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Kharkiv Operation

Kharkiv Operation was a battle fought on 12 December 1919 at Kharkiv Oblast, in what is now Ukraine. It was part of the Russian Civil War, which ran from 1917 to 1922. The recorded result: Soviet victory.

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Fought12 December 1919
WhereKharkiv Oblast, Ukraine49.992N, 36.231E
OutcomeSoviet victory
BelligerentsSouth Russia; Don RepublicagainstRussian SFSR; Ukrainian SSR
Part ofRussian Civil War1917 to 1922

Where it sits in the Russian Civil War

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

Record

Date12 December 1919
PlaceKharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
49.992N, 36.231E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength47,000 infantry; 23,000 cavalry; 227 artillery cannons; 1,600 machine guns58,000 infantry; 13,000 cavalry; 455 artillery cannons; 1,660 machine guns
Commanders
  • Anton Denikin
  • Vladimir May-Mayevsky
  • Sergei Ulagay
  • Konstantin Mamontov
Kharkiv OperationKharkiv OperationFirst Battle of KharkovThird Battle of KharkovSecond Battle of KharkovBattle of ProkhorovkaBattle of PoltavaFirst Battle of KharkovSecond Battle of KharkovBattle of ProkhorovkaBattle of PoltavaBelgorodSumyLysychanskKupyanskAlekseyevkaValuykiShebekino100 km49.992N, 36.231E
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Kharkiv Operation is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 301 in present-day Ukraine.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4496258, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Kharkiv Operation (December 1919), revision 1370625697, 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.