Kiev Bolshevik Uprising

Kyiv Bolshevik Uprising
Part of Ukrainian War of Independence, October Revolution
Date8–13 November 1917
Location
Kiev
Result Victory of the Kievan revolutionary committee
Belligerents
Kievan Committee of the Bolshevik Party
Central Rada		 Kiev Military District
Commanders and leaders
Georgy Pyatakov
Yan Gamarnik
Volodymyr Zatonsky		 Lieutenant-General Mikhail Kvetsinsky
Strength
6,000 Bolshevik supporters
8,000 Central Rada supporters		 10,000

The Kiev Bolshevik Uprising (8–13 November 1917) was a military struggle for power in Kiev after the fall of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution. It ended in victory for the Kievan Committee of the Bolshevik Party and the Central Rada.

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