Battle of Volochayevka 1922
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 14 February 1922 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1922 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Interwar (1919–1938) | derived from year |
| Location | Russia | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Russian Civil War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 48.5630, 134.4800 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
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.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Volochayevka (revision 1380817169), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Other battles of the Russian Civil War
- Kharkiv Operation (December 1919) 1919
- Odessa Operation (1919) 1919
- Anzali Operation 1920
- Battle of Daugavpils 1920
- Siege of Perekop (1920) 1920
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