Crimean campaign of 1920

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The Crimean campaign of 1920 was a late-stage Russian Civil War operation in which Bolshevik forces fought to seize control of the Crimean Peninsula from White Army troops before the final Red offensive at Perekop and Chongar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
operation of the Russian Civil War
alsoKnownAs Crimean operation of 1920
belligerent Red Army
Russian Army of General Wrangel
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

White movement
chronologicalPlacement after the defeat of the Armed Forces of South Russia
combatantCommander Mikhail Frunze
Pyotr Wrangel
conflict Russian Civil War
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
endTime 1920
followedBy evacuation of the Wrangel army from Crimea
geographicalFeature Chongar Strait
Perekop Isthmus
linked to: Isthmus of Perekop

Sivash
goal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from White forces
hasPart Chongar offensive
Perekop offensive
Perekop–Chongar operation
historicalPeriod late stage of the Russian Civil War
involvedForce Red 13th Army
Red 6th Army
Wrangel’s Russian Army
location Crimea
Crimean Peninsula
linked to: Crimea
militaryObjective break through the Perekop Isthmus defenses
cross the Chongar Strait positions
opponent White Army troops
linked to: White Army
partOf Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
politicalConsequence consolidation of Bolshevik control over southern Russia
exile of many White officers and civilians from Crimea
precededBy operations in Northern Tavria
relatedEvent end of organized White resistance in southern Russia
evacuation of White forces to Constantinople
result Bolshevik victory
defeat of the White Army in Crimea
end of large-scale White resistance in European Russia
significance led to the collapse of General Wrangel’s regime in Crimea
marked the final major Red offensive in the south during the Russian Civil War
startTime 1920
theatreOfOperations Southern Front of the Red Army

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Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) precededBy Crimean campaign of 1920
Russian Army in South Russia engagedIn Crimean campaign of the Russian Civil War
linked to: Crimean campaign of 1920
Russian Army (Wrangel) notableEvent Crimean campaign of 1920
Yakov Slashchov conflict Crimean campaign of the Russian Civil War
linked to: Crimean campaign of 1920
Crimean campaign of 1920 alsoKnownAs Crimean operation of 1920
linked to: Crimean campaign of 1920
Perekop–Chongar operation alsoKnownAs Crimean offensive of 1920
linked to: Crimean campaign of 1920