Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.

Kiev Arsenal January Uprising

Bolshevik-organized workers revolt (1918)

The Kiev Arsenal January Uprising, sometimes simply called the January Uprising or the January Rebellion, was a Bolshevik-organized workers' armed revolt that started on 29 January [O.S. 16 January] 1918, at the Arsenal Factory in Kiev during the Ukrainian–Soviet War. The goal…

Bolsheviks

Faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolshevik party, formally established in 1912, seized power in Russia in the…

Red Army

Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars to oppose the military…

Arsenal Factory

Arsenal Special Device Production State Enterprise, also known as the Arsenal Factory, is one of the oldest factories in Kyiv.

January 29

Day of the year

January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 336 days remain until the end of the year.