battle, interwar and Second World War

Enzeli Operation

Name: Enzeli Operation
Start: 1920-05-18
Location: Bandar-e Anzali, Iran

Enzeli Operation was a battle fought on 18 May 1920 at Bandar-e Anzali, in what is now Iran. It was part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War. The recorded result: Soviet victory; Eventual establishment of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic; Decline of British influence in Persia.

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Fought18 May 1920

WhereBandar-e Anzali, Iran37.467N, 49.467E

OutcomeSoviet victory; Eventual establishment of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic; Decline of British influence in Persia

BelligerentsUnited Kingdom; White RussiaagainstRussian SFSR; Persian Jangalis

Casualties and losses2 dead; 5 wounded; Garrison and fleet in harbour surrenderandNone

Part ofSouthern Front of the Russian Civil War

Where it sits in the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War

3 placed engagements of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	18 May 1920
Place	Bandar-e Anzali, Iran 37.467N, 49.467E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	10 auxiliary cruisers; other auxiliary ships; 6 seaplanes; 500 soldiers	4 auxiliary cruisers; 4 destroyers; 1 transport; minor ships; 2,000 naval troops
Casualties and losses	2 dead; 5 wounded; Garrison and fleet in harbour surrender	None
Commanders	Hugh Bateman-Champain	Fedor Raskolnikov

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Alamut 1256, 150 km SE
Battle of Robat Karim 1915, 260 km SE
Battle of Ray AD 811, 273 km SE
Battle of Aslanduz 1812, 284 km NW
Safavid capture of Tabriz 1603, 286 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Goyty 1919
All 3 engagements of Southern Front of the Russian Civil War

Elsewhere in 1920

Enzeli Operation is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 157 in present-day Iran.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4531990, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Anzali Operation, revision 1376058639, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.