Battle of Volochayevka

Battle of Volochayevka
Part of the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War

The hill on which the battle took place.
Date5–14 February 1922
Location
Result Red victory, retaking of Khabarovsk.
Belligerents
 Far Eastern Republic Russia White movement
Commanders and leaders
Far Eastern Republic Vasily Blyukher Russia Viktorin Molchanov
Strength

6,300 infantry
1,300 cavalry
300 machine guns
30 field guns
2 Renault FT light tanks

3 armored trains

3,850 infantry
1,100 cavalry
63 machine guns
13 field guns

3 armored trains
Casualties and losses

128 killed 800 wounded

200 frostbitten

400 killed

700 wounded

The Battle of Volochayevka was an important battle of the Far Eastern Front in the latter part of the Russian Civil War. It occurred on February 10 through 12, 1922, near Volochayevka station on the Amur Railway, on the outskirts of the city of Khabarovsk.

The People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic under Vasily Blyukher defeated units of the counterrevolutionary Far Eastern White Army led by Viktorin Molchanov.