Donbas operation (1919)

Donbas operation of 1919
Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War

Reproduction of Vasil Vasilovich Zhuravlov's painting Zvilnennya Donbassu from 1919
Date18 December 1919 – 6 January 1920 (1919-12-18 – 1920-01-06)
Location
Result Red Army victory
Belligerents
South Russia
Almighty Don Host
Kuban People's Republic
Russian Soviet Republic
Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic
Commanders and leaders
Sergei Ulagay
Andrei Shkuro
Semyon Budyonny
Grigori Sokolnikov
Anatoliy Gekker
Units involved

Russia Armed Forces of South Russia

Southern Front

Strength
8,000 men,
24 artillery guns
170 machine guns
5 armored trains
3,000 men
Casualties and losses
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.