Enzeli Operation
Enzeli Operation was a battle fought on 18 May 1920 at Bandar-e Anzali, in what is now Iran. It was part of the Russian Civil War, which ran from 1917 to 1922. The recorded result: Soviet victory; Eventual establishment of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic; Decline of British influence in Persia.
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Fought 18 May 1920
Where Bandar-e Anzali, Iran 37.467N, 49.467E
Outcome Soviet victory; Eventual establishment of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic; Decline of British influence in Persia
Belligerents United Kingdom; White Russia against Russian SFSR; Persian Jangalis
Casualties and losses 2 dead; 5 wounded; Garrison and fleet in harbour surrender and None
Where it sits in the Russian Civil War Battle of Bakhmut, 1910 Civil War on the Don, 1917 Battle of Kyiv, 1918 Crimea Operation, 1918 Simbirsk Operation, 1918 Capture of Kazan by the White Army, 1918 Battle of Barnaul, 1918 Battle of Tulgas, 1918 Donbass-Don Operation, 1918 Steppe March, 1918 Battle for Mughan, 1918 Assault on Ekaterinodar, 1918 Ice March, 1918 Battle of Mechové hoře, 1918 Hundred Days of Battles, 1918 Battle of Lake Baikal, 1918 Kazan Operation, 1918 Battle of Saratovka and Antonovka, 1918 Kuban Offensive, 1918 Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919, 1918 Perm Operation, 1918 Northern Caucasus Operation, 1918 Counteroffensive of Southern Front, 1919 Kharkiv Operation, 1919 Battle of Kyiv (December 1919), 1919 Odessa Operation, 1919 January 1919 uprising in Kharkiv, 1919 Voronezh–Povorino Operation, 1919 Offensive of the North-Western Army in Autumn 1919, 1919 Battle of Akhmerovo, 1919 Battle of Kyiv, 1919 Battle of Dolakovo, 1919 Battle of Vystavka, 1919 Battle of Goyty, 1919 Spring offensive of the White Army, 1919 Evacuation of Odessa, 1919 Buguruslan Operation, 1919 Battle for the Donbass, 1919 Advance of the Northern Corps, 1919 Battle of Alexander Fort, 1919 Ufa Operation, 1919 Vyoshenskaya Uprising, 1919 1919 Soviet invasion of Ukraine, 1919 Counteroffensive of Eastern Front, 1919 Capture of Kiev by the White Army, 1919 Lbischensky Raid, 1919 Battle of Perehonivka, 1919 Battle of Petrograd, 1919 Battle of Orel, 1919 Voronezh–Kastornoye operation, 1919 Advance on Moscow (1919), 1919 Khopyor–Don Operation, 1919 Kharkiv Operation, 1919 Donbass Operation, 1919 Siege of Perekop, 1920 Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation, 1920 Northern Caucasus Operation, 1920 Battle of Şeragul and Kuitun, 1920 Enzeli Operation, 1920 Revolt of Czechoslovak Legion, 1920 Bukhara operation, 1920 Ulagay's Landing, 1920 Northern Taurida Operation, 1920 Battle of Kojori-Tabakhmela, 1921 Battle of Tbilisi, 1921 Battles of Kojori–Tabakhmela, 1921 Battle of Osiauri, 1921 Red Army invasion of Georgia, 1921 Battle of Volochayevka, 1922 1910 1922 Enzeli Operation, 1920 73 placed engagements of the Russian Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 18 May 1920 Place Bandar-e Anzali, Iran37.467N, 49.467E Kind Battle, interwar and Second World War Strength 10 auxiliary cruisers; other auxiliary ships; 6 seaplanes; 500 soldiers 4 auxiliary cruisers; 4 destroyers; 1 transport; minor ships; 2,000 naval troops Casualties and losses 2 dead; 5 wounded; Garrison and fleet in harbour surrender None Commanders
Enzeli Operation Enzeli Operation Siege of Alamut Siege of Alamut Rasht Ardabil Zanjan 100 km 37.467N, 49.467E The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Enzeli Operation is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 189 in present-day Iran.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4531990 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Anzali Operation , revision 1376058639, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.