Siege of Perekop (1920)

BelligerentsSouth RussiaRussian SFSR
Ukrainian SSR
MakhnovshchinaCommanders and leadersPyotr Wrangel
Vladimir Vitkovsky
Alexander Kutepov
Mikhail Fostikov
Mikhail Frunze
August Kork
Filipp Mironov
Semyon Budyonny
Vasily Blyukher
Semen KaretnykUnits involvedRussian ArmyStrengthCasualties and losses 2,000 soldiers  /  10,000

The siege of Perekop, also known as the Perekop-Chongar Operation, was a battle of the Southern Front in the Russian Civil War and Ukrainian War of Independence from 7 to 17 November 1920. The White movement's stronghold on the Crimean Peninsula was protected by the Chongar fortification system along the strategic Isthmus of Perekop and the Syvash, from which the Crimean Corps under General Yakov Slashchov repelled several Red Army invasion attempts in early 1920. The Southern Front of the Red Army and the anarchistRevolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, under the joint command of Mikhail Frunze, launched an offensive on Crimea with an invasion force four-times larger than the defenders, the White Russian Army under the command of General Pyotr Wrangel. Despite suffering heavy losses, the Reds broke through the fortifications, and the Whites were forced into retreat southwards. Following their defeat at the siege of Perekop, the Whites evacuated from the Crimea, dissolving the Army of Wrangel and ending the Southern Front in Bolshevik victory.

About 50 years later, students from Moscow created a monument of remembrance for the battle.