Denikin offensive on Moscow

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military campaign offensive operation

The Denikin offensive on Moscow was a major 1919 White Army campaign led by General Anton Denikin that advanced toward Moscow before being decisively repelled by the Bolsheviks.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Denikin’s Moscow offensive	2
1919 Petrograd offensive	1
Moscow Directive offensive of 1919	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ offensive operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Denikin offensive on Moscow ⓘ surface form: Denikin’s Moscow offensive Denikin’s advance on Moscow ⓘ
belligerent	White Army ⓘ surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
causeOf	strengthening of Bolshevik control over central Russia ⓘ weakening of White forces in the south ⓘ
combatant	Red Army ⓘ White Army ⓘ
commandStructure	White Army ⓘ surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia
conflict	Russian Civil War ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
endTime	1919 ⓘ
faction	White movement ⓘ
followedBy	Red counteroffensive in southern Russia ⓘ retreat of the Armed Forces of South Russia ⓘ
frontLineDirection	from the south toward Moscow ⓘ
goal	capture of Moscow ⓘ
historicalEra	post-World War I period ⓘ
involves	Kuban Cossack forces ⓘ surface form: Caucasus Army Don Army ⓘ Volunteer Army ⓘ
leader	Anton Denikin ⓘ
location	European Russia ⓘ central Russia ⓘ southern Russia ⓘ
militaryTheater	European Russia ⓘ surface form: Central Russia southern Russia ⓘ surface form: Southern Russia
namedAfter	Anton Denikin ⓘ
opponentCommander	Mikhail Alekseyev ⓘ surface form: Alexander Yegorov Sergei Kamenev ⓘ
opposedBy	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolsheviks Red Army ⓘ
outcome	White advance halted ⓘ White forces pushed back to the south ⓘ
partOf	Russian Civil War ⓘ Southern Front of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	White capture of Kharkov ⓘ White capture of Kiev ⓘ White capture of Tsaritsyn ⓘ
result	Bolshevik victory ⓘ
significance	high-water mark of White advance in the Russian Civil War ⓘ
startTime	1919 ⓘ
strategicObjective	overthrow of Bolshevik government in Moscow ⓘ
timePeriod	autumn 1919 ⓘ summer 1919 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Denikin offensive on Moscow → alsoKnownAs → Denikin offensive on Moscow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Denikin’s Moscow offensive

Northwestern Army → notableBattle → Denikin offensive on Moscow ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1919 Petrograd offensive

Southern Front of the Russian Civil War → notableCampaign → Denikin offensive on Moscow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Denikin’s Moscow offensive

Volunteer Army → notableEvent → Denikin offensive on Moscow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Directive offensive of 1919

Russian Civil War → significantEvent → Denikin offensive on Moscow ⓘ