on Istpravda from January 29, 2014; accessed on January 30, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ^ 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kruty on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine; accessed on May 12, 2016
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 52 ″ N , 32 ° 9 ′ 33 ″ E