Battle of Tsaritsyn

July 1, 1918 – January 1, 1920

Part of Russian Civil War

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Battle of Tsaritsyn

Prolonged struggle (July 1918 - January 1920; month precision) for Tsaritsyn, a strategic Volga port. Red forces under Stalin and Voroshilov held the city in 1918; Denikin's Whites captured it in June 1919; the Red Army recaptured it in January 1920.

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Commanders

Reds 2

Joseph Stalin Political commissar, Lenin's plenipotentiary in South Russia; clashed with Trotsky over the use of former tsarist officers · 1878–1953 Semyon Budyonny Red cavalry commander, Fought at Tsaritsyn; later commanded the 1st Cavalry Army · 1883–1973

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Anton Denikin Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of South Russia, His forces captured Tsaritsyn in June 1919 · 1872–1947 Pyotr Wrangel Caucasus Army commander, Commanded White forces in the Tsaritsyn fighting in 1919 · 1878–1928

Entities involved

Reds

  • Reds — 10th Army and Red forces of the Southern Front

Whites

  • Whites — Don Army and Armed Forces of South Russia