Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion

May 14 – September 10, 1918 · Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion

The Czechoslovak Legion, strung out along the Trans-Siberian Railway, rose against the Bolsheviks after a clash at Chelyabinsk and seized the line from the Volga to Vladivostok.

On the map Contemporaries

Reds

Czechoslovak Legion and Whites

Other

Reds

Russia

Whites

Leon Trotsky military commander

Mikhail Tukhachevsky military commander

Mikhail Frunze military commander

Vasily Blyukher military commander

Sergey Kamenev military commander

Jukums Vācietis military commander

Radola Gajda Legion commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 600,000
Killed: 5,000
Captured: 3,800

Strength: 42,000
Casualties: 4,000

Units

Czechoslovak Legion

Also involved 2

Ludvík Svoboda participant
Mikhail Diterikhs participant