| Donbas operation of 1919 | |||||||
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| Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 South Russia Almighty Don Host Kuban People's Republic |
 Russian Soviet Republic Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sergei Ulagay Andrei Shkuro |
Semyon Budyonny Grigori Sokolnikov Anatoliy Gekker | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
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8,000 men, 24 artillery guns 170 machine guns 5 armored trains | 3,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3,000 killed 5,000 captured | Unknown | ||||||
The Donbas operation of 1919 was a military campaign of the Russian Civil War, in which the Southern Front of the Red Army regained control of the Donbas region from the Armed Forces of South Russia.