Battle of Lipyagi

Battle of Lipyagi
Part of the Russian Civil War

Battle plan
Date4 June 1918
Location
Lipyagi, Volga region
Result Decisive Czechoslovak victory
Belligerents
Bohemia Czechoslovak Legion Soviet Union Red Army
Commanders and leaders
Bohemia Stanislav Čeček
Bohemia David Krajča		 Mikhail Kadomtsev
Strength
1,600 men[1] 4,000 men[2]
Casualties and losses
30 killed and 89 wounded[3] 1,800 killed (including 300 drowned in swamps) and 2,000 captured[4]

The Battle of Lipyagi[5] took place on 4 June 1918 at the Lipyagi railway station in the Volga region. Units of the Czechoslovak legion led by Stanislav Čeček defeated Bolshevik troops which opened their way to rest of the Czechoslovak troops. Legionnaires met with rest of Legion in on 6 July 1918 near Minyar and finally indirectly in the eastern part at the Olovjanaya station.[6] By blocking the Trans-Siberian highway of Czechoslovak legionnaires completely stopped the transport of German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners to the Western and Italian front.

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  6. ^ Preclík, Vratislav (2019). Masaryk a legie. Paris Karviná. p. 219. ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3.