Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Semyon Budyonny

Battles of Semyon Budyonny

Soviet marshal (1883-1973)

Semyon Budyonny is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1919 and 1943: 12 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 4 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (8), Russia (4), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,888 km apart end to end, 684 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Russian Civil War (6), Polish–Soviet War (4), World War II (4).

Voronezh–Kastornoye operationAdvance on Moscow (1919)Kharkiv OperationDonbass OperationSiege of PerekopBattle of LwówRostov–Novocherkassk OperationBattle of ZadwórzeBattle of KomarówKyiv offensiveBattle of MoscowBattle of KievBattle of UmanBattle of the CaucasusKyiv offensiveBattle of MoscowBattle of KievBattle of UmanBattle of the CaucasusBucharestWarsawBudapestMinskNizhny NovgorodSofiaSamaraKazanTbilisiBelgrade1000 km49.251N, 33.992E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1919: 4 engagements1920: 6 engagements6 in 19201941: 3 engagements1943: 1 engagements19191943
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Voronezh–Kastornoye operation, 1919Advance on Moscow (1919), 1919Kharkiv Operation, 1919Donbass Operation, 1919Kyiv offensive, 1920Siege of Perekop, 1920Battle of Lwów, 1920Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation, 1920Battle of Zadwórze, 1920Battle of Komarów, 1920Battle of Moscow, 1941Battle of Kiev, 1941Battle of Uman, 1941Battle of the Caucasus, 194319191943
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1919Voronezh–Kastornoye operationVoronezh Governorate, RussiaDecisive Red victory; Soviet troops advanced up to 250...
1919Advance on Moscow (1919)Don Host Oblast, Russia475 km SSouth Russia (1919–1920); Beginning of the catastrophic...
12 December 1919Kharkiv OperationKharkiv Oblast, Ukraine402 km NWSoviet victory
1919Donbass OperationDonbas, Ukraine249 km SERed Army victory
1920Kyiv offensiveUkraine595 km NWRed Army victory
1920Siege of PerekopIsthmus of Perekop, Ukraine532 km SESoviet–Makhnovist victory
1920Battle of LwówLviv, Ukraine826 km NWPolish-Ukrainian victory
1920Rostov–Novocherkassk OperationDon Host Oblast, Russia1,208 km ERed Army victory; White Army cut in two; Beginning of the...
17 August 1920Battle of ZadwórzeZadviria, Ukraine1,180 km WSee Aftermath
30 August 1920Battle of KomarówKomarów-Osada, Poland107 km NWPolish victory
the 1941sBattle of MoscowMoscow Oblast, Soviet Union1,098 km NESoviet victory
1941Battle of KievKyiv, Ukraine756 km SWGerman victory; Encirclement and destruction of Soviet...
15 July 1941Battle of UmanZelena Brama, Ukraine208 km SAxis victory
1943Battle of the CaucasusCaucasus, Russia1,253 km SESoviet victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, не указан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.