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Russian Civil War: The Russian Army retreats to Crimea, after a successful offensive by the Red Army and Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
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Russian Civil War
Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire (1917–1922)
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. It resulted in the formation of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Army of Wrangel
Military unit
The Russian Army, commonly known as the Army of Wrangel, was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from March to November 1920. It was officially formed on 28 April 1920 from the merger of several White armies, including the Volunteer Army, in a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Crimea
Peninsula in Europe
Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine. To the east, the Crimean Bridge,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Northern Taurida Operation
Military campaign of the Russian Civil War
The Northern Taurida operation was a military campaign in the Russian Civil War between the Red Army and the White Army under Pyotr Wrangel for the possession of Northern Taurida. The campaign can be divided into 3 stages: the White offensive, trench warfare around the Kakhovka…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Anarchist army of Ukrainian peasants and workers (1918–21)
The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, also known as Makhnovtsi, named after their founder Nestor Makhno, was an anarchist army formed largely of Ukrainian peasants and workers during the Russian Civil War. They protected the operation of "free soviets" and libertarian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 3
Day of the year
November 3 is the 307th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 58 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)