Battle of Lipyagi

Battle of Lipyagi
	Part of the Russian Civil War
	; Battle plan
Date	4 June 1918
Location	Lipyagi, Volga region
Result	Decisive Czechoslovak victory
Belligerents
Czechoslovak Legion	Russian SFSR
Commanders and leaders
Stanislav Čeček	Mikhail Kadomtsev †
Strength
1,600 men	4,000 men
Casualties and losses
30 killed and 89 wounded	1,800 killed (including 300 drowned in swamps) and 2,000 captured

The Battle of Lipyagi took place on 4 June 1918 at the Lipyagi railway station in the Volga region. Units of the Czechoslovak legion led by Stanislav Čeček defeated Bolshevik troops which opened their way to rest of the Czechoslovak troops. Legionnaires met with rest of Legion in on 6 July 1918 near Minyar and finally indirectly in the eastern part at the Olovjanaya station. By blocking the Trans-Siberian highway of Czechoslovak legionnaires completely stopped the transport of German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners to the Western and Italian front.