Draft:List of conflicts involving Soviet Russia (1917–1922)

This is a list of most major battles/operations/campaigns and uprisings involving Soviet Russia before their transformation into the Soviet Union

The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  Soviet victory

  Soviet defeat

  Some other result

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Date of the conflict	Results
October Revolution	Bolsheviks Petrograd Soviet Left SR's Red Guard Anarchists	Russian Republic	7 November 1917 (OS 25 October)	Victory Start of the Kerensky–Krasnov uprising End of dual power The Second Congress of Soviets proclaims itself the supreme governing body in the country Start of the Russian Civil War Dissolution of the Russian Provisional Government An almost bloodless establishment of Soviet power in Petrograd All private property was nationalized by the government All foreign debts were repudiated Factories were given controll to the Soviets Wages were fixed at higher rates than during the war, and a shorter, eight-hour working day was introduced
Moscow Bolshevik Uprising	Bolsheviks Mossoviet Military Revolutionary Committee Red Guard	Russian Republic Moscow City Duma Moscow Millitary District Cossacks Junekrs Stavka of the Supreme Commander Constitutional Democratic Party	25 October – 2 November 1917	Victory First major instance of armed resistance of Counter Revolutionary forces It was where the most prolonged and bitter fighting of the Establishment of Soviet power in 1917 unfolded
Struggle for Tashkent	Socialist Revolutionaries Russian Communists Mensheviks Bolsheviks Bundists Anarchists	Duma loyalists Moderate left factions Constitutional Democratic Party Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Russian Provisional Government Turkestan Committee	28 October – 1 November 1917	Victory Far left factions defeat the goverment forces The counter revolutionary leaders of the uprising were arrested Start of the Central Asian Theater of the Russian Civil War
Kerensky–Krasnov uprising	Soviets	Russian Republic	8–13 November 1917	Victory Liquadation of the uprising Kerensky goes into exile Krasnov is captured by Bolshevik authorities but is eventualy realesed
Junker mutiny	Soviets Red Guard Latvian Riflemen	Committee for the Salvation of the Motherland and Revolution Junkers	11 November 1917	Victory Most Junkers were disarmed Revolt ended The entire 56th regiment of Kremlin guards was massacred Failure of the junkers to meet up with Kerensky and Krasnov during their uprising
Semyonov's Rebellion	Soviets Red Guard	White Movement Semyonov's Army Supported by: Japan	18 November – December 1917	Eventual victory After a couple weeks of fighting Semyonov retreats to Harbin Creation of the "Special Manchurian Detachment" with around 500 men Start of the battle of Transbaikalia Disbandment of the Russian army located in the alienation zone of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER)
Battles of Donbas (1917–1918)	Anti Cossack Miners Soviets Red Guard Southern Revolutionary Front (since 6 December 1917)	Don Host Russian Republic South Russia Volunteer Army Ukraine	1 December 1917 – 25 February 1918	Victory Capture of the Don and Donbas Military Region by the Red Guard Start of the Ice March Start of the Civil War in the Don The establishment of Soviet power in Donbas gave impetus to the emergence of forces hostile to the Central Rada Massacres of workers hostile to the Don Host
Capture of Rostov-on-Don by the Volunteer Army	Bolsheviks Red Guard	South Russia Volunteer Army Cossacks	1 December 1917	Defeat First defeat of the Bolsheviks First millitary action of the Volunteer Army Establishment of the Southern Revolutionary Front on December 19 1917 (old style) headed by Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko First Clash involving The Soviets in Donbas
Battles of Irkutsk	Bolsheviks Red Guard Irkutsk Revolutionary Committee	Counter Revolutionaries Junkers Cadets	8–17 December 1917	Peace treaty Hundreds killed in Irkutsk A truce was declared at 10:00 on December 29 The Bolsheviks broke this truce and captured Irkutsk without resistance
Ovseenko's Kharkiv Campaign	Soviets Russian Red Guards Southern Revolutionary Front Ukrainian Bolsheviks	Ukrainians loyal to the Central Rada	8 December 1917 – 10 January 1918	Victory Establishment of the UPRS on December 12 1917 (OS 25 December) in oppositon to the Kiev government Start of the First Soviet-Ukrainian War 300 Ukrainian's join the Kharkiv goverment
Battle of Lozova	Soviets Red Guard	Ukrainian People's Republic	13 – 16 December 1917	Victory Lozova is taken over by the Soviets Lozova station was taken over by the Anti Communists for a brief period but was recaptured Very light casualties on both sides Small prisoner exchange took place after the battle
Battle of Yasyniv mine	Central Military Revolutionary Committee of Donbass Soviet Russia	Don Host Volunteer Army Supported by: Ukrainian People's Republic	26–31 December 1917	Defeat 14 rebels killed 118 civilians massacred in a death march 48 Austrian POW's killed Defeat of the Pro Soviet rebels The massacre of civilians only stopped when the former colonel, Agishevstky, order a stop to the executions
Donbas-Don operation	Soviets Red Guard Southern Revolutionary Front Red Cossacks	Russian Republic Volunteer Army Don Host	8 January – 25 February 1918	Victory Bolsheviks consolidate power over European Russia Volunteer Army undertake a retreat to Yekaterinodar Don Cossacks undertake a retreat towards the Sal Don Soviet Republic proclaimed in Rostov Suicide of Alexey Kaledin Death of Vasily Chernetsov End of the battles of Donbas in a Soviet victory
Struggle for Astrakhan	Soviets Red Guard	Russian Republic Volunteer Army Cossacks Orenburg Cossacks	11–24 January 1918	Victory Establishment of Soviet power in Astrakhan by late January Ivan Biryukov and his son Pyotr were captured and executed 180 Bolsheviks died The number of counter revolutionary deaths is unknown
Japanese intervention in Siberia part of the Allied Intervention	Russian SFSR Red Army 5th Army Soviet partisans Far Eastern Republic Far Eastern Red Army	Empire of Japan White Movement Semyonov's Army Czechoslovak Legion	12 January 1918 – 24 June 1922	Political victory Japanese withdrawal Czechoslovak withdrawl Fall of the White Movement Retreat of many white officers to Harbin Re establishment of Soviet power in the Far East Japanese occupation of Northern Sakhalin
Battle of Kruty	Soviets Soviet Russia Red Guard Southern Front Soviet Ukraine	Ukrainian People's Republic	16–19 January 1918	Strategic defeat Capture of Kyiv by Soviet forces delayed Conclusion of the Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Massacre of students who defended the station from the bolshevik offensive
Capture of Orenburg by the Red's	Soviet Russia Red Army Blyukher's detachment	White Movement Dutov's Army Cossacks	18 January 1918	Victory Capture of Orenburg Dutov retreats to Verkhneuralsk
Capture of Poltava (1918)	Soviets Soviet Russia Red Army Southern Front Muravyov Detachment Red Cossacks Belenkovich Detachment Ukrainian PRS Poltavan Council of Commissars	Ukrainian People's Republic Junkers Cavalry Ivan Mazepa Regiment Petro Sahaidachny Regiment Vilnius Military School Omelyan Volokh Detachment	19 January 1918	Victory The occupation of Poltava 100 Junkers killed Muravyov organized a Сouncil of Workers' and Soldiers' deputies, which was entirely satisfactory to the Kharkiv People's Secretariat and Southern Revolutionary Front
Romanian intervention in Bessarabia	Soviets Rumcherod Odessa SR Romanian RevKom Moldavian Democratic Republic (pro-Bolshevik factions) Supported by: Soviet Russia Soviet Ukraine Odessa Committee for the Salvation of Bessarabia	Kingdom of Romania Volunteer Corps of Transylvanians-Bukovinians Moldavian Democratic Republic (anti-Bolshevik factions) Russian Republic Ukrainian People's Republic Diplomatic support: France United Kingdom German Empire Austria-Hungary	19 January – 8 March 1918	Defeat Removal of the Bolsheviks and restoration of the Moldavian Democratic Republic Moldavian Assembly declares independence and two months later proclaims union with Romania Romania occupation of central and southern Bessarabia Austro-Hungarian occupation of northern Bessarabia First clashes between the Bolsheviks and the Entente
Muravyov's Kiev Campaign	Soviet Russia Red Army Red Cossacks Southern Front Muravyov's detachment Soviet Ukraine	Ukrainian People's Republic Diplomatic support: Germany Austria-Hungary	23–26 January 1918	Victory Soviet capture of Kiev Massacre of between two and five thousand officers, generals and supporters of the UPR Alienation of Ukrainian's from Soviet power Evacuation of the Central Rada
Battle of Bobruysk	Soviet Russia Belarusian Bolsheviks	Poland Polish bandits in Belarus 1st Polish Corps in Russia	February 2 – March 11 1918	Defeat The Polish free corps captured large warehouses with food and ammunition Bobruysk was captured by the 1st Polish Corps Bobruysk would be captured yet again after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Battle of Kokand (1918)	Soviet Russia Red Army German POW's Hungarian POW's Armenian Revolutionary Federation	Turkestan Autonomy Shura-yi Ulemia Shura-yi Islami Supported by: Alash Orda United Kingdom France	13–20 February 1918	Victory Liquadation of the Turkestan Autonomy Remnants of the Turkestan Autonomy join Alash Orda Thousands of civilians were killed
Operation Faustschlag	Soviet Russia Red Army Southern Front Taurida SSR Ukrainian Soviet Republic Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic Odessa Soviet Republic Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets	German Empire 10th Army XLI Corps Austria-Hungary Austro-Hungarian Army Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Army	18 February – 3 March 1918	Defeat German occupation of Estonia , Lithuania , Belarus and Ukraine Establishment of a Pro German Hetmanate in Ukraine End of the Eastern Front of WWI 60 000 Bolsheviks captured Solidification of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Moscow becomes the new capital
German conquest of Soviet Estonia part of Operation Faustschlag	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Executive Committee Red Army Estonian Red Riflemen	German Empire Estonian Salvation Committee	18 February – March 4 1918	Defeat Start of the German occupation of Estonia The German army nearly reaches Petrograd forcing the Bolsheviks to make Moscow the new capital Collapse of the Estonian Soviet Executive Committee The Estonians declared independence but were not recognised by the Germans Thousands of Germans expelled by the Reds Re-establishment of Capitalism in Estonia
First Kuban Campaign	Soviet Russia Red Army Southern Front	White Movement Volunteer Army	22 February – 13 May 1918	Defeat Very Heavy Bolshevik casualties Failure of the Red Army to destroy the Volunteer Army Death of Kornilov Denikin becomes the new leader of the Volunteer Army Denikin made contact with Pyotr Krasnov, head of the Don Host
Battle of Irpin (1918) part of Operation Faustschlag	Soviet Russia Red Army Soviet Ukraine	Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Army German Empire	28 February 1918	Defeat Occupation of Svyatoshyn station Eventual capture of Kiev by German-Ukrainian forces A parade was held after the capture of Kiev
First Yakut struggle	Soviet Russia Yakutian Bolsheviks Irkutsk Bolsheviks	Yakutian rebels	February-1 July 1918	Victory Dissolution of Yakutia Start of a red terror in Yakut
Battle of Bakhmach	Soviet Russia Red Army Czechoslovak Legion 4th rifle regiment 6th rifle regiment 7th rifle regiment	German Empire 91st Infantry Division 224th Infantry Division Austria-Hungary	8–13 March 1918	Victory Successful evacuation of Soviet and Czechoslovak forces 300 German-Austrain's killed 145 Czechoslovak's killed Unknown soviet deaths The battle of Bakhmach became one of the symbols of the Czechoslovakian Legions and their fight for independence
March Days	Soviet Russia Armenian Bolsheviks Armenian Revolutionary Federation	Musavat Transcaucasian Commissariat Caucasian Native Cavalry Division	30 March-2 April 1918	Victory The Bolsheviks and the ARF defeat the Musavat Bolsheviks capture Baku Establishment of the Baku Commune Massacre of thousands of Azerbaijanis and other Muslims
Kolesov's Campaign	RSFSR Young Bukharans	Emirate of Bukhara Basmachi movement	March 1918	Defeat Kizyl–Tepe Agreement Failure of Kostov to establish Soviet power in Bukhara Massacre of hundreds of Young Bukharians
Crimea Operation	Soviet Russia Taurida SSR local Red Army divisions	Germany Ukraine Crimea	13-25 April 1918	Defeat Fall of the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic Execution of the Bolshevik leaders of the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic