Battle for Tsaritsyn
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The Battle for Tsaritsyn was a major early Russian Civil War confrontation in which Bolshevik forces, including those led by Joseph Stalin, defended the strategic Volga city (later renamed Stalingrad) against White Army offensives.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle for Tsaritsyn canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Stalin cult of personality
ⓘ
early Soviet propaganda ⓘ |
| attacker | White Army ⓘ |
| commander |
Anton Denikin
ⓘ
Joseph Stalin ⓘ Kliment Voroshilov ⓘ Pyotr Krasnov ⓘ Semyon Budyonny ⓘ |
| conflict | Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| conflictType |
siege
ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ |
| country |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
| defender |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
|
| endTime | 1919 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
consolidation of Bolshevik control over Volga corridor
ⓘ
strengthening of Stalin’s political standing in the Bolshevik leadership ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
Don Cossacks ⓘ Red Army ⓘ Volunteer Army ⓘ White Army ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Lower Volga ⓘ |
| location |
Tsaritsyn
ⓘ
Volga region ⓘ
surface form:
Volga River region
|
| militaryTheater |
southern Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Russia
|
| notableFor |
early military role of Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
intense urban and positional fighting ⓘ siege-like conditions ⓘ use of armored trains ⓘ |
| partOf |
Russian Civil War
ⓘ
Southern Front of the Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| placeCurrentlyKnownAs | Volgograd ⓘ |
| placeLaterRenamed | Stalingrad ⓘ |
| precededBy | early clashes on the Don and Volga fronts ⓘ |
| result |
Bolshevik victory
ⓘ
Red Army victory ⓘ |
| side |
Red side
ⓘ
White side ⓘ |
| startTime | 1918 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of Volga River communications
ⓘ
defense of route between central Russia and the Caucasus ⓘ protection of grain supplies from southern Russia ⓘ |
| year |
1918
ⓘ
1919 ⓘ |
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