The Battle of Kruty (Ukrainian: Бій під Крутами, Biy pid Krutamy) was a battle which took place on January 29, 1918, near Kruty, a small railway connection about 130 kilometres northeast of Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine, which was at the time the Nizhyn Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate.
As Bolshevik forces of about 4,000 men, commanded by Mikhail Muravyov, advanced toward Kiev, a small Ukrainian People's Republic unit of 400 students (most sources give a figu...
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The Battle of Kruty (Ukrainian: Бій під Крутами, Biy pid Krutamy) was a battle which took place on January 29, 1918, near Kruty, a small railway connection about 130 kilometres northeast of Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine, which was at the time the Nizhyn Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate.
As Bolshevik forces of about 4,000 men, commanded by Mikhail Muravyov, advanced toward Kiev, a small Ukrainian People's Republic unit of 400 students (most sources give a figure of 300 ), commanded by Captain Ahapiy Honcharenko, was hastily organized and sent to the front. The small unit consisted mainly of the Student Battalion (Kurin) of Sich Riflemen, a unit of the Khmelnytsky Cadet School, and a Haidamaka detachment. About half of the 400 men were killed during the battle, lasting up to 5 hours.
Eleven of the students were re-buried at Askold's Grave in the centre of Kiev after the return of the Tsentralna Rada to the capital in March 1918. At the funeral the then President of the Ukrainian People's Republic,...
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