Kiev Bolshevik Uprising

The Kiev Bolshevik Uprising (November 8–13, 1917) was a military struggle for power in Kiev after the fall of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution. It ended in victory for the Kievan Committee of the Bolshevik Party and the Central Rada.

Ukrainian theatre, part of the October Revolution
DateNovember 8–13, 1917
Location
Kiev
Result Victory of the Kievan revolutionary committee, defeat of the Kiev Military District
Belligerents
Kievan Committee of the Bolshevik Party
Tsentralna Rada
Kiev Military District
Commanders and leaders
Georgy Pyatakov
Yan Gamarnik
Volodymyr Zatonsky
Lieutenant-General Mikhail Kvetsinsky
Strength
6,000 Bolshevik supporters
8,000 Central Rada supporters
10,000
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