2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army

The 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which was formed on April 15, 1919 from the units of the Group of Forces of the Kharkov Direction. It was first part of the Ukrainian Front and from April 27 of the Southern Front. On June 4, 1919 the Army was disbanded and its formations became part of the 14th Army of the Southern Front. The Army headquarters were in Yekaterinoslav.

History

The Second Ukrainian Soviet Army fought against the French interventionists, liberating Odessa and the Crimea from them, and against the White Volunteers in the Donbass. On April 5, the 1st Zadneprovskaya Ukrainian Soviet Division captured the Perekop Isthmus, locking the Whites in the Crimea, but had to stop at advantageous positions, because the order the advance of the higher command did not follow.
In April 1919, the 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army broke through the fortifications of the Whites on Perekop and captured a significant part of the Crimea, taking Sevastopol on April 29. Then, the Army occupied the coast of the Azov Sea from Genichesk to Mariupol.

In May, the Army took part in the supression of the Grigoriev Uprising in the area of Yekaterinoslav.
After that, the Army conducted defensive battles against Denikin's troops in the areas of Ilovaisk, Svatove and Kupyansk.

In June 1919, the 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army was reorganized into the 14th Army, which in 1919-20 distinguished itself in battles against Denikins White Army and Poland.

Commander

• Anatoly Skachko (April 7 - June 7, 1919).

Sources

• This is a translation of an article in the Russian Wikipedia, 2-я Украинская советская армия (РККА).
• Civil war and military intervention in the USSR. Encyclopedia. Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1983.
• Savchenko VA A. Twelve Wars for Ukraine. - Kharkov: Folio, 2006.
• Zhigalov I. Dybenko. The life of remarkable people. A series of biographies. Issue 18. M., "The Young Guard." 1983.