Kharkiv Operation (December 1919)

Kharkiv Operation (December 1919)
Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War

Parade of the Red Army in Kharkiv
Date24 November – 12 December 1919
Location49°59′33″N 36°13′52″E / 49.99250°N 36.23111°E / 49.99250; 36.23111
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
South Russia
Don Republic Don Republic
 Russian SFSR
 Ukrainian SSR
Commanders and leaders
Anton Denikin
Vladimir May-Mayevsky
Sergei Ulagay
Konstantin Mamontov
Alexander Yegorov
Anatoliy Gekker
Semyon Budyonny
Ieronim Uborevich
Grigori Sokolnikov
Units involved

Armed Forces of South Russia

Southern Front

Strength
47,000 infantry
23,000 cavalry
227 artillery cannons
1,600 machine guns
58,000 infantry
13,000 cavalry
455 artillery cannons
1,660 machine guns

The Kharkiv operation (24 November – 12 December 1919) was an offensive during the Russian Civil War by the Southern Front of the Red Army under the command of Alexander Yegorov against the White Guard troops of Anton Denikin.