Ice March

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event of the Russian Civil War military retreat

The Ice March was a grueling winter retreat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War, marked by extreme hardship and heavy losses.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Kuban Ice March	1
Great Siberian Ice March	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event of the Russian Civil War ⓘ military retreat ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Caucasus campaign ⓘ surface form: First Kuban Campaign Ice March ⓘ surface form: First Kuban Ice March
casualties	heavy losses among troops ⓘ significant non-combat deaths from exposure and disease ⓘ
characterizedBy	extreme winter conditions ⓘ heavy casualties ⓘ long-distance marching on foot ⓘ severe shortages of food and supplies ⓘ
commemoratedBy	veterans of the Volunteer Army ⓘ
commemoratedIn	White émigré memoir literature ⓘ
conflict	Russian Civil War ⓘ
followedBy	Second Kuban Campaign ⓘ
hasCause	advance of Bolshevik forces in southern Russia ⓘ defeat of White forces in the Don region ⓘ
hasPart	battles with Red Army units along the route ⓘ
hasType	strategic withdrawal ⓘ
historicalSignificance	became a symbol of sacrifice for the White movement ⓘ early key episode in the formation of the White Volunteer Army ⓘ
location	Krasnodar Krai ⓘ surface form: Kuban region North Caucasus ⓘ southern Russia ⓘ
militaryBranch	anti-Bolshevik forces ⓘ
notableCommander	Anton Denikin ⓘ Lavr Kornilov ⓘ Mikhail Alekseyev NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	large number of officers among the troops ⓘ presence of civilian refugees accompanying the army ⓘ
opposedBy	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolsheviks
participant	Red Army ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik Red Army (as opposing force) Volunteer Army ⓘ White Army ⓘ
result	significant loss of personnel ⓘ strengthening of White movement’s symbolic identity ⓘ survival of core Volunteer Army forces ⓘ
routeEnd	Krasnodar Krai ⓘ surface form: Kuban region (Ekaterinodar area)
routeStart	Rostov-on-Don ⓘ surface form: Rostov-on-Don area
startTime	1918 ⓘ
temporalContext	early phase of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
weatherCondition	severe cold ⓘ snow and ice-covered terrain ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ice March → alsoKnownAs → Ice March ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Kuban Ice March

Volunteer Army → notableEvent → Ice March ⓘ

White movement → notableEvent → Ice March ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Siberian Ice March