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
Part of Soviet Ukrainian War
DateJanuary 9–11, 1918
Location
city of Ekaterinoslav, Ukrainian People's Republic
Result Victory of Bolsheviks, temporary occupation of Katerynoslav by Soviet troops
Belligerents
Central Council Yekaterinoslav Revkom
Commanders and leaders
Mykola Porsh
Dmytro Abrynba
Vasiliy Averin
Pavel Yegorov
Units involved
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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