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Battle of Tsaritsyn

Battle of Tsaritsyn was a battle fought in July 1918 at Volgograd, in what is now Russia; it lasted about 2 years. It was part of Soviet Russia Armed Forces. The recorded result: White Army; White Army captures city in June 1919; Red Army recaptures city in January 1920. Recorded strength: 50,000 against 117,000.

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Оборона Царицына
Оборона Царицына. Mitrofan Grekov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtJuly 1918lasted about 2 years
WhereVolgograd, Russia48.700N, 44.517E
OutcomeWhite Army; White Army captures city in June 1919; Red Army recaptures city in January 1920
BelligerentsWhite movement; Don Republic; Kuban Republic; South Russia; Supported by: United KingdomagainstBolsheviks; Russian SFSR; Ukrainian SSR
Part ofSoviet Russia Armed ForcesSouthern Front of the Russian Civil War

Record

DateJuly 1918 (month precision)
to January 1920
PlaceVolgograd, Russia
48.700N, 44.517E
KindBattle, First World War
Strength50,000117,000
Commanders
  • Pyotr Krasnov
  • Anton Denikin
  • Pyotr Wrangel
  • Joseph Stalin
  • Kliment Voroshilov
  • Andrei Snesarev
  • Dmitry Zhloba
  • Pavel Sytin
  • Grigory Kulik
Battle of TsaritsynBattle of TsaritsynOperation UranusBombing of Stalingrad in World War IIBattle of StalingradAttack on StalingradBattle of KalachOperation UranusBattle of KalachAkhtubinskFrolovoZhanibek100 km48.700N, 44.517E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1918 and 1943.

Elsewhere in 1918

Battle of Tsaritsyn is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 425 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q15692027, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tsaritsyn, revision 1370591679, 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.