Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Vasily Blyukher

Battles of Vasily Blyukher

Soviet marshal (1889–1938), 1890 to 1938

Vasily Blyukher is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1920 and 1938: 3 battles, 1 siege and 2 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (2), China (2), Ukraine (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 12,378 km apart end to end, 2,476 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Russian Civil War (3), Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1).

Battle of LahasusuSiege of PerekopRevolt of Czechoslovak LegionBattle of VolochayevkaNorthern ExpeditionBattle of Lake KhasanSiege of PerekopRevolt of Czechoslovak LegionBattle of VolochayevkaNorthern ExpeditionBattle of Lake KhasanŌsakaSeoulTehranTaipeiBaghdadChengduÜrümqiKabulKyivTashkent2000 km47.922N, 84.076E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1920: 2 engagements2 in 19201922: 1 engagements1928: 1 engagements1929: 1 engagements1938: 1 engagements19201938
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Perekop, 1920Revolt of Czechoslovak Legion, 1920Battle of Volochayevka, 1922Northern Expedition, 1928Battle of Lahasusu, 1929Battle of Lake Khasan, 193819201938
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1920Siege of PerekopIsthmus of Perekop, UkraineSoviet–Makhnovist victory
1920Revolt of Czechoslovak LegionUral, Russia2,310 km NESee aftermath
14 February 1922Battle of VolochayevkaVolochayevka-1, Russia4,721 km ERed victory
1928Northern ExpeditionPeople's Republic of China2,892 km WNationalist government victory; All Chinese warlords accept...
1929Battle of LahasusuSonghua River, China2,175 km NESoviet victory
1938Battle of Lake KhasanZaozyornaya, Soviet Union279 km ECeasefire

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, Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.