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Kyiv Arsenal January Uprising

Name: Kyiv Arsenal January Uprising
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv Arsenal January Uprising was a battle fought in 1918 at Kyiv, in what is now Ukraine. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kyiv. It was part of the Ukrainian–Soviet War, which ran from 1917 to 1921. The recorded result: UPR victory; Bolshevik uprising suppressed; Start of the Battle of Kiev. Recorded strength: 2,000 against 2,200; 2 armoured cars.

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Fought1918

WhereKyiv, Ukraine50.450N, 30.524E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeUPR victory; Bolshevik uprising suppressed; Start of the Battle of Kiev

BelligerentsUkrainian People's Republic; Polish Military OrganisationagainstBolsheviks; Red Guards

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUp to 750 killed

Part ofUkrainian–Soviet War1917 to 1921

Where it sits in the Ukrainian–Soviet War

3 placed engagements of the Ukrainian–Soviet War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1918 (year precision)
Place	Kyiv, Ukraine 50.450N, 30.524E
Kind	Battle, First World War
Strength	2,000	2,200; 2 armoured cars
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Up to 750 killed
Commanders	Mykhailo Hrushevsky Central Rada Mykhailo Kovenko Symon Petliura Yevhen Konovalets Vsevolod Petriv	Revkom Syla Mishchenko Yan Gamarnik Mykola Kostyuk Oleksandr Horvits

Placed at Kyiv; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Kyiv 1240, same recorded site
Sack of Kyiv 1169, same recorded site
Siege of Kyiv AD 968, same recorded site
Siege of Kyiv 1658, same recorded site
Siege of Kyiv 1036, same recorded site

In the same war

Before: Battle of Kruty 17 January 1918
After: Trypillian Incident 1919
All 3 engagements of Ukrainian–Soviet War

Elsewhere in 1918

Kyiv Arsenal January Uprising 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 Q1575996, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Kiev Arsenal January Uprising, revision 1383482778, 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.