Battle of Volochayevka

Battle of Volochayevka
	Part of the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War
	; The hill on which the battle took place.
Date	5–14 February 1922
Location	Volochayevka-1 (now Jewish Autonomous Oblast), Russia
Result	Red victory, retaking of Khabarovsk.
Belligerents
Far Eastern Republic	White movement
Commanders and leaders
Vasily Blyukher	Viktorin Molchanov
Strength
6,300 infantry; 1,300 cavalry; 300 machine guns; 30 field guns; 2 Renault FT light tanks; 3 armored trains	3,850 infantry; 1,100 cavalry; 63 machine guns; 13 field guns; 3 armored trains
Casualties and losses
128 killed 800 wounded 200 frostbitten	400 killed 700 wounded

The Battle of Volochayevka was an important battle of the Far Eastern Front in the latter part of the Russian Civil War. It occurred on February 10 through 12, 1922, near Volochayevka station on the Amur Railway, on the outskirts of the city of Khabarovsk.

The People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic under Vasily Blyukher defeated units of the counterrevolutionary Far Eastern White Army led by Viktorin Molchanov.

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