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and occupied it on 17 December, preventing the Whites from leaving
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Volunteer Army.
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1327:Battles involving the Armed Forces of South Russia
1302:Battles of the Russian Civil War involving Ukraine
898:in June 1919. The command of the Red Army set the
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830:against the White Guard troops of
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45:Parade of the Red Army in Kharkiv
22:Kharkiv Operation (December 1919)
1317:Kharkiv in the Russian Civil War
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782:Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict
1005:, and the 8th Army captured
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297:Armed Forces of South Russia
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412:of the Russian Civil War
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1144:"Харьковская операция"
896:captured by the Whites
663:Pavlohrad–Katerynoslav
175:Commanders and leaders
1266:Smele, J. D. (2015).
856:Vladimir May-Mayevsky
842:In October 1919, the
826:under the command of
593:Vyoshenskaya Uprising
370:455 artillery cannons
361:227 artillery cannons
199:Vladimir May-Mayevsky
92:49.99250°N 36.23111°E
1211:"ДОНБАСЬКА ОПЕРАЦІЯ"
690:Rostov–Novocherkassk
1187:, pp. 157–159.
955:Konstantin Mamontov
876:Konstantin Mamontov
653:Voronezh–Kastornoye
531:Allied intervention
221:Konstantin Mamontov
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16:Offensive operation
1276:C. Hurst & Co.
1063:epidemic of typhus
598:Alexandrovsky Fort
548:Katerynoslav March
372:1,660 machine guns
363:1,600 machine guns
277:Grigori Sokolnikov
97:49.99250; 36.23111
1307:Conflicts in 1919
940:Ieronim Uborevich
866:. On 24 October,
852:advance on Moscow
828:Alexander Yegorov
816:Russian Civil War
812:Kharkiv operation
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762:Dagestan uprising
638:Advance on Moscow
578:Hryhoriv Uprising
553:Northern Caucasus
543:Voronezh–Povorino
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133:South Russia
120:Belligerents
27:Part of the
1154:22 December
999:Volokonovka
983:Ostrogozhsk
979:Stary Oskol
668:3rd Kharkiv
658:Khopyor–Don
633:Perehonivka
613:2nd Kharkiv
429:1st Kharkiv
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1296:Categories
1258:0974493457
1197:Smele 2015
1185:Kenez 2004
1173:Smele 2015
1169:Kenez 2004
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1089:Kenez 2004
1073:References
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995:Novy Oskol
948:Starobilsk
928:Kastornoye
888:Kastornoye
777:2nd Crimea
710:Azerbaijan
678:2nd Donbas
648:Orel–Kursk
573:1st Donbas
481:1st Crimea
476:March Days
451:Donbas-Don
83:36°13′52″E
80:49°59′33″N
1015:Grayvoron
963:Volchansk
506:Tsaritsyn
461:Ice March
339:14th Army
334:13th Army
1243:(2004).
1148:Hrono.ru
1057:and the
1019:Belgorod
1011:Okhtyrka
936:Kupiansk
886:for the
880:Voronezh
844:Red Army
824:Red Army
737:Lankaran
673:4th Kiev
628:3rd Kiev
583:Binagadi
563:2nd Kiev
526:Dibrivka
511:Kurdamir
471:Iași–Don
456:1st Kiev
446:Shamkhor
352:Strength
329:8th Army
308:Don Army
62:Location
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1007:Biryuch
1003:Valuyki
967:Valuyki
932:Kharkiv
838:Prelude
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818:by the
799:Georgia
752:Armenia
727:Ochakov
558:Ukraine
496:Goychay
71:Ukraine
67:Kharkiv
31:of the
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906:Battle
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715:Yalama
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108:Result
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987:Liski
920:Kursk
912:Rylsk
878:near
864:Kursk
794:Anapa
695:Odesa
608:Odesa
516:Livny
501:Sochi
491:Kuban
1279:ISBN
1253:ISBN
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