Red Army units in the North Caucasus
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Red Army units in the North Caucasus were Soviet military formations that fought to establish and secure Bolshevik control in the strategically vital North Caucasus region during the Russian Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Army units in the North Caucasus canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military unit
ⓘ
military formation ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshevik Party
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
| associatedWithPolicy |
Soviet nationalities policy in the Caucasus
ⓘ
War Communism ⓘ |
| commandStructure |
Transcaucasian Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Caucasian Front of the Red Army
Southern Front of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Front of the Red Army
|
| conflict | Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
| engagedIn |
counterinsurgency operations against local uprisings
ⓘ
offensives against the Armed Forces of South Russia ⓘ operations to capture key North Caucasian cities ⓘ |
| faced |
ethnic and religious diversity in the region
ⓘ
guerrilla warfare by local anti-Soviet groups ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
collapse of the Russian Empire
ⓘ
formation of Soviet republics in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
North Caucasus
ⓘ
surface form:
Ciscaucasia
Greater Caucasus ⓘ
surface form:
Mountainous North Caucasus
|
| ideology | Bolshevism ⓘ |
| includedComponent |
Cheka and special detachments for political control
ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ cavalry units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Russian ⓘ |
| objective |
establish Bolshevik control in the North Caucasus
ⓘ
secure Soviet power in the North Caucasus ⓘ |
| operatedIn | North Caucasus ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Cossack formations
ⓘ
White movement ⓘ
surface form:
White movement forces
anti-Bolshevik national movements in the North Caucasus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Red Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
|
| resultOfOperations | consolidation of Soviet power in the North Caucasus by early 1920s ⓘ |
| role |
protecting strategic transport corridors in the North Caucasus
ⓘ
securing Soviet control of oil fields in the Caucasus ⓘ suppressing anti-Soviet resistance in the North Caucasus ⓘ |
| strategicImportanceOfRegion |
access to Black Sea
ⓘ
access to Caspian Sea ⓘ control of key rail and communication routes ⓘ control of oil resources in the Caucasus ⓘ |
| supportedBy | local Bolshevik organizations ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1918
ⓘ
1919 ⓘ 1920 ⓘ early 1920s ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
combined infantry and cavalry operations
ⓘ
political agitation among local populations ⓘ railway-based troop movements ⓘ |
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