Ekaterinoslav Bolshevik uprising
The 1918 Ekaterinoslav uprising (Ukrainian: Катеринославське збройне повстання) was a Bolshevik-led uprising in Ekaterinoslav (modern Dnipro) on January 9–11, 1918 that later was supported by the Yegorov's Red Guards of Soviet expeditionary group and grew into open intervention into Ukrainian internal affairs and the war against the Central Council of Ukraine.
| Battle for Katerynoslav | |||||||
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| Part of Soviet – Ukrainian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Central Council | Yekaterinoslav Revkom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mykola Porsh Dmytro Abrynba † |
Vasiliy Averin Pavel Yegorov | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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134th Feodosiya Regiment Free Cossacks Kurin Volunteer Haidamaka Kurin |
Bryanka factory Red Guards Orlyk Serdiuk Regiment 1st Moscow Revolutionary | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,500 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | 21 dead, several dozen wounded | ||||||
The Bolsheviks lost control of the city when on April 5, 1918 the German Imperial army (during the 1918 German intervention in Ukraine) took control of it.
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