Battle for Kazan | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War | |||||||
Frontline near Kazan in August, 1918 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Red Guards |
People's Army of Komuch Czechoslovaks | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mikhail Muravyov Jukums Vācietis Mirsäyet Soltanğäliev Mullanur Waxitov |
Vladimir Kappel Stanislav Čeček | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
About 10,000 | About 3,300 |
The city of Kazan was captured by the White Army in August 1918 during the Russian Civil War.