Battle of Kruty
The Battle of Kruty (Ukrainian: Бій під Крутами, Biy pid Krutamy) took place on January 29 or 30, 1918 , near Kruty railway station (today the village of Pamiatne, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast), about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, which at the time was part of Nezhinsky Uyezd of Chernigov Governorate.
| Battle of Kruty | |||||||
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| Part of the Ukrainian–Soviet War | |||||||
Scheme of the Battle of Kruty. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ukrainian People's Republic | Soviet Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Averkiy Honcharenko |
Mikhail Muravyov Pavel Yegorov Reingold Berzin | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| The Kyiv Cadet auxiliary kurin and the company size element of Free Cossacks | Group of forces in battle with the counterrevolution in the South of Russia | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Total: 600 soldiers 500 students 2 armored trains ~100 cossacks |
Total: 6,000 soldiers 1,000 men (strike force) 2,000+ men (reserves) 2 armored trains artillery battery | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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less than 260 prisoners 36 (later 28 executed) | Heavy, about 300 | ||||||
| History of Ukraine |
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| Ukraine portal |
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