Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Grigori Sokolnikov

Battles of Grigori Sokolnikov

Soviet diplomat (1888–1939)

Grigori Sokolnikov is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1919 and 1920: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Russia (2), Ukraine (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 713 km apart end to end, 238 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Russian Civil War (4).

Voronezh–Kastornoye operationKharkiv OperationDonbass OperationRostov–Novocherkassk OperationVoronezh–Kastornoye operationKharkiv OperationDonbass OperationRostov–Novocherkassk OperationRostovDniproZaporizhzhyaMariupolKurskBelgorodSumyLuhanskPoltavaKremenchuk200 km49.551N, 38.165E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1919: 3 engagements3 in 19191920: 1 engagements19191920
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Voronezh–Kastornoye operation, 1919Kharkiv Operation, 1919Donbass Operation, 1919Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation, 192019191920
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1919Voronezh–Kastornoye operationVoronezh Governorate, RussiaDecisive Red victory; Soviet troops advanced up to 250...
12 December 1919Kharkiv OperationKharkiv Oblast, Ukraine280 km SWSoviet victory
1919Donbass OperationDonbas, Ukraine249 km SERed Army victory
1920Rostov–Novocherkassk OperationDon Host Oblast, Russia183 km ERed Army victory; White Army cut in two; Beginning of the...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.