Kiev Arsenal January Uprising

January Uprising
Part of the Ukrainian–Soviet War

Participants of the January Uprising in Kiev
Date29 January [O.S. 16 January] –
4 February [O.S. 22 January] 1918
Location
Result

UPR victory

Belligerents

Ukrainian People's Republic


Bolsheviks
Red Guards
Commanders and leaders

Mykhailo Hrushevsky (president of Central Rada)
Government forces:
Mykhailo Kovenko
Symon Petliura
Yevhen Konovalets
Vsevolod Petriv
Petro Bolbochan


POW:

Leopold Lis-Kula

Bolshevik Revkom:

Strength
2,000 2,200
2 armoured cars
Casualties and losses
Unknown Up to 750 killed

The Kiev Arsenal January Uprising (Ukrainian: Січневе повстання, romanizedSichneve povstannya), sometimes simply called the January Uprising or the January Rebellion, was a Bolshevik-organized armed workers' revolt that started on 29 January [O.S. 16 January] 1918, at the Arsenal Factory in Kiev during the Ukrainian–Soviet War. The goal of the uprising was to sabotage the ongoing elections to the Ukrainian Constituent Assembly and to support the advancing Red Army. The forces of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) managed to quell the uprising by 4 February [O.S. 22 January] 1918.