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| Central Rada of Ukraine in January - February 1918 |
| 2021-12-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. This continues the parts of the series I missed between the middle of November and now. by Oleg Airapetov [REGNUM] On January 29, 1918, an uprising broke out in Kiev. It was started by the workers of the Arsenal plant, they were supported by units of the garrison - the soldiers of the Shevchenko and Bogdanovsky regiments. The army did not seek to take part in punitive actions. The exception was the Sich archers - former Austrian prisoners of war from Galicia. They were summoned from the front and suppressed the uprising. Up to 1.5 thousand people were killed. This was the last military success of the Rada in the winter of 1918. At the end of January, Antonov-Ovseenko reported on the success of his troops: |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Trotsky excelled at delaying any and all negotiations. Quintus Fabius Maximus of the bargaining table. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2021-12-16 01:17 |