Battle of Zhmerynka
| Battle of Zhmerynka | |||||||||
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| Part of the Bolshevik–Ukrainian War during the Ukrainian War of the Independence in the Russian Civil War and the World War I | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Ukrainian People's Republic Austro–Hungarian monarchy | Bolsheviks | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Pavlo Skoropadskyi |
Sergey Kashevich † Pyotr Ptakhin † | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | 200+ / | ||||||||
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| Light | Heavy | ||||||||
The Battle of Zhmerynka (December 1917 — March 1918) — battle between the Ukrainian People's Army, Austro-Hungarian forces and Red Army. A detachment of the Free Cossacks led by Pavlo Skoropadskyi from the 2nd Guard Corps of the Red Army took part in the battle. Pavlo Skoropadsky managed to drive the Bolsheviks out of Zhmerynka and force them to retreat from the Right Bank Ukraine, but on March 1 Bolsheviks took Kyiv.