Perm Operation (1918–19)

Perm Operation
Part of the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War
Date29 November 1918 to 28 January 1919
Location
Result
  • First battle: White victory
  • Second battle: Indecisive
Belligerents
Red Army Siberian Army
Commanders and leaders
Sergey Kamenev
Mikhail Lashevich (3d Army)
Vasily Shorin (2nd Army from January 19)
Anatoly Pepelyayev
Strength

About 36,000 in first battle

38,000 in second battle

About 45,000 in first battle

8,000 in second battle
Casualties and losses
Very High Very High

The Perm Operation (November 1918 – January 1919), sometimes called the Perm Catastrophe, was a military operation on the Eastern Theater of the Russian Civil War.